FocusKPI is looking for an OCI Security and Infrastructure Consultant to join one of our clients, a high-tech SaaS company. Work Location: Remote - anywhere in the US Duration: 12-month contract Pay Range: $70/hr to $81/hr **No C2C resumes are considered** Responsibilities: + Configure and maintain OCI infrastructure components, including compute, networking (VCNs, subnets, gateways), storage, and load balancers. + Design, deploy, and maintain multi‑cloud networking (Egress and Workload VCNs, firewall/NAT gateways, AWS transit), enforcing traffic‑control policies. + Implement and manage OCI Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies, compartments, dynamic groups, and federation. + Harden OCI infrastructure according to CIS Benchmarks and cloud security best practices. + Apply security patches and manage updates across OCI-hosted applications and services. + Design and operate an end‑to‑end monitoring, alerting, and reliability stack (Datadog, OCI Metrics, PagerDuty) with SLO/SLA tracking and cost optimization. + Monitor and respond to security alerts and events from OCI tools like Cloud Guard, Logging, and Security Zones. + Build and maintain an Infrastructure‑as‑Code pipeline: Terraform Cloud for resource provisioning, GitHub for source control, GitHub Actions for CI/CD. + Orchestrate configuration and patch management at scale with Ansible Automation Platform. + Configure and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and high availability setups within the OCI environment. + Perform regular reviews of access, entitlements, and audit logs to ensure least privilege and policy compliance. + Assist with security incident investigations and remediation within the OCI environment. + Work closely with security and infrastructure teams to enforce secure controls and infrastructure best practices (IaC, etc) + Collaborate with developers, integration engineers, finance, and security stakeholders to improve reliability and expand OCI capabilities. + Actively monitor, assess, and recommend tactical and strategic initiatives based on new and emerging threats posing risk to cloud computing environments. + Manage remediation efforts after security assessment findings outline weaknesses requiring attention. + Provide documentation and knowledge transfer to internal teams. Qualifications: + 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity or related engineering roles. + 3+ years hands-on experience specifically with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). + Experience working with security tools like Teleport, CrowdStrike EDR, Tenable, SIEM, etc + Strong understanding of OCI networking, IAM, compartments, security lists, and resource management. + Experience with OCI-native security services (e.g., Cloud Guard, Security Zones, Logging, Vault). + Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform preferred). + Experience in Ansible Automation Platform or other configuration management tooling. + Solid understanding of security best practices, including least privilege access, encryption, system hardening, vulnerability management, and key management. + Familiarity with compliance requirements (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA) as they apply to OCI. + Experience supporting production-grade workloads in a cloud environment. + Scripting knowledge (e.g., Bash, Python) for automation and monitoring. Preferred Qualifications: + OCI Certified Architect or OCI Certified Security Professional. + Prior experience integrating OCI with SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, QRadar). + Experience working in hybrid environments (on-prem + OCI). + Experience with Monitoring and Alert tools (Pref: Datadog) + Experience with logging pipelines and log manipulation (Pref: Cribl Stream) + Experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions CI/CD and DevSecOps processes and tooling. + Experience with AWS Networking and multi-cloud connectivity is a bonus. **No C2C resumes are considered** Thank you! FocusKPI Hiring Team Founded in 2010, FocusKPI, Inc. (FocusKPI) is a data science and technology firm specializing in predictive analytics practice and methodologies. FocusKPI is a US company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with an East Coast office in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTICE: Please be aware of fraudulent emails regarding job postings, job offers and fake checks. FocusKPI's recruiting team will strictly reach out via @focuskpi.com email domain. If you have received fraudulent emails now or in the past, please report it to https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ . The domain @focuskpijobs.com is fraudulent and not related to FocusKPI. Please do not not reply or communicate to anyone with @focuskpijobs.com. Powered by JazzHR