OCI Principal Engineer - Architect (Remote)

Description

As an organization, TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) provides a continuum of services ranging from Engagement Management to full functional Outsourcing including Offshore Centers in Canada and India. Our model provides the ability to engage customers beyond staffing when asked for more ownership, capabilities, or methodology while enhancing client/consultant support.

We partner with progressive leaders to create opportunity, accelerate business transformation and help build the enterprises of tomorrow. We work with 80% of the Fortune 500 to address their technology, strategy, and talent needs. We innovate so industries stay ahead of what’s next. As a full stack technology and talent services provider, we partner with our customers across the globe to own change. Join us.

At TEKsystems Global Services, we live in the tech world. We’re out in front of the trends and tools that shape industry and create fresh opportunities. All-in, fully engaged, high energy partnership is how we approach everything – our commitments and our people. Our people are at the center, fueling our high-performance and our inclusive culture.

We’re doers, looking for doers who do the right thing. Roll-up your sleeves thought-leaders focused on creating possible. Team champions who declare success only when everyone achieves their ambitions. Sound like the career experience you’ve been searching for? We’re looking for an OCI Principal Engineer to join our team. A practitioner who accelerates outcomes, affects positive change, and moves business forward.

Let’s partner. Together, we can accomplish amazing things.

Here’s what the opportunity supported through our TGS Talent Acquisition Team requires:

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy OCI infrastructure components using Terraform, Ansible, and OCI CLI.

• Build production-grade Terraform modules to standardize OCI object provisioning (e.g., VCNs, subnets, compute, storage, IAM, etc.).

• Translate solution architecture blueprints into executable IaC-based OCI environments, including full lifecycle management.

• Create and manage OCI services such as Compute (VM, bare metal), Block/Object/File Storage, Networking (VCN, DRG, FastConnect, Load Balancers), and Database (Autonomous, Exadata, MySQL Heatwave).

• Automate the configuration and deployment of post-provisioning tasks using Ansible playbooks (e.g., SSH key setup, package installs, patching).

• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab for OCI infrastructure delivery.

• Configure OCI Identity and Access Management (IAM) components — Policies, Dynamic Groups, Security Zones, Cloud Guard.

• Support disaster recovery, backup/restore, and high availability configurations across OCI regions and compartments.

• Integrate observability tools such as OCI Monitoring, Logging, and Logging Analytics, with optional third-party tools (e.g., Splunk, Datadog).

• Participate in code reviews, operational runbook creation, and knowledge sharing with DevOps and cloud engineering teams.

• Architectural Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement:

Lead design and architecture workshops for multi-phase OCI deployments, facilitating collaboration between technical teams and business stakeholders. Delivered architectural blueprints, roadmaps, and feedback loops to ensure technical clarity, alignment, and ongoing governance.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

• 3–5+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in engineering or DevOps roles.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Terraform in cloud environments, preferably in production-scale environments.

• Strong command-line and scripting skills using Bash, OCI CLI, and Python (optional).

• Solid experience deploying infrastructure using Terraform modules, state management, and remote backends.

• Required experience with OCI IAM, tenancy structures, compartments, tag namespaces, and policy management."Experience with DevOps tools: Git, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, etc.

• Knowledge of cloud network topologies (hub-spoke, FastConnect, VPN) and hybrid cloud designs.

• Working knowledge of Kubernetes (OKE) and container-based deployment patterns.

• Ability to troubleshoot OCI service deployments, Terraform state errors, and pipeline failures.

Preferred Qualifications:

• OCI Certified Cloud Operations or Architect Associate/Professional.

• Experience in regulated cloud environments (e.g., Government, Finance, Healthcare).

• Familiarity with Oracle SaaS integrations (ERP, HCM) into OCI.

• Experience with Configuration Management tools like Ansible is a plus.

• Prior experience implementing Landing Zones and governance models in OCI.

• Proven experience designing, writing, and deploying infrastructure code using Terraform (HCL) and Ansible for Oracle Cloud environments.

• Direct experience provisioning and managing OCI services via IaC — not just modifying existing configurations but building full-stack infrastructure from zero.

Strong understanding of Terraform state management, modules, variable injection, and execution workflows (e.g., plan, apply, destroy).

Additional Requirements:

Candidates must complete a technical interview to demonstrate hands-on skills in:

• Writing and explaining Terraform code.
• Deploying OCI infrastructure components from code.
• Troubleshooting IaC deployments and optimizing practices.
• Code walkthrough and live deployment exercises may be included in the evaluation process.