Exp: 8+ yrs

Location Option: Chennai ( 24 /7 Support Including Night shifts )

Job Description:

Job Title: OCI Lead Engineer

Location: Chennai

Experience: 8+ years

Work Time : 24x7

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced OCI Lead Engineer to manage day-to-day operational activities

of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments across Development, UAT, and Production.

This role works closely with application developers, Oracle Database teams, and OCI Architects

to ensure stable, secure, and efficient cloud operations. The candidate will be responsible for

routine administration, incident management, change execution, and operational support of

OCI-hosted workloads.

Responsibilities

* Manage day-to-day OCI operational activities across Dev, UAT, and Production environments.

* Execute routine administration tasks for OCI compute, storage, networking, and security services.

* Work closely with application developers to support deployments, releases, and application issues.

* Coordinate with Oracle Database teams for database provisioning, maintenance, and performance support.

* Collaborate with OCI Architects to implement and maintain cloud architecture and standards.

* Monitor OCI environments for availability, performance, capacity, and cost.

* Perform incident management, root cause analysis, and issue resolution.

* Execute approved changes including configuration updates, scaling, and maintenance activities.

* Support application hosting on OCI including Oracle EBS and other enterprise applications.

* Assist with OS, middleware, database, and OCI patching activities.

* Support CI/CD pipelines and automation processes.

* Assist in High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) operations and testing.

* Maintain backups, recovery procedures, and operational readiness.

* Implement and follow security best practices, access controls, and compliance requirements.

* Maintain operational documentation, SOPs, runbooks, and support procedures.

* Provide guidance and support to junior engineers and operations teams.

* Participate in on-call support and planned maintenance windows.

Key Skills & Qualifications

* Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) operations.

* Experience supporting Dev, UAT, and Production environments.

* Strong understanding of OCI compute, storage, networking, and security services.

* Experience working with application development teams and DBAs. Familiarity with Oracle Databases and database operations.

* Experience supporting enterprise applications on OCI (Oracle EBS preferred).

* Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes.

* Experience with scripting and automation (Bash, Python).

* experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.

* Understanding of High Availability and Disaster Recovery concepts.

* Strong incident management and troubleshooting skills.

* Good communication and coordination skills across technical teams.

* OCI certifications (Associate or Professional) preferred

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Lead Engineer