Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Administrator

Description

Are you looking to take the next step in your career as an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Administrator? Let's chat and see if we are a good match!

Opportunity:

Virtual Service Operations is searching for an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Administrator to join our team. The OCI Administrator is responsible for the administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of the organization's Oracle Cloud Infrastructure environment. This role ensures the OCI tenancy is secure, reliable, and performant by managing networking, identity and access, and monitoring/capacity functions across the cloud estate. The OCI Administrator works closely with security, infrastructure, and application teams to maintain a stable and well-governed cloud platform.

Key Responsibilities:

Network Administration

• •Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) components, including security lists and Network Security Groups (NSGs) / firewall rules
• •Manage DNS zones, records, and resolution
• •Design, implement, and troubleshoot routing: route tables, dynamic routing gateways (DRG), VPN/FastConnect connectivity, and peering between VCNs
• •Diagnose and resolve network connectivity issues across the OCI environment and hybrid connections
• •Identity and Access Administration
• •Create and manage IAM policies, compartments, groups, and dynamic groups
• •Administer user accounts, access provisioning/de-provisioning, and least-privilege access models
• •Configure and maintain federation between OCI and Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), including SSO and identity synchronization
• •Audit and review access policies to ensure compliance with security standards
• •Monitoring and Capacity Management
• •Configure and maintain OCI Monitoring, metrics, alarms, and notifications for infrastructure and services
• •Analyze utilization and performance metrics to identify trends, bottlenecks, and anomalies
• •Perform sizing and capacity planning for compute, storage, and network resources based on usage trends and forecasted demand
• •Produce regular reporting on system health, cost, and capacity to inform operational and budgeting decisions
• General Administration and Troubleshooting
• •Serve as a primary point of contact for OCI-related incidents, performing root cause analysis and remediation
• •Maintain documentation of configurations, standards, and operational procedures
• •Collaborate with security, application, and infrastructure teams on architecture and change requests
• •Stay current on OCI service updates, best practices, and emerging features relevant to the role

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• •Experience administering Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (or equivalent public cloud platform, e.g., AWS/Azure, with willingness to specialize in OCI)
• •Strong understanding of cloud networking concepts (firewalls/security rules, DNS, routing, VPN/interconnects)
• •Experience with identity and access management, including policy design and federation (OCI IAM, Entra ID/Azure AD)
• •Familiarity with cloud monitoring tools, metrics analysis, and capacity/sizing planning
• •Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to work through complex, multi-layered technical issues
• •Good communication skills for cross-team collaboration and documentation

Preferred Qualifications:

• •Oracle Cloud Infrastructure certification (e.g., OCI Architect Associate/Professional)
• •Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OCI Resource Manager)
• •Experience in hybrid cloud environments integrating on-premises and OCI resources

Requirements

• •At least 3-5 years of professional experience
• •This is a remote position
• •Active Public Trust Clearance
• •Please note that this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status

What is Important to Us:

• •You are an excellent communicator in writing and speaking.
• •You have the ability to work independently but also value teamwork.
• •Your problem-solving skills are excellent.
• •You are looking for a job where performance appraisals occur regularly, and you look forward to advancing your career.
• •You seek a community of virtue-centered co-workers and clients.

What we offer you: As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone . We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

More About VSO : VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at https://vso-inc.com/careers