Job Location: Available to work Hybrid,
Atlanta, GA.
Duration: 1
Year
Job Description:
**This is a 1-2
year assignment. The initial contract end date will be 6/30/25, which is in
line with our fiscal year end. We will then do a renewal contract for the
period 7/1/25 - 6/30/26.
Job Overview
The Oracle Cloud
architect proactively and holistically designs, deploys, and supports OCI
infrastructure and applications, optimizing prioritization, and collaboration
with cross-functional teams to achieve project outcomes.
They understand the
concepts of business goals, objectives and business outcomes, business capabilities,
value-streams and business processes and their importance in cloud
architecture. Cloud architect provides the necessary leadership, analysis and
design tasks related to support the development of technology solutions to
ensure that solutions meet business needs and align with architectural
governance and standards.
Scope of Activities
Competencies
- Organizationally
savvy, with the ability to navigate organizational politics with tact
- Skilled
at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with
decision making
- Ability
to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical
audiences
- Skilled
at understanding the long-term ("big picture") and short-term
perspectives of situations
- Proficient
in translating future-state business capabilities and requirements into
solution architecture requirements
- Ability
to propose and estimate the financial impact of solution architecture
alternatives
- Effective
interpersonal skills to work creatively and analytically for solving
business problems and propose solutions
- Apt
at quickly comprehending the functions and capabilities of new
technologies
Characteristics
- Trusted
and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business
and IT leaders and IT development teams
- Technology
neutral: remains unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice
and is more interested in results than personal preferences
- Displays
intellectual curiosity and integrity
- Motivated
and driven by achieving long-term business outcomes
Ability to work effectively in a team
environment and lead cross-functional teams
Requirements
Credentials and
Experience
- A
bachelor's degree in computer science, information-technology,
engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience
- A
minimum of five years of experience Oracle Cloud development disciplines,
including technical or infrastructure architecture, network management,
application development, middleware, database management and security
- Experience
with implementing Oracle Cloud Fusion as a Cloud Architect
- Good
understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends, and the
practical application of existing and emerging technologies to new and
evolving business and operating models
- Good
understanding of product management, agile principles and development
methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice
and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of
technical and architectural debt
- Experience
developing architecture blueprints, strategies and roadmaps
- Identify
and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and services. Provide
support for incident management and disaster recovery
Skills
- Expertise
in cloud computing concepts and architectures.
- Proficiency
in cloud service deployment, management, and optimization.
- Strong
understanding of security practices and compliance.
- Experience
with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Experience
with scripting and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
- Knowledge
of networking, storage, and database services in the cloud
- Data
savvy with knowledge of various aspects of Oracle Cloud architecture like
integration, network and security
- Good
understanding of information principles and processes
- Understanding
and knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies (such as
waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping,
incremental, synchronize and stabilize and DevOps)
- Understanding
and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and information technology
infrastructure library (ITIL)
- Hands-on
experience in different modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate)
- Understanding
of IT standards and controls
- Industry
experience in applying application development methodologies and
infrastructure and network architecture
- Proven
analytical, planning, organizational and technical and skills
- Excellent
written and verbal communication skills
- Ability
to work with developers in an outsourced environment
