GrowExx - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Consultant - IaaS Platform (3-7 yrs)

Growexx is seeking an OCI Consultant/Administrator, having extensive experience in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) administration and a strong understanding of cloud technologies.

Key Responsibilities :

- Manage and administer OCI environments including tenancy setup, Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) configuration, compartmentalization, and network security.

- Design, deploy, and optimize OCI solutions across Compute, Storage (Block and Object), Networking, Database (DBSys, ATP, ADW), and other OCI services as required.

- Develop and maintain Terraform scripts for automating infrastructure deployment and configuration management on OCI.

- Perform tuning, capacity planning, and resource optimization to ensure high availability, scalability, and cost efficiency of OCI deployments.

- Implement and manage OCI security best practices, including IAM policies, roles, and permissions.

- Handle OS and application-level security patches and updates.

- Design and implement HA and DR solutions in OCI environments to ensure business continuity and data protection.

- Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting mechanisms.

- Proactively monitor OCI resources and troubleshoot issues to ensure optimal performance and availability.

- Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, SOPs, and operational guidelines.

- Ensure compliance with organizational policies and industry regulations.

- Follow ITIL-based practices for incident, change, problem, and configuration management.

- Respond to and resolve incidents within defined SLAs.

- Work closely with cross-functional teams including infrastructure, application development, testing, and release management teams.

- Provide technical guidance and support as needed.

Key Skills :

- Handling complete Infrastructural (IaaS) landscape that includes Designing and Implementing OCI solutions across a variety of services, including Compute, Marketplace resources, Block Storage, Object Storage, Backup and Restore, Networking, IPSec VPN, Web Application Firewall, Remote Peering, Load Balancer, Cloud Guard, and many more.

- Exposure to using code repository like GIT.

- Experience in Handling Certificate renewals at OCI.

- Should be well verse with ITIL based service delivery for Incident Management, Change Management, Problem Management, Capacity Management, Configuration Management.

- On-premises to Cloud migration, Gen1 to Gen2 OCI migration of complete IaaS landscape.

- Provisioning OIC and support regarding Private access Via IPsec and Specific IPs.

- Provisioning and support of FAW instance, EBS cloud manager.

- Demonstrated expertise in optimizing OCI deployments for cost-efficiency and performance, utilizing services like Auto Scaling and Load Balancing.

- Perform patching, and security updates, and make configuration changes to cloud instances.

- Strong troubleshooting skills for OCI environments, with a deep understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities.

- Clearance of all Service requests and Incidents within TAT on Service Now.

- Host, virtual machines, client's system management.

- Create and maintain technical documentation to ensure efficient planning and execution.

Education & Experience :

- 3 - 7 years of relevant experience.

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience).

- Proven experience as an OCI Administrator or similar role with in-depth knowledge of OCI services and architecture.

- Hands-on experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools.

- Strong understanding of cloud security principles and best practices.

- Proficiency in scripting and automation (e., Python, Shell scripting).

- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for OCI environments.

- Experience with ITIL framework and service delivery practices.

- Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate across teams and stakeholders.

- Oracle certifications (e., Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect, OCI Developer, OCI Operations Associate) are a plus.

- Analytical & Person Skills.

- Must have good logical reasoning and analytical skills.

- Excellent Communication.

- Demonstrate Ownership and Accountability of their work.

- Multi-tasking capabilities and team management.

- Be able to manage multiple stakeholders.