Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Engineer

Title: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Engineer

Location: Hybrid in one day per week in the office in Sterling, VA

Terms of Employment
Direct Hire
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM 5:00 PM
Location: Hybrid: one day per week in the office in Sterling, VA. Candidates must reside in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area (DMV) to accommodate occasional onsite meetings, training, or customer support activities at the Washington, DC, customer location or the Peraton office in Sterling, VA. The selected individual may need to work onsite following issuance of elevated rights if remote access (via GO Virtual or an EMD) is not available. Onsite requirements are subject to change based on government and program requirements, including surge support and other operational needs
U.S. citizenship and active SECRET Government Security Clearance with the ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance.

Overview
Client is seeking an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Engineer/SME with Oracle Database experience to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. The qualified applicant will become part of Department of State (DOS) Consular Affairs Enterprise Infrastructure Operations (CAEIO) Program, for the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT). This initiative provides IT Operations and Maintenance to modernize the legacy networks, applications, and databases supporting consular services globally

Responsibilities
Design, develop, deploy, and sustain enterprise Oracle Cloud infrastructure (OCI) capabilities including:
Oracle Database platforms including Exadata Cloud Services (CS)
Infrastructure including Network, Compute, and Storage
Cloud Management, Monitoring and Security
Identity Management integrated with Okta
Cost and Resource Management within OCI
Support the development OCI capabilities that meet Application and Database requirements for Disaster Recovery of domestic and overseas systems.
Support the migration of existing consular Applications and Oracle Databases from on-premises environments to OCI.
Collaborate with team members in Engineering, Operations, and Security to develop solutions that meet Federal and Department of State security guidelines.
Serve as OCI SME in Technical and Management discussions.
Support the development and use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation within OCI.
Support Transition to Operations activities to include training of Operational personnel in management of OCI services and integration of Monitoring.

Required Skills & Experience
Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA (high school diploma or equivalent AND four additional years of experience may substitute for degree) Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D
At least two years of recent experience designing, developing, implementing, and sustaining OCI solutions.
Experience migrating Applications and Oracle Databases from on-premises environments to OCI.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development and deployment.
Experience as Oracle Database Engineer and/or Oracle Database Administrator.
Experience with Oracle Exadatas in enterprise environments.
Experience running databases on Red Hat and/or Oracle Linux (Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL).
Experience working in an Agile development environment and following Scrum methodologies.
Strong understanding of modern DevOps practices, including automation, continuous delivery, continuous deployment, and continuous integration methodologies.
Ability to problem-solve individually or with team members.
Experience with customer facing efforts

Preferred Skills & Experience
At least three years of experience with responsibilities similar to those of this position.
Advanced OCI (Professional) Certifications.
Experience as an OCI Engineer/SME working on federal government projects/programs