Cloud Platform Engineer
Ellison Institute of Technology4 days ago
Oxford, United KingdomMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, build, automate, and operate secure, scalable, highly available Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform services and workloads.
- Manage OCI networking, compute, storage, identity, DNS, load balancing, object storage, monitoring, and logging.
- Develop and maintain Terraform Infrastructure as Code and Git-based CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement IAM, network segmentation, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, security controls, and audit requirements.
- Establish monitoring, alerting, logging, capacity management, backup, disaster recovery, and incident-response procedures.
- Manage patching, upgrades, lifecycle management, and service reliability for cloud workloads.
- Support application, research, data, and AI teams with reusable cloud patterns, self-service capabilities, and technical guidance.
- Optimize OCI consumption, performance, and cost while maintaining architecture documentation, standards, runbooks, and operational procedures.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure or another major public cloud platform and secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, security, monitoring, and backup.
- Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
- Linux administration experience and scripting skills in Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
- Desirable qualifications include OCI certifications, including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate or Professional.
- Desirable experience includes Oracle Kubernetes Engine, Docker, Kubernetes, AI or research workloads, high-performance computing, cloud security, vulnerability management, compliance controls, VMware, hybrid cloud, and on-premises integration.
Benefits
- Hybrid full-time role based in or near Oxford, United Kingdom, with willingness to relocate if necessary.
- Salary dependent on experience, plus travel allowance and bonus.
- 25 days of annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year, with the option to purchase 5 additional days.
- Employer pension contribution of 7.5% with a minimum employee contribution of 5%.
- Life assurance, income protection, private medical insurance, and hospital cash plan.
- Employee discounts, electric car scheme, Nursery Salary Sacrifice scheme, and Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Family planning, neurodiversity support, coaching, and therapy services.
- Permanent UK right to work is required; travel, occasional longer hours, and work across multiple time zones may be required.