OCI Engineer

Location: Chennai, India
Work arrangement: Hybrid
Job type: Contract
Experience: 4 years
Work schedule: 24×7 support environment, UK time zone shift
Start: Immediate joiners only

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated OCI Engineer to support the OCI Lead Engineer in running day-to-day operations of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments across Development, UAT and Production. This is a hands-on operations role. You will focus on monitoring, incident resolution and operational support while working closely with application, database and infrastructure teams to keep cloud services stable and secure.

What You Will Do

• Support daily operational activities across OCI Dev, UAT and Production environments




• Help the OCI Lead Engineer manage compute, storage, networking and security resources




• Monitor OCI services for availability, performance and capacity




• Respond to incidents, service requests and alerts within defined SLAs




• Perform VM provisioning, scaling and configuration changes




• Support application deployments and releases with development teams




• Assist with OS, middleware, database, OCI and application patching




• Support Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and other enterprise applications hosted on OCI




• Carry out backup, restore and recovery tasks under the guidance of the OCI Lead Engineer




• Assist with High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) operations and testing




• Implement approved access requests, IAM changes and security controls




• Maintain operational documentation, SOPs and runbooks




• Take part in on-call support, planned maintenance and change activities




• Escalate technical issues to the OCI Lead Engineer, Architect or database teams




• Follow security, compliance and operational best practices

What You Bring

• Hands-on experience or strong knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)




• Experience supporting Development, UAT and Production environments




• Understanding of OCI compute, storage, networking and security services




• Familiarity with Linux and Windows server administration




• Exposure to Oracle Database administration and operations




• Experience supporting enterprise applications. Oracle EBS exposure is preferred




• Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices




• Exposure to Bash, Python or other scripting and automation tools




• Willingness to learn Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform




• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills




• Good communication and coordination skills

Who This Role Suits

This role suits an engineer with around four years of experience who enjoys operations work and wants deeper hands-on time with OCI. You will learn from a lead engineer while owning real production tasks. The team needs someone who can join immediately and is comfortable with shift-based, 24×7 support.

How to Apply

Email your resume to jobs@rishiwrites.com with “OCI Engineer, Chennai” in the subject line. Only candidates who can join immediately will be considered.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Where is this job located?

Chennai, India.

2. Is the role remote?

No. It is a hybrid role with work from office.

3. What type of job is it?

A short-term contract.

4. How much experience is required?

4 years.

5. What shift does the role follow?

The UK time zone, in a 24×7 support environment.

6. Who does this role report to day to day?

You will support the OCI Lead Engineer.

7. Which environments will I support?

Development, UAT and Production.

8. Is Oracle EBS experience required?

It is preferred, not mandatory.

9. Do I need Terraform experience?

No. A willingness to learn Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform is expected.

10. Which operating systems should I know?

Linux and Windows server administration.

11. Is on-call support part of the job?

Yes. The role includes on-call support and planned maintenance.

12. What scripting skills help?

Exposure to Bash, Python or similar automation tools.

13. Does the role include disaster recovery work?

Yes. You will assist with HA and DR operations and testing.

14. Can I apply if I am serving a notice period?

No. Only immediate joiners will be considered.

15. How do I apply?

Email your resume to jobs@rishiwrites.com.