Oracle Cloud Architect - intellyk

Job Title: Oracle Cloud Architect

Job Location: Atlanta, GA - 30303 (Hybrid)

Job Type: Contract

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

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

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