We are seeking a proactive and detailed-orientaied Senior Cloud Engineer – OCI to play a key role within the Professional Services (PS) team by designing and delivering complex, enterprise-grade OCI solutions. This role combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership and client-facing capabilities.
In addition to hands-on technical delivery, you will actively participate in client discussions, translating business requirements into actionable designs, and present recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Your work will directly impact the success of strategic cloud projects, helping clients maximize the value and resilience of their OCI environments.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement complex and scalable OCI architectures across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services.
- Lead technical workstreams within large, multi-phased migration or modernization projects.
- Conduct OCI architecture reviews and provide recommendations to improve clients' cloud environments.
- Design and implement secure networking architectures on OCI, ensuring high availability and compliance.
- Develop infrastructure as code using CloudFormation, Terraform, and scripting languages like Python.
- Lead or support migrations to OCI using native migration services, tools, and best practices.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues across compute, networking, databases, and storage.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and present technical solutions to internal and client stakeholders.
- Provide technical mentorship to mid-level engineers, promoting best practices in design and delivery.
- Document technical designs, implementation plans, and operational runbooks.
- Support DevOps initiatives, CI/CD pipelines, and automation to increase efficiency and consistency.
Requirements
- Overall 10+ years of technology experience.
- 4–6 years of experience in cloud infrastructure and systems engineering.
- Minimum 3 years hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Strong hands-on experience in OCI migration tools and frameworks; experience with RackWare is required
- Experience with Oracle database migrations to OCI (Autonomous DB or DB Systems).
- Strong knowledge of OCI networking, compute, storage, databases, IAM, and high availability design
- Good understanding of OCI disaster recovery, backup strategies, and cross-region deployments
- Solid Linux (Oracle/RHEL) and Windows Server administration skills
- Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for deploying and managing containerized workloads
- Experience in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid cloud setups
- Excellent communication and client interaction skills
- OCI Architect Professional certification preferred
- Knowledge of Terraform, OCI CLI, and automation scripting (Shell, Python, PowerShell)
- Computer Science or Engineering graduate.
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What We Do
ZainTECH is a regional integrated digital solutions provider, unifying Zain Group’s ICT assets to offer a unique value proposition of comprehensive digital solutions and services under one roof. The company is positioned to drive the transformation of enterprise and government customers in the MENA region by providing a center of excellence and managed solutions across the ICT stack, including cloud, cybersecurity, modern infrastructure, big data, IoT, AI, smart cities, drones and robotics, and emerging technologies.
ZainTECH leverages Zain’s global reach, unique regional footprint, and infrastructure across its operations in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as in other key markets in the Middle East.
ZainTECH forms a key pillar in the evolution of Zain’s core telecom business to maximize value and build on the company’s many strengths to selectively create and invest in growth verticals beyond standard mobile services. This ultimately supports Zain’s vision of becoming a leading ICT and digital lifestyle provider.
