2026-1620 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

About the role

The Manager - Cloud Infrastructure leads the design, delivery, governance, and operational management of cloud infrastructure services with a primary focus on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and secondary expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS). This role provides strategic and operational leadership for AMS (Application Management Services) clients, ensuring secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud environments. The Manager will lead cloud teams, drive service excellence, oversee vendor and stakeholder relationships, manage cloud budgets, and ensure adherence to security, compliance, and operational standards. The role requires strong technical expertise, leadership capabilities, and the ability to align cloud initiatives with business objectives.

Key facts

What you'll do

Define and execute cloud infrastructure strategies aligned with business and customer objectives while leading the design, implementation, and operational management of OCI environments and overseeing AWS support requirements.

Establish cloud governance frameworks, standards, and best practices across managed services engagements to ensure consistent and secure delivery.

Drive cloud transformation initiatives, modernization programs, and operational excellence efforts to improve efficiency and reliability of cloud services.

Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to cloud engineering and operations teams, ensuring alignment with industry best practices.

Own end-to-end cloud infrastructure operations for AMS clients, maintaining service delivery within agreed SLAs, KPIs, and operational targets.

Oversee infrastructure availability, performance, capacity management, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and patch management processes to ensure operational readiness.

Drive major incident management, problem management, and root-cause remediation activities to minimize service disruptions and improve stability.

Review and approve secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architecture designs, focusing on security controls including IAM, network segmentation, encryption, vulnerability management, and compliance requirements.

Manage cloud infrastructure budgets, forecasting, and financial planning while monitoring cloud consumption trends and implementing optimization initiatives.

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of cloud consultants, engineers, and administrators, establishing performance goals and supporting employee development planning.

Requirements

Oracle Cloud expertise is essential for this role, as the Manager will be responsible for defining and executing cloud infrastructure strategies aligned with business and customer objectives. The candidate must lead the design, implementation, and operational management of OCI environments while overseeing AWS support requirements as a secondary focus. Strong technical expertise and leadership capabilities are required to establish cloud governance frameworks, standards, and best practices across managed services engagements. The role demands the ability to drive cloud transformation initiatives, modernization programs, and operational excellence efforts while providing technical leadership and architectural guidance to cloud engineering and operations teams.

Candidates must own end-to-end cloud infrastructure operations for AMS clients, ensuring service delivery within agreed SLAs, KPIs, and operational targets. They will oversee infrastructure availability, performance, capacity management, monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and patch management processes, and drive major incident management, problem management, and root-cause remediation activities. The role requires reviewing and approving secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architecture designs, with a strong focus on implementing cloud security controls such as IAM, network segmentation, encryption, vulnerability management, and compliance requirements.

Financial management is a core responsibility, requiring the Manager to manage cloud infrastructure budgets, forecasting, and financial planning while monitoring cloud consumption trends and implementing optimization initiatives. Team leadership is central to the role, as the Manager will lead, mentor, and develop a team of cloud consultants, engineers, and administrators, establishing performance goals, conducting reviews, and supporting employee development planning. Strong skills in vendor and stakeholder governance are necessary, including managing relationships with Oracle, AWS, technology partners, and third-party service providers, reviewing vendor performance, contractual obligations, SLAs, and service commitments.

The Manager will build trusted advisor relationships with client leadership teams, conduct service reviews, operational governance meetings, and executive-level reporting, while identifying opportunities for service improvements, automation, and cloud adoption expansion. Supporting client audits, compliance reviews, and operational assessments is required, along with driving customer satisfaction, service quality, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Candidates must promote cloud-native capabilities, automation, and infrastructure-as-code practices, driving process standardization and operational efficiency improvements. Evaluating emerging cloud technologies and recommending adoption strategies is expected, along with leading initiatives focused on reliability engineering, observability, and operational maturity. The role encourages innovation and automation to enhance service delivery and reduce operational overhead while fostering a high-performance, customer-focused, and collaborative culture.

Practical notes

The role operates from the Highstreet location in India under a Full Time Salaried Employee (FTE) engagement model. The Manager - Cloud Infrastructure will interact with global stakeholders and must align working hours to support regional collaboration as needed. Travel requirements may arise for client visits, vendor meetings, or internal engagements, and adherence to standard visa regulations for international mobility will apply where relevant. Candidates should expect to participate in on-call rotations for critical incident response and operational coverage during defined business hours. Deadlines for key deliverables will be tied to client program milestones and will require proactive planning to ensure timely execution of cloud transformation initiatives.