OCI Platform Admin Snr. Engineer

Role: OCI Platform Admin Snr. Engineer

Job Type: Contract

Day Rate: £500/day Inside IR35

Duration: 6 Months

Work Location: London, United Kingdom

Programme Overview

The Finance Transformation programme is implementing the Oracle Fusion ERP suite for Financials, Procurement, and Recruitment over an 18-month period, building on the Oracle HCM tools already in place. These tools will facilitate significant transformation across Finance and the wider Bank business areas. The programme will manage that transformation change as well as the configuration of the Oracle toolset.

Role Summary

We are looking for an OCI Platform Admin Engineer to be part of the Programme Management team of the Finance Modernisation Programme to build and manage cloud-based infrastructure, working alongside a fantastic programme team and reporting into the Technology ERP Platform Lead. The Finance Modernisation Programme is a major initiative that offers unique learning opportunities due to its scale and complexity, utilizing Cloud applications and services.

Job description

Skilled and experienced in a wide variety of Tech Oracle Cloud solutions, you will support a broad range of services, including:

OCI Management:

• Manage cloud-based infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage solutions, and networking components.
• Implement and manage OCI PaaS and SaaS services as part of a team.
• Ensure these services are optimized for OCI and meet Bank's requirements.
• Proficiently use and supervise container deployment and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Manage backup and DR strategies using Oracle Managed Automatic Backups, Object Storage, and Autonomous Data Guard.

OCI Monitoring:

• Configure, manage, audit, and alert on the availability and performance of the OCI environment.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot OCI resource performance issues.
• Implement performance optimizations for systems and platforms.

Automate:

• Develop and implement automation processes to streamline cloud infrastructure management.

Control costs:

• Understand and optimize costs by analyzing main cost drivers and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure resource efficiency.
• Assess data egress, API requests, and their impact on billing.
• Learn pricing models for Cloud VMs, serverless functions, and storage to design cost-effective workloads.

Collaborate with other IT teams:

• Work closely with application developers, DevOps (e.g., ACS), Cybersecurity, and Infrastructure teams to meet requirements and support goals.
• Act as a single point of contact for external partners interacting with the OCI platform (e.g., system integrators, auditors, consultants).

Security and Compliance:

• Ensure OCI compliance with security and regulatory standards.
• Coordinate with Cyber, Audit, and Infrastructure teams to implement and monitor security controls.