Senior Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect - New York, NY (Hybrid Role)

About the role

Design and develop cloud architectures, standards, and governance models primarily for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and support multi/hybrid-cloud initiatives (AWS, Azure).

Certification Requirement

Must provide current Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect Professional or Associate certification (photo/credentials required).

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and technical teams to gather requirements and translate them into scalable, secure cloud solutions.
• Lead and guide engineering teams or supplement their technical skill sets.
• Develop and document architecture using tools like Visio or Abacus.
• Support hybrid integrations and cloud migration initiatives, leveraging strong on-premises infrastructure knowledge.
• Expand Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) capabilities using automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, API/CLI).
• Implement cloud networking, security frameworks, and governance models.
• Ensure best practices for cloud FinOps, monitoring, observability, and compliance.
• Architect high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-cloud solutions.
• Work with database technologies (Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, Golden Gate, RMAN).
• Assess product architecture and roadmap.
• Leverage SRE & DevOps principles for system reliability and performance (SLAs/SLOs/SLIs).

Required Skills & Experience

• OCI: 6–9 years (mandatory, expert-level proficiency)
• Hybrid Infrastructure: 4–6 years
• Cloud Networking, DevOps/Automation, Security: 2–6 years
• Cloud FinOps: 1–2 years
• Architecture Documentation: 2–3 years
• Other Clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP): 1–2 years each (preferred)
• AI proficiency and architecture pattern knowledge
• Linux or Network Administration: (a plus)
• Platforms: Exadata, ExaCC, ExaDB-D, Exascale, DBaaS, OEM