Cloud Engineer (Azure / Oracle OCI)

Job Summary

The Cloud Azure/OCI Engineer will design, implement, secure, and support enterprise cloud infrastructure across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Operating remotely from India, the engineer will collaborate daily with UK/IRL project teams, ensuring cloud solutions are robust, compliant, and aligned with utility-scale architectural standards. The role supports multiple project phases, from design through service transition.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain Azure and OCI cloud environments for large utility-scale workloads.
• Build and manage cloud resources including compute instances, resource groups, storage, networking, identity, and integration configurations.
• Ensure Azure Active Directory (AAD) is correctly configured and integrated across all cloud solutions.
• Implement and manage Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM) for secure access governance.
• Lead Azure networking and firewall design, including VNets, NSGs, routing, firewalls, VPN/ExpressRoute, and hybrid connectivity.
• Apply cloud security best practices across identity, access, networking, encryption, and monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with UK/IRL utility-sector governance, regulatory requirements, and cloud security frameworks.
• Support secure onboarding of new cloud workloads and applications.
• Provide expert-level troubleshooting across Azure and OCI platforms, resolving complex technical and functional issues.
• Support service transition activities, ensuring new solutions are stable, documented, and operationally ready.
• Work closely with operations teams to ensure smooth handover and long-term supportability.
• Collaborate with Client Team and IT Teams throughout design, build, testing, deployment, and transition phases.
• Provide technical guidance, solution recommendations, and risk assessments during project planning.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design workshops, and technical governance forums.
• Provision cloud resources including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and integration endpoints.
• Automate provisioning using ARM templates, Terraform, PowerShell, CLI, or OCI Resource Manager.
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and configuration baselines.

Required Experience

Technical Experience

• 10+ years hands-on experience delivering Azure and/or OCI cloud solutions within large enterprise or utility environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, multi-cloud environments, and hybrid cloud integration.
• Azure Active Directory (AAD)
• Azure PIM
• Azure Networking Firewall Design
• Azure IaaS PaaS services
• Oracle OCI compute, networking, IAM, storage
• Experience with automation tools (Terraform, ARM, PowerShell, CLI).
• Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, OCI Monitoring).

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills for working with UK/IRL project managers and technical teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities in complex multi-cloud environments.
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote model while maintaining high-quality output.
• Experience supporting service transition and operational readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred).
• Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-500) highly desirable.
• OCI Architect or Operations certifications advantageous.
• ITIL Foundation certification beneficial.