Cloud Engineer​/Administrator; Oracle Cloud OCI, Nutanix & VMware Goahead Consulting

Driving advanced cloud infrastructure administration, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) management, and multi-platform virtualization in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Goahead Consulting is actively seeking an accomplished Cloud Engineer / Administrator for a high-impact government project professional engagement. In this vital technical role, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of OCI cloud environments, Linux system administration, Ansible automation playbooks, and Nutanix/VMware hyperconverged virtualization infrastructures.

Bringing extensive professional experience in enterprise cloud engineering and holding a transferable IQAMA, you will empower a premier public sector client to achieve uncompromised cloud reliability, automated provisioning workflows, and robust operational resilience. This prestigious career opportunity offers competitive executive remuneration, high-visibility government project exposure, and professional growth within a leading international technical recruitment and consulting enterprise.

As a Cloud Engineer / Administrator supporting Goahead Consulting on an on-site basis in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of cloud architecture management, Linux server administration, infrastructure automation, and virtualization maintenance. Your day-to-day responsibilities include provisioning and managing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, administering enterprise Linux operating systems, authoring Ansible automation scripts, maintaining Nutanix and VMware virtualized datacenters, coordinating with government project stakeholders, and interacting directly with assistant managers like Mohammad Masood.

• Architect, provision, configure, and manage mission-critical Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments, tenants, and cloud services.
• Administer, monitor, and harden enterprise Linux operating system environments, system daemons, user permissions, and security patches.
• Author, maintain, and execute advanced Ansible automation playbooks and configuration management scripts to streamline infrastructure provisioning.
• Manage enterprise virtualization workloads across Nutanix Acropolis and VMware vSphere/ESXi hyperconverged infrastructure clusters.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud networking, storage allocation, hypervisor performance, and multi-tier application connectivity issues.
• Collaborate seamlessly with government project managers, security compliance officers, and external vendor teams during agile delivery cycles.
• Ensure strict adherence to government cybersecurity baselines, data sovereignty regulations, and high-availability service level agreements.
• Maintain meticulous infrastructure documentation, cloud topology diagrams, Ansible role repositories, and operational runbooks.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cloud Computing, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 5+ years of progressive professional hands‑on experience in cloud engineering, Linux administration, and enterprise virtualization.
• Strong, demonstrable operational expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) architecture, tenant management, and cloud services.
• Comprehensive working knowledge and practical proficiency in enterprise Linux server administration and advanced command-line troubleshooting.
• Deep practical experience authoring infrastructure automation utilizing Ansible playbooks and configuration scripts.
• Solid practical grasp of hyperconverged infrastructure and virtualization platforms including Nutanix and VMware.
• Exceptional analytical problem-solving aptitude, system diagnostic capabilities,…