What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Platform Engineer (OCI) position at Navy Federal Credit Union?
Overview
Navy Federal’s OCI Platform Engineering Team fosters a collaborative environment and is building a best-in-class team that manages, enhances, and protects Navy Federal information and its Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux server environments.
As a Platform Engineer, you are expected to be a subject matter expert with hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud, tools, methodologies, and automation. This role is suited for an experienced Engineer with proven understanding of Windows Server management best practices and will focus on supporting and improving Navy Federal’s Oracle Cloud environment. Experience with Linux is beneficial but not required.
Responsibilities
Locations: 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180 | 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526
About Us
Navy Federal provides much more than a job. We provide a meaningful career experience, including a culture that is energized, engaged and committed; and fierce appreciation for our teams, who are rewarded with highly competitive pay and generous benefits and perks.
Our approach to careers is simple yet powerful: Make our mission your passion.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Accommodations: If you need accommodation or assistance for a qualifying condition to complete the online application (or during any stage of the hiring process), you can contact Navy Federal's Medical Accommodations team at medicalaccommodations@navyfederal.org or by calling 1-888-503-6013. This team cannot provide any information on job postings or application status.
Disclaimers: Navy Federal reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower grade level based on business need. An assessment may be required to compete for this position. Job postings are subject to close early or extend out longer than the anticipated closing date at the hiring team’s discretion based on qualified applicant volume. Navy Federal Credit Union assesses market data to establish salary ranges that enable us to remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range, based on your experience, location and market position. For additional details regarding compensation and benefits, review the Benefits page of the Navy Federal Career Site.
Protect Yourself from Job Scams: Navy Federal Credit Union jobs are posted on our career site, jobs.navyfederal.org and reputable job boards (e.g., LinkedIn, Indeed). We do not post jobs on social media marketplaces, messaging apps or unverified websites. We will never ask candidates for payment, bank details or personal financial information during the hiring process.
Bank Secrecy Act: Remains cognizant of and adheres to Navy Federal policies and procedures, and regulations pertaining to the Bank Secrecy Act.
Navy Federal’s OCI Platform Engineering Team fosters a collaborative environment and is building a best-in-class team that manages, enhances, and protects Navy Federal information and its Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux server environments.
As a Platform Engineer, you are expected to be a subject matter expert with hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud, tools, methodologies, and automation. This role is suited for an experienced Engineer with proven understanding of Windows Server management best practices and will focus on supporting and improving Navy Federal’s Oracle Cloud environment. Experience with Linux is beneficial but not required.
Responsibilities
- Manage IaaS and PaaS resources on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Stand up and manage cloud database services such as Autonomous Database (ATP DB) and Autonomous Datawarehouse (ADW) on OCI
- Administer, Set-up and Manage Oracle PaaS services such as Oracle Integration Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Oracle FAW, ODI (Oracle Data Integrator) Marketplace
- Set-up and Manage Jump Servers, SFTP Servers on OCI
- Configure and manage VCN, Subnets, Routing rules on OCI
- Instantiate, apply regular patches and administer Compute, Storage, Load Balancers on OCI
- Provisioning and managing the roles and access for Oracle Cloud Environments
- Respond to security vulnerabilities identified through periodic and on-demand system audits and vulnerability assessments of the Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Oracle Cloud infrastructures.
- Develop, update, maintain, and implement automation to simplify and streamline the management of the Windows server environment.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Windows Server or Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems and their management tools.
- Creation and modification of AD groups, objects, and policies as they relate to the management of Windows/Linux Servers.
- Develop, update, maintain, and implement server hardening policies.
- Provide day-to-day operational support and perform engineering tasks and assignments in support of business needs.
- Participate in after-hours on-call support on a rotational basis.
- Monitor compliance with the organization's information security policies and procedures among employees, contractors and third parties, and manage remediation efforts for any gaps reported in audits or recommended process improvements.
- Participate in Information Security Incident Response activities for the NFCU’s environment.
- Develop and maintain documentation of all aspects of the environment, supporting systems, and procedures.
- Provide functional and technical support, incident management, instance administration, release management, upgrade support, and testing
- Engineer, implement, and maintain patch updates and backups
- Provide escalated technical support for complex technical issues which may include leading problem management cases and providing management status
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience.
- Advanced experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Knowledge of key Oracle Cloud concepts like Compute, Storage, networking, Security & Identity, and databases
- Working knowledge of Platform as a service (PaaS) preferably Oracle Integration Cloud Service, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Java Cloud Service and various Marketplace offerings in Oracle
- Working knowledge of Oracle Autonomous Databases Services
- Advanced experience with Windows Server 2016 – 2025 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7-9 engineering and administration.
- Ability to perform troubleshooting of the Windows Server or Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems.
- Significant experience automating processes and developing automation utilizing tools such as Azure Automation, PowerShell, Ansible.
- 5 years’ experience working in a senior technical or engineering role.
- Effective organizational, planning, and time management skills
- Experience with Ansible.
- Knowledge of and experience with Active Directory and Group Policy.
- Experience with Azure to include IaaS and PaaS support.
- Experience using Azure Automation tools for both cloud and on-premises resources.
- Actionable knowledge of DNS, DHCP, Firewalls, and VIPs/Load Balancers as they pertain to managing and supporting a server infrastructure.
- Working knowledge of Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) service model of Oracle Cloud infrastructure (or any similar cloud providers)
- Financial industry experience preferred
- Oracle Cloud Certifications preferred
Locations: 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180 | 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526
About Us
Navy Federal provides much more than a job. We provide a meaningful career experience, including a culture that is energized, engaged and committed; and fierce appreciation for our teams, who are rewarded with highly competitive pay and generous benefits and perks.
Our approach to careers is simple yet powerful: Make our mission your passion.
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Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Accommodations: If you need accommodation or assistance for a qualifying condition to complete the online application (or during any stage of the hiring process), you can contact Navy Federal's Medical Accommodations team at medicalaccommodations@navyfederal.org or by calling 1-888-503-6013. This team cannot provide any information on job postings or application status.
Disclaimers: Navy Federal reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower grade level based on business need. An assessment may be required to compete for this position. Job postings are subject to close early or extend out longer than the anticipated closing date at the hiring team’s discretion based on qualified applicant volume. Navy Federal Credit Union assesses market data to establish salary ranges that enable us to remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range, based on your experience, location and market position. For additional details regarding compensation and benefits, review the Benefits page of the Navy Federal Career Site.
Protect Yourself from Job Scams: Navy Federal Credit Union jobs are posted on our career site, jobs.navyfederal.org and reputable job boards (e.g., LinkedIn, Indeed). We do not post jobs on social media marketplaces, messaging apps or unverified websites. We will never ask candidates for payment, bank details or personal financial information during the hiring process.
Bank Secrecy Act: Remains cognizant of and adheres to Navy Federal policies and procedures, and regulations pertaining to the Bank Secrecy Act.
Salary : $114,500 - $179,500