OCI Network Admin

Job Title : OCI Network Admin

Exp : 8 to 15years

Remote

6PM To 2AM IST

Job Title

OCI Network Administrator (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)

Also referred as: OCI Network Engineer / OCI Cloud Network Specialist

The OCI Network Administrator is responsible for designing, configuring, securing, and optimizing network services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The role focuses on virtual cloud networks (VCNs), routing, connectivity, firewalls, load balancing, hybrid/on-prem integrations, and ensuring high availability, performance, and security of cloud network environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and administer

  OCI network architectures

  , including:
• VCNs, Subnets (Public/Private)
• Route Tables, Security Lists / Network Security Groups (NSGs)
• Dynamic Routing Gateways (DRG) / Internet Gateways / NAT Gateways / Service Gateways
• Configure

  hybrid network connectivity

  using FastConnect, IPSec VPN, and BGP routing.
• Manage

  load balancing

  solutions: OCI Load Balancer (LBR) public/private, WAF, SSL termination.
• Implement and maintain

  DNS services

  (OCI DNS / Private DNS zones).
• Monitor and optimize

  network performance, latency, throughput, bandwidth utilization

  .
• Administer and troubleshoot

  firewall/security controls

  OCI Firewalls, NSG rules, Access Control Lists.
• Configure

  OCI Traffic Management, Global Routing, and Multi-region Network Design.

• Support

  OCI Service Mesh and API Gateway

  integrations where applicable.
• Manage and troubleshoot

  network connectivity for OKE (Kubernetes), Compute, Autonomous DB, Exadata Cloud

  , and other OCI services.
• Implement

  network logging, flow logs, monitoring, alerting and auditing

  .
• Perform

  incident response and root-cause analysis (RCA)

  for network-related issues.
• Maintain

  network documentation, topology diagrams, runbooks and SOPs

  .
• Ensure

  security compliance

  aligned with cloud/network best practices and organizational standards.

Required Skills & Experience

• Solid experience (typically 410+ years depending on organization) in

  cloud and enterprise networking

  .
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• VCN/Subnet architecture & segmentation
• Routing, NAT, VPN, Firewalling
• Hybrid connectivity and multi-region network design
• Load balancers and WAF
• Deep understanding of:

• TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, HTTP/HTTPS

• Network security concepts identity, segmentation, zero-trust, encryption
• Experience with at least one scripting language (Python / Shell / PowerShell) for automation.
• Familiarity with

  Terraform / Ansible / OCI Resource Manager

  for network Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Proficiency in

  OCI Console, OCI CLI, Logging & Monitoring

  , and troubleshooting tools.

Preferred / Good to Have

• Experience in

  multi-cloud / hybrid cloud networking

  (AWS, Azure, Google).
• OCI certifications (e.g.,

  OCI Network Professional / OCI Architect

  ).
• Experience with:

• Exadata Cloud / Autonomous DB networking

• OKE networking (VNICs, CNI plugins, ingress/egress policies)

• Cloud security tools Prisma, Tenable, Qualys, GuardDuty, etc.

• Exposure to

  SASE, SD-WAN, Zero-Trust and Micro-Segmentation

  models.
• Network automation experience

  Python + APIs / Terraform modules

  .