Oracle Services - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect

• Lead customer discovery sessions to capture requirements, constraints, current-state topology, and operational needs.
• Define target-state OCI architectures and migration/modernization roadmaps, document decisions and trade-offs.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for architecture-building trust with customer architects, security, and operations teams.

OCI Core Architecture (Landing Zone / Shared Services)

Architect and guide implementation of OCI landing zones including:

• Tenancy design: compartment strategy, tagging, quotas, guardrails, cost controls
• Identity & access: IAM policies, groups, dynamic groups, federation/SSO, least-privilege design
• Networking: VCN/subnet design, routing, NSGs, security lists, DNS, load balancing, connectivity via VPN/FastConnect
• Security services: Vault/KMS, secrets, encryption, audit/logging, vulnerability management patterns
• Observability: Monitoring, Logging, Alarms, dashboards, operational telemetry, * Basic understanding of OCI database service options and how they are deployed and operated, including:

• Oracle Database on OCI (e.g., DB Systems/managed offerings) and Autonomous Database concepts

• Familiarity with non-traditional database services in OCI and common use cases, including: o NoSQL databases (key-value / document patterns, low-latency access, horizontal scale considerations) o Graph database concepts and use cases (relationship-centric modeling, fraud/identity, network analysis) o MySQL services and operational considerations (HA, backup/restore, patching, connectivity, performance basics)

• Core operational practices: provisioning, patching/maintenance concepts, backup/restore, encryption, and auditing

• Ability to collaborate with DBAs/application teams to ensure secure configuration and operational readiness, including integration with IAM, Vault/KMS, logging, and DR plans.

Migration & Modernization

• Architect and oversee migrations to OCI (lift-and-shift, re-platform, selective re architecture).
• Define modernization approaches leveraging OKE/Kubernetes, automation, and managed services where appropriate.
• Design hybrid patterns integrating on-prem and third-party services (network, identity, and data flows).

Reliability, Operations & Full-Stack Disaster Recovery (DR) & Resilience

• Experience designing and implementing end-to-end DR across application, platform, data, and network layers on OCI.
• Define and validate RTO/RPO, DR tiers/patterns (active/active, active/passive, warm standby), and DR operational processes (runbooks, testing, cutover/failback).
• Design multi-region and/or multi-availability domain resilience patterns including:

• Network and IAM considerations for failover
• Observability/monitoring for DR readiness
• Automation for recovery (Terraform, CI/CD, orchestration where needed)

Automation / DevOps

Build repeatable, secure deployments using:

• Terraform (modules, environments, state management, drift detection)
• CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins) with security gates and approvals
• GitOps workflows (PR-based change control, promotion across environments)
• Ansible for configuration management and orchestration

Delivery & Leadership

• Provide hands-on technical leadership: review designs, guide implementation, and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Produce high-quality deliverables (HLD/LLD, implementation plans, migration plans, cutover plans).
• Collaborate across security, network, app, and data teams; manage technical risks and dependencies.
• Contribute to estimations and work plans; support proposal/contract input when needed.
• Lead small delivery teams, coordinate work, and ensure high implementation quality.
• Mentor team members on OCI services, automation standards, and delivery patterns.

Documentation, customer advisory, and pre-sales

• Create customer-ready documentation including:
• Architecture artifacts (current state/target state, reference architectures, security patterns)
• High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs)
• Runbooks/SOPs, deployment guides, handover documentation, troubleshooting guides
• Gather requirements and lead discovery with customer stakeholders (security, compliance, networking, identity, operations).
• Run customer workshops (landing zone/security design sessions, IAM/network segmentation working sessions, threat modeling discussions).
• Support pre-sales by contributing to solutioning, estimates, delivery approach, and customer presentations/briefings.
• Understand competitive landscape and communicate opportunities to up-sell based on product expertise.
• Liaise with the Oracle ecosystem (Account Teams, Sales Consulting, Product teams, communities, cross-LOB teams).

• Experience designing, building, or operating high performance compute (HPC) / AI clusters, including workload scheduling considerations, performance tuning, and operational readiness.
• Strong understanding of GPU technologies and GPU-accelerated workloads (e.g., sizing, scaling, throughput/latency considerations, GPU node configuration, and cluster topology).
• Familiarity with high-performance storage patterns for AI/HPC workloads, including Lustre filesystems (or equivalent parallel/distributed file systems), and data throughput optimization.

Kubernetes / OKE (Container Platform Engineering)

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes concepts and operations, including cluster architecture, namespaces, RBAC, network policies, ingress, and workload deployment patterns.
• OCI experience with Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) preferred (or equivalent managed Kubernetes services in AWS/Azure/GCP with willingness to cross-train to OKE).
• Experience securing Kubernetes platforms (identity integration, secrets management, image/security controls, and cluster hardening) and integrating with CI/CD and IaC.

OCI Observability, Monitoring, Log Analytics & Graphing

• Strong experience implementing and operationalizing OCI Observability & Monitoring, including metrics, alarms, dashboards, and operational runbooks.
• Experience with OCI Logging / Log Analytics use cases such as central log collection, parsing, alerting, correlation, and supporting incident response.
• Ability to build effective graphing/dashboards for executive and operational audiences (service health, SLO/SLA reporting, capacity/performance, and security monitoring views).

OCI Networking, Security & IAM (Emphasis)

• Strong working knowledge of OCI networking (VCNs, subnets, routing, DRGs/FastConnect/VPN patterns, segmentation) and secure connectivity designs.
• Strong working knowledge of OCI security and IAM, including compartment strategy, least-privilege policy design, federation/SSO concepts, dynamic groups, and guardrails.

Storage Services (OCI)

• Strong understanding of OCI storage services and selection criteria, including Block Volume, File Storage, Object Storage, and archival/backup patterns.
• Ability to design for performance, durability, and cost (IOPS/throughput, multi-AD considerations where applicable), including encryption and access-control patterns.
• Experience integrating storage with compute and Kubernetes/OKE workloads (dynamic provisioning, mount patterns, lifecycle and backup/restore procedures)., * Relevant degree or at least 6 years of industry experience in a similar role., * 6-10 years in cloud/infrastructure architecture, systems engineering, or related roles, with meaningful customer-facing responsibility.
• Strong hands-on experience architecting and delivering OCI environments used in production.
• Deep expertise in enterprise networking and security (segmentation, routing, IAM, encryption, logging/auditing).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred) and CI/CD/automation practices.
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical teams and leadership; comfortable leading workshops and technical reviews.
• Experience producing professional customer deliverables: architectures, HLDs, LLDs, and operational documentation.
• Experience running workshops, gathering requirements, advising customers, and supporting pre-sales engagements.

Required Technical Skills

• OCI Architect Professional (or equivalent demonstrated expertise).
• Experience with OKE/Kubernetes, container platforms, and platform engineering patterns.
• Migration program experience (assessment, wave planning, cutover, rollback strategy).
• Experience supporting Oracle workloads (Oracle Database/Autonomous/Exadata Cloud Service) and enterprise integrations.
• Familiarity with security/compliance frameworks and controls mapping in regulated environments.
• OCI: compartments, IAM, VCN design, FastConnect/VPN, Load Balancer, WAF (where applicable), Vault/KMS, Monitoring/Logging
• Security: least privilege, encryption, secrets mgmt, auditability, secure network patterns
• Reliability: HA/DR design, backup/restore, observability and operations readiness
• Delivery: architecture documentation, stakeholder management, troubleshooting, mentoring
• Automation/DevOps: Terraform, Jenkins, GitOps, Ansible.

Cloud Provider Equivalency / Cross-Training

• Equivalent experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP security services and architecture will be considered, with willingness to cross-train to OCI.

Desired Attributes

• Confident and assertive
• Positive attitude
• Self-starter, comfortable working autonomously
• Ability to empathize with customers and understand their perspectives
• Skilled at balancing customer needs with Oracle's objectives
• Willingness to take initiative and assist wherever needed
• Team player who actively seeks innovative ways to enhance customer service
• Must be UK Citizen and hold current Security Clearance or ability to obtain

• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Structured onboarding and personalized training, including induction.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements for optimal work-life balance.
• Opportunity to work with modern technology stacks and collaborate with global teams.
• Defined career development pathways, mentorship, and continuous learning programs.
• Inclusive work environment that values diversity and individual contributions.

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