Oracle Services – Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect in Reading

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Oracle Services is seeking a customer‑facing Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect to lead the architecture, design, and delivery of secure, scalable cloud solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This role partners directly with client stakeholders to define cloud strategy and target architectures, guide migrations and modernization, and ensure solutions align with enterprise requirements for security, reliability, performance, and compliance. The successful candidate will also support pre‑sales activities, create customer‑facing presentations, run workshops, gather requirements, advise customers, and provide technical leadership across delivery teams. Candidates with equivalent security architecture/engineering experience in AWS, Azure, or GCP will be considered, with a demonstrated willingness to cross‑train to OCI.

Responsibilities

• Client Advisory & Architecture Ownership

• Lead customer discovery sessions to capture requirements, constraints, current‑state topology, and operational needs.
• Define target‑state OCI architectures and migration/modernization roadmaps, document decisions and trade‑offs.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for architecture—building trust with customer architects, security, and operations teams.

• Architect and guide implementation of OCI landing zones including:

• Tenancy design: compartment strategy, tagging, quotas, guardrails, cost controls
• Identity & access: IAM policies, groups, dynamic groups, federation/SSO, least‑privilege design
• Networking: VCN/subnet design, routing, NSGs, security lists, DNS, load balancing, connectivity via VPN/FastConnect
• Security services: Vault/KMS, secrets, encryption, audit/logging, vulnerability management patterns
• Observability: Monitoring, Logging, Alarms, dashboards, operational telemetry

• Experience designing, building, or operating high‑performance compute (HPC) / AI clusters, including workload scheduling considerations, performance tuning, and operational readiness.
• Strong understanding of GPU technologies and GPU‑accelerated workloads (e.g., sizing, scaling, throughput/latency considerations, GPU node configuration, and cluster topology).
• Familiarity with high‑performance storage patterns for AI/HPC workloads, including Lustre filesystems (or equivalent parallel/distributed file systems), and data throughput optimization.

• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes concepts and operations, including cluster architecture, namespaces, RBAC, network policies, ingress, and workload deployment patterns.
• OCI experience with Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) preferred (or equivalent managed Kubernetes services in AWS/Azure/GCP with willingness to cross‑train to OKE).
• Experience securing Kubernetes platforms (identity integration, secrets management, image/security controls, and cluster hardening) and integrating with CI/CD and IaC.

• Strong experience implementing and operationalizing OCI Observability & Monitoring, including metrics, alarms, dashboards, and operational runbooks.
• Experience with OCI Logging / Log Analytics use cases such as central log collection, parsing, alerting, correlation, and supporting incident response.
• Ability to build effective graphing/dashboards for executive and operational audiences (service health, SLO/SLA reporting, capacity/performance, and security monitoring views).

• Strong working knowledge of OCI networking (VCNs, subnets, routing, DRGs/FastConnect/VPN patterns, segmentation) and secure connectivity designs.
• Strong working knowledge of OCI security and IAM, including compartment strategy, least‑privilege policy design, federation/SSO concepts, dynamic groups, and guardrails.

• Strong understanding of OCI storage services and selection criteria, including Block Volume, File Storage, Object Storage, and archival/backup patterns.
• Ability to design for performance, durability, and cost (IOPS/throughput, multi‑AD considerations where applicable), including encryption and access‑control patterns.
• Experience integrating storage with compute and Kubernetes/OKE workloads (dynamic provisioning, mount patterns, lifecycle and backup/restore procedures).

• Basic understanding of OCI database service options and how they are deployed and operated, including:

• Oracle Database on OCI (e.g., DB Systems/managed offerings) and Autonomous Database concepts
• Familiarity with non‑traditional database services in OCI and common use cases, including:

• NoSQL databases (key‑value / document patterns, low‑latency access, horizontal scale considerations)
• Graph database concepts and use cases (relationship‑centric modeling, fraud/identity, network analysis)
• MySQL services and operational considerations (HA, backup/restore, patching, connectivity, performance basics)

• Architect and oversee migrations to OCI (lift‑and‑shift, re‑platform, selective re‑architecture).
• Define modernization approaches leveraging OKE/Kubernetes, automation, and managed services where appropriate.
• Design hybrid patterns integrating on‑prem and third‑party services (network, identity, and data flows).

• Experience designing and implementing end‑to‑end DR across application, platform, data, and network layers on OCI.
• Define and validate RTO/RPO, DR tiers/patterns (active/active, active/passive, warm standby), and DR operational processes (runbooks, testing, cutover/failback).
• Design multi‑region and/or multi‑availability domain resilience patterns including:

• Network and IAM considerations for failover
• Observability/monitoring for DR readiness
• Automation for recovery (Terraform, CI/CD, orchestration where needed)

• Build repeatable, secure deployments using:

• Terraform (modules, environments, state management, drift detection)
• CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins) with security gates and approvals
• GitOps workflows (PR‑based change control, promotion across environments)
• Ansible for configuration management and orchestration

• Provide hands‑on technical leadership: review designs, guide implementation, and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Produce high‑quality deliverables (HLD/LLD, implementation plans, migration plans, cutover plans).
• Collaborate across security, network, app, and data teams; manage technical risks and dependencies.
• Contribute to estimations and work plans; support proposal/contract input when needed.
• Lead small delivery teams, coordinate work, and ensure high implementation quality.
• Mentor team members on OCI services, automation standards, and delivery patterns.

• Create customer‑ready documentation including:

• Architecture artifacts (current state/target state, reference architectures, security patterns)
• High‑Level Designs (HLDs) and Low‑Level Designs (LLDs)
• Runbooks/SOPs, deployment guides, handover documentation, troubleshooting guides

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant degree or at least 6 years of industry experience in a similar role.

• 6–10 years in cloud/infrastructure architecture, systems engineering, or related roles, with meaningful customer‑facing responsibility.
• Strong hands‑on experience architecting and delivering OCI environments used in production.
• Deep expertise in enterprise networking and security (segmentation, routing, IAM, encryption, logging/auditing).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred) and CI/CD/automation practices.
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical teams and leadership; comfortable leading workshops and technical reviews.
• Experience producing professional customer deliverables: architectures, HLDs, LLDs, and operational documentation.
• Experience running workshops, gathering requirements, advising customers, and supporting pre‑sales engagements.

• OCI Architect Professional (or equivalent demonstrated expertise).
• Experience with OKE/Kubernetes, container platforms, and platform engineering patterns.
• Migration program experience (assessment, wave planning, cutover, rollback strategy).
• Experience supporting Oracle workloads (Oracle Database/Autonomous/Exadata Cloud Service) and enterprise integrations.
• Familiarity with security/compliance frameworks and controls mapping in regulated environments.
• OCI: compartments, IAM, VCN design, FastConnect/VPN, Load Balancer, WAF (where applicable), Vault/KMS, Monitoring/Logging.
• Security: least privilege, encryption, secrets mgmt, auditability, secure network patterns.
• Reliability: HA/DR design, backup/restore, observability and operations readiness.
• Delivery: architecture documentation, stakeholder management, troubleshooting, mentoring.
• Automation/DevOps: Terraform, Jenkins, GitOps, Ansible.

• Equivalent experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP security services and architecture will be considered, with willingness to cross‑train to OCI.

• Confident and assertive
• Positive attitude
• Self‑starter, comfortable working autonomously
• Ability to empathize with customers and understand their perspectives
• Skilled at balancing customer needs with Oracle’s objectives
• Willingness to take initiative and assist wherever needed
• Team player who actively seeks innovative ways to enhance customer service
• Must be UK Citizen and hold current Security Clearance or ability to obtain.

What We’ll Offer

• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Structured onboarding and personalized training, including induction.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements for optimal work‑life balance.
• Opportunity to work with modern technology stacks and collaborate with global teams.
• Defined career development pathways, mentorship, and continuous learning programs.
• Inclusive work environment that values diversity and individual contributions.

Qualifications

• Career Level - IC4

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