Senior OCI Cloud Engineer – DoD, Remote

ADP, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tharseo IT is seeking a senior cloud engineer to support secure cloud modernization on a DoD Air Force program. You will design, build, and run cloud infrastructure with a primary focus on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and work across AWS and Azure where needed. This is a hands-on role in a regulated DoD environment.

This is a remote role. Candidates must hold an active Secret clearance, a current Security+ CE certification, and a current OCI certification at submission.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required.
• 10+ years of cloud engineering, architecture, or infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on OCI design and operation in production.
• Current OCI certification (Architect Associate or Professional).
• Kubernetes production experience.
• Terraform or IaC skills.
• CI/CD and DevSecOps experience.
• Strong cloud networking, IAM, HA and DR knowledge.
• Experience with RMF, NIST, FedRAMP, or FISMA.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable OCI-centric cloud architectures in a multi‑cloud setup (OCI/AWS/Azure).
• Build and manage Kubernetes platforms, including installation and upgrades.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines with automated security checks.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform across OCI and other clouds.
• Lead migrations from on‑prem to OCI with minimal downtime.
• Architect high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Design cloud networking and hybrid connectivity (VCNs, subnets, VPNs, FastConnect).
• Apply DoD/public sector security controls (IAM, encryption, zero trust, STIG).
• Support Oracle workloads (Autonomous DB, Exadata) and data platforms.
• Collaborate with DBAs, developers, security teams, and stakeholders; provide technical leadership.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

OCI experience

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Linux skills

Security/compliance

English communication

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

OCI certification

Job description

Tharseo IT is seeking a senior cloud engineer to support secure cloud modernization on a DoD Air Force program. You will design, build, and run cloud infrastructure with a primary focus on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and work across AWS and Azure where needed. This is a hands-on role in a regulated DoD environment.

This is a remote role. Candidates must hold an active Secret clearance, a current Security+ CE certification, and a current OCI certification at submission.