Senior OCI Cloud Architect

About the role

This position requires the consultant to work 3 days onsite and 2 days remote at 2 Broadway, NY, for a 12-month contract at 37.5 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Design cloud architectures primarily for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), with exposure to AWS, Azure, and hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
• Develop frameworks, governance models, and cloud standards for the organization.
• Partner with business stakeholders and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable, secure, multi/hybrid cloud architectures.
• Guide engineering teams or supplement their skill sets as needed.
• Support hybrid integrations and migration initiatives with a strong foundation in on-premises infrastructure.
• Contribute to the expansion of Infrastructure as Code capabilities.

Key Skills

• OCI: 6–9 years
• Azure / AWS / GCP: 1–2 years each (nice to have)
• Hybrid Infrastructure: 4–6 years
• Cloud Networking: 4–6 years
• Cloud DevOps / Automation: 4–6 years
• Cloud Security: 2–3 years
• Cloud FinOps: 1–2 years
• Architecture Documentation: 2–3 years (Visio or Abacus)

Technical Expertise

• Deep expertise in cloud platforms, services, governance, frameworks, and best practices.
• Proficiency in OCI is mandatory; focus on developing architectures, standards, and governance models for the OCI platform.
• Experience with cloud servers and environments, including configuration, patching, network and VLAN configuration, backups, system monitoring, and alerts.
• Database technologies: Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, GoldenGate, RMAN, Database licensing.
• Product architecture and roadmap assessment.
• Platforms: Exadata, ExaCC, ExaDB-D, Exascale, DBaaS, OEM.
• Architecture patterns: High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Multi-Cloud Architecture.
• Automation: Terraform, Ansible, API/CLI automation.
• SRE & DevOps: Monitoring, Observability, SLAs/SLOs/SLIs.

Preferred Qualifications

• A current Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) certification (Architect Professional or Architect Associate) is strongly preferred.

Additional Skills and Information

• Cloud Architecture, Architecture Patterns.
• Proficiency with AI.
• Linux or network administrator skills are a plus.