OCI Cloud Architect

Job Description

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced OCI Cloud Architect to design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and high-performance solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The role will focus on cloud architecture, migrations, and optimization, particularly for enterprise and Oracle-based workloads.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement cloud architectures using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

• Lead migration of workloads from on-premises or other clouds to OCI

• Architect high availability, disaster recovery, and fault-tolerant OCI solutions

• Design OCI networking (VCNs, subnets, DRGs, load balancers, FastConnect)

• Implement security best practices (IAM, compartments, policies, KMS, Vault)

• Architect OCI compute, storage, and database services (Autonomous DB, Exadata Cloud Service)

• Collaborate with DBAs, application teams, and security teams

• Define OCI governance, landing zones, and best practices

• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (OCI provider)

• Monitor, optimize performance, availability, and cloud costs

• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

• 5+ years in IT infrastructure or cloud architecture

• 3+ years hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

• Strong knowledge of:

  • OCI core services (Compute, Block/Object Storage)

  • OCI networking and connectivity

  • OCI IAM, compartments, policies

  • OCI security and compliance

• Experience with Terraform and OCI Resource Manager

• Experience with Linux and enterprise workloads

• Understanding of DR, backup, and business continuity strategies

• Excellent documentation and communication skills

• Ability to obtain Oracle Cloud Infrastructure certifications (OCI Architect Professional)

Nice to Have:

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure certifications (OCI Architect Professional)

• Experience with Oracle databases (RAC, Data Guard, Autonomous Database)

• Experience with hybrid connectivity (VPN, FastConnect)

• Knowledge of enterprise compliance frameworks

• Experience with Kubernetes (OKE) and containerized workloads

• Experience migrating Oracle workloads from AWS/Azure to OCI

• FinOps / cost optimization experience on OCI

• Scripting (Python, Bash)

• Experience with SaaS integrations (Oracle ERP, HCM, Fusion Apps)