100% REMOTE - Oracle OCI Architect || W2 || Any Visa

100% REMOTE - Oracle OCI Architect || W2 || Any Visa

Posted 1 day ago by 1758034132

Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA

Summary: The Oracle OCI Architect role involves leading Lift-and-Shift migrations of legacy systems to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The position is focused on designing, implementing, and optimizing OCI solutions across various domains including infrastructure, networking, security, and DevOps. The role is fully remote and requires extensive hands-on experience with OCI services and migration processes. The selected candidate will also provide cost-optimization strategies and collaborate with various teams to ensure successful migrations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead 3-4 full end-to-end OCI Lift-and-Shift migrations of enterprise-scale legacy applications, middleware, and databases.
  • Architect OCI infrastructure solutions, including Compute, Storage (Block, Object, Archive), Networking (VCNs, DRGs, VPN, FastConnect), and Load Balancing.
  • Implement OCI Identity & Access Management (IAM), Policies, Compartments, and Governance structures.
  • Work with OCI Database services (Autonomous DB, Exadata Cloud Service, DB Systems, GoldenGate, Data Guard).
  • Deploy and manage applications with OCI DevOps, Resource Manager (Terraform), Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and Docker/Kubernetes (OKE).
  • Architect for High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Monitoring using OCI Monitoring, Logging, and Alarms.
  • Build automation pipelines for infrastructure as code (IaC), continuous integration/deployment, and cloud operations.
  • Provide cost-optimization strategies and FinOps best practices on OCI.
  • Collaborate with application teams, DBAs, and security engineers to ensure smooth migration cutover.

Key Skills:

  • Minimum 5+ years of OCI hands-on experience and 3-4 full-cycle OCI Lift-and-Shift migrations.
  • Deep knowledge of OCI services: Compute, Networking, Storage, Database (Autonomous, Exadata, DB Systems), Load Balancers, and WAF.
  • Hands-on with OCI DevOps stack: Resource Manager (Terraform), Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes (OKE), and containerized deployments.
  • Strong knowledge of OCI Observability: Logging, Monitoring, Alarms, and Notifications.
  • Experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) setups using OCI Object Storage replication, Data Guard, GoldenGate, and Cross-Region DR.
  • Expertise in OCI IAM, Compartments, Security Zones, Vault, and KMS for key management and compliance.
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to lead design discussions with executives and engineers.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:
Job Title: Oracle OCI Architect
Location: 100% Remote
Visa: No COnstraints
Job Type: W2
Duration: Long Ter

About the Role: We are seeking a highly skilled Oracle OCI Architect to lead Lift-and-Shift migrations of legacy systems into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This is a brand-new, greenfield OCI initiative, and the selected candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing OCI-based solutions across infrastructure, networking, security, and DevOps.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead 3 4 full end-to-end OCI Lift-and-Shift migrations of enterprise-scale legacy applications, middleware, and databases.
  • Architect OCI infrastructure solutions, including Compute, Storage (Block, Object, Archive), Networking (VCNs, DRGs, VPN, FastConnect), and Load Balancing.
  • Implement OCI Identity & Access Management (IAM), Policies, Compartments, and Governance structures.
  • Work with OCI Database services (Autonomous DB, Exadata Cloud Service, DB Systems, GoldenGate, Data Guard).
  • Deploy and manage applications with OCI DevOps, Resource Manager (Terraform), Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and Docker/Kubernetes (OKE).
  • Architect for High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Monitoring using OCI Monitoring, Logging, and Alarms.
  • Build automation pipelines for infrastructure as code (IaC), continuous integration/deployment, and cloud operations.
  • Provide cost-optimization strategies and FinOps best practices on OCI.
  • Collaborate with application teams, DBAs, and security engineers to ensure smooth migration cutover.
Required Skills & Experience
  • Minimum 5+ years of OCI hands-on experience and 3 4 full-cycle OCI Lift-and-Shift migrations.
  • Deep knowledge of OCI services: Compute, Networking, Storage, Database (Autonomous, Exadata, DB Systems), Load Balancers, and WAF.
  • Hands-on with OCI DevOps stack: Resource Manager (Terraform), Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes (OKE), and containerized deployments.
  • Strong knowledge of OCI Observability: Logging, Monitoring, Alarms, and Notifications.
  • Experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) setups using OCI Object Storage replication, Data Guard, GoldenGate, and Cross-Region DR.
  • Expertise in OCI IAM, Compartments, Security Zones, Vault, and KMS for key management and compliance.
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to lead design discussions with executives and engineers.
Nice-to-Have
  • Oracle Cloud certifications (OCI Architect Professional, Security, Networking).
  • Experience integrating OCI with Oracle SaaS applications (ERP/HCM/SCM).
  • Multi-cloud/hybrid design with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform interconnect.
  • Familiarity with OCI AI/ML services, Data Integration, and Analytics Cloud for modernization beyond lift-and-shift.
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