We are looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer (OCI) with 3 – 6 years of experience to build, manage, automate, and support enterprise cloud infrastructure environments. The role focuses primarily on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and involves provisioning, operations, automation, security, monitoring, and migration activities.
The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with OCI services, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, cloud security, and platform operations, along with working knowledge of at least one secondary cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Key Responsibilities
Provision and configure OCI resources including Compute, Storage, VCN, Load Balancer, DBCS, and Autonomous Database.
Implement and manage OCI networking components such as VCNs, subnets, NSGs, route tables, gateways, VPNs, FastConnect, and DNS.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / OCI Resource Manager) modules.
Automate operational tasks using Python, Bash, Ansible, and cloud-native tools.
Support CI/CD deployments using OCI DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
Monitor cloud environments using OCI Monitoring, Logging, APM, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or Dynatrace.
Perform routine operations including patching, backups, certificate renewals, capacity checks, and incident resolution.
Implement cloud security controls including IAM policies, MFA, Vault/KMS, encryption, Bastion, Cloud Guard, Security Zones, and Vulnerability Scanning.
Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives to OCI.
Assist application teams deploying workloads on OKE, WebLogic, Oracle DB, Functions, and API Gateway.
Contribute to cost optimization, automation, and operational documentation.
- OCI Compute, Block/Object/FSS Storage
- VCN, NSGs, Route Tables, Gateways, DRG, Peering
- Load Balancer, WAF, FastConnect, IPSec VPN
- OCI IAM, Compartments, Policies, Federation
- OCI Vault, Cloud Guard, Security Zones, Data Safe
- Autonomous Database, DBCS, Exadata (operational awareness)
- OKE (Oracle Kubernetes Engine)
- OCI DevOps, OCIR, Functions, API Gateway
- OCI Monitoring, Logging, APM, Operations Insights
- Terraform (modules, workspaces, remote state)
- Ansible
- Docker & Kubernetes
- Helm
- Git & GitOps
- OCI DevOps
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- Azure DevOps
- Python
- Bash
- PowerShell (basic awareness acceptable)
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
- 3–6 years of hands-on cloud/platform engineering experience.
- Minimum 2 years of OCI experience (or strong cloud experience with demonstrable OCI exposure).
- Experience supporting production environments, incident management, and change management.
At least one OCI Associate certification
- OCI Foundations Associate (1Z0-1085)
- OCI Architect Associate (1Z0-1072) or OCI Operations Associate (1Z0-1067)
Additional certifications
- OCI Architect Professional
- AWS SAA / Azure AZ-104 / GCP ACE
- Terraform Associate
- CKA
- RHCSA / Oracle Linux Certification
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
Good communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to work in cross-functional teams.
Ownership, accountability, and service-oriented mindset.
Continuous learning attitude.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field
- 3-6 years of hands-on cloud/platform engineering experience
- Minimum 2 years of OCI experience (or strong cloud experience with demonstrable OCI exposure)
- At least one OCI Associate certification (OCI Foundations Associate or OCI Architect/Operations Associate)
- Hands-on experience with OCI services (Compute, Storage, VCN, Load Balancer, DBCS, Autonomous Database, OKE, Vault, Cloud Guard, etc.)
- Experience developing and maintaining Terraform modules and using OCI Resource Manager
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OKE) and Helm
- CI/CD pipeline experience (OCI DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps)
- Scripting and automation using Python, Bash (PowerShell awareness acceptable)
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, Dynatrace, OCI Monitoring/Logging/APM)
- Experience supporting production environments, incident management, and change management
- Knowledge of cloud security controls: IAM policies, MFA, Vault/KMS, encryption, Bastion, Cloud Guard, Security Zones, Vulnerability Scanning
- Working knowledge of at least one secondary cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Additional certifications (OCI Architect Professional, AWS SAA, Azure AZ-104, GCP ACE, Terraform Associate, CKA, RHCSA)
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What We Do
Datamatics Technologies (DMT) was established in Dubai. We specialize in providing onsite and offshore professional services, covering the full spectrum of Data Analytics and Data Science domains. Our experience of working with diverse industry sectors such as Telecoms, Finance, Government and Manufacturing, across multiple regions enables us to engage and deliver for our clients with confidence. We can offer our full portfolio of services through resource augmentation, managed services, both on T&M or fixed price financial arrangements. Through our end-to-end managed services offering we enable our clients to cut down costs, increase profitability and focus on value addition to their core business activities. Our project and delivery management team are certified in Agile, PMI and ITIL to ensure the planning and execution are carried out using industry best practices. We are working with our clients across Middle East and Africa Region.
