Oracle Database & Fusion Cloud Support

• Support the lifecycle management of Oracle databases, including patching, cloning, backup, recovery, and operational maintenance.
  
• Work with Oracle Autonomous Database, including ATP and ADW environments.
  
• Support infrastructure and integration requirements associated with Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications.
  
• Understand the relationship between Oracle databases, Fusion applications, PaaS components, integrations, and the underlying OCI infrastructure.
  
• Assist in troubleshooting infrastructure, database, application, and integration issues across the Oracle ecosystem.
  

OCI IAM & Cloud Security

• Design and implement OCI Identity and Access Management (IAM) structures and security controls.
  
• Manage policies, users, groups, dynamic groups, application roles, and access permissions.
  
• Establish appropriate compartment structures and access models for enterprise OCI environments.
  
• Implement secure Virtual Cloud Networks (VCNs) using OCI Security Lists and Network Security Groups.
  
• Implement and maintain DevSecOps practices throughout infrastructure and deployment processes.
  
• Work with OCI Cloud Guard and related security capabilities to strengthen cloud security posture.
  
• Support federation and identity integration with Oracle Fusion Cloud environments.
  

Containerization & Platform Engineering

• Work with Docker and Kubernetes, including Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE).
  
• Support containerized application deployment and orchestration within OCI.
  
• Integrate container platforms with CI/CD pipelines and OCI infrastructure.
  
• Manage supporting cloud storage, configuration, and platform components required by containerized workloads.
  
• Apply configuration management and automation practices across cloud environments.
  

Performance, Reliability & Optimization

• Monitor OCI environments and assess system health, performance, availability, and capacity.
  
• Identify infrastructure and application bottlenecks and implement appropriate optimizations.
  
• Optimize compute, storage, database, and network resources for scalability and reliability.
  
• Support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of cloud infrastructure and deployment issues.
  
• Recommend improvements to infrastructure architecture, automation, security, and operational efficiency.
  

Technical Architecture & Workshops

• Facilitate technical workshops with business, application, infrastructure, security, and other technical stakeholders.
  
• Translate complex technical requirements and processes into clear infrastructure specifications and architecture solutions.
  
• Collaborate with engineering and delivery teams to ensure solutions are technically feasible and aligned with architectural standards.
  
• Communicate technical designs, dependencies, risks, and implementation considerations effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  

Agile Delivery

• Participate in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
  
• Work closely with development, infrastructure, security, database, and application teams throughout implementation.
  
• Contribute to sprint planning, technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement activities.
  
• Manage competing technical priorities while maintaining delivery quality and timelines.
  

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 5–7+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, or a closely related discipline.
  
• At least 3 end-to-end OCI implementation projects, covering cloud infrastructure design through deployment and implementation.
  
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and its core services.
  
• Deep understanding of:
  
• OCI Networking
  
• OCI IAM
  
• OCI Databases
  
• Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)
  
• OCI Cloud Guard
  
• PaaS services
  
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform.
  
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline development and management.
  
• Strong scripting/automation capabilities using one or more of:
  
• Python
  
• Bash
  
• Java
  
• Ruby
  
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, preferably Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE).
  
• Strong understanding of OCI IAM concepts, including:
  
• Policies
  
• Users and groups
  
• Dynamic groups
  
• Application roles
  
• Experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud federation and identity integration.
  
• Strong understanding of how Oracle PaaS services interact with the broader infrastructure and integration architecture.
  
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
  
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
  
• Strong communication, collaboration, and technical workshop facilitation skills.
  
• Willingness to work on a shifting schedule, when required.
  

Technology & Tools
Cloud & Oracle

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
  
• OCI Networking / VCN
  
• OCI IAM
  
• OCI Cloud Guard
  
• OCI Compute
  
• OCI Storage
  
• OCI Databases
  
• Oracle Autonomous Database – ATP / ADW
  
• Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)
  
• Oracle Fusion Cloud
  
• Oracle PaaS Services
  

DevOps & Automation

• Terraform
  
• Ansible
  
• OCI Resource Manager
  
• Jenkins
  
• GitHub Actions
  
• OCI DevOps
  
• Python
  
• Bash
  
• Java / Ruby
  

Containers & Platform

• Docker
  
• Kubernetes
  
• Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)
  

Configuration & Collaboration

• GitHub
  
• Configuration Management
  
• Cloud Storage
  
• Agile / Scrum
  

Strongly Preferred

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect certification
  
• Experience architecting enterprise-scale OCI environments.
  
• Experience supporting Oracle Fusion Cloud implementations.
  
• Strong Oracle database administration or cloud database experience.
  
• Experience implementing OCI security and DevSecOps controls.
  
• Experience integrating OCI with enterprise identity/federation platforms.
  
• Experience leading technical workshops and architecture discussions.
  
• Experience working across infrastructure, application, database, security, and integration teams.
  

Key Competencies

• OCI Cloud Architecture
  
• DevOps & Cloud Engineering
  
• Infrastructure as Code
  
• CI/CD Architecture
  
• Cloud Security & IAM
  
• Oracle PaaS Architecture
  
• Oracle Fusion Cloud
  
• Database Lifecycle Management
  
• Cloud Automation
  
• Containerization & Kubernetes
  
• Infrastructure Performance Optimization
  
• Technical Troubleshooting
  
• Architecture & Technical Workshop Facilitation
  
• Agile/Scrum Delivery
  
• Stakeholder Management

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