Oracle Consulting Technical Director, Chief Cloud Architect- GDI

Consulting Technical Director, Chief Cloud Architect At Oracle, we empower government organizations to unlock innovation, drive efficiency, and deliver breakthrough outcomes with the power of cloud technology. As a global leader in cloud solutions and professional services, we help clients harness Oracle technology to achieve strategic objectives. We are seeking an experienced and security-cleared Consulting Technical Director to support our IC programs in Northern Virginia., We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Chief Cloud Architect to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) solutions to support enterprise mission systems and business applications. You will lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure, scalable, and high-performing cloud environments, leveraging your deep knowledge of Oracle products and cloud architecture best practices. This role demands technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on experience with Oracle-based systems in high-volume environments. If you thrive in a fast-paced, data-driven organization and enjoy solving complex data engineering challenges, we want to hear from you. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph.

• The ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with a polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 12 years of relevant experience designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise-scale infrastructure and mission systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading cloud solution architecture and translating customer requirements into production deployments.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud compute, storage, networking, and identity and access management services.
• Experience designing cloud tenancy and compartment structures, access policies, and secure deployment foundations.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, including IP addressing, routing, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, VPNs, and private connectivity.
• Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices, including version control and reusable deployment modules.
• Experience deploying and supporting containerized workloads using Kubernetes and container technologies such as Docker.
• Experience integrating Oracle Database workloads into cloud architectures, including provisioning, connectivity, backup, recovery, and availability considerations.
• Experience designing for resilience, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Ability to monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, including network connectivity, resource utilization, and service dependencies.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or comparable scripting tools for infrastructure automation.
• Working knowledge of cloud security principles, including least-privilege access, encryption, secrets management, auditing, and network segmentation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work across application, database, networking, security, and operations teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience producing architecture diagrams, technical designs, and customer presentations.

Desired Skills:

• Experience supporting Intelligence Community (IC) or other federal mission systems.
• Experience deploying solutions in government or classified cloud environments.
• Experience supporting security authorization activities, including the Risk Management Framework (RMF), Authority to Operate (ATO) processes, and applicable security control implementation.
• Experience developing hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud architectures.
• Experience with Kubernetes and automated application deployment.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery.
• Experience planning and executing Oracle Database migrations.
• Experience with cloud governance, resource tagging, capacity planning, and cost management.
• Familiarity with geospatial, data-intensive, or AI-enabled mission workloads.
• Relevant OCI architecture, networking, security, or operations certifications.

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