Oracle Cloud OCI Architect

Engagement Type: Consulting
Description: The OCI Cloud Architect is responsible for designing, implementing and governing cloud infrastructure on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in support of Oracle SaaS ERP, PaaS extensions and broader enterprise cloud workloads. The role ensures cloud solutions are secure, high performing, scalable and aligned with enterprise architecture principles and Oracle best practices. 

Minimum Years Experience: 10

5 Key Skills Required:

• 8–12 years of IT infrastructure or cloud experience, with at least 3+ years on OCI.
• Solid understanding of Oracle SaaS integration patterns, PaaS deployment architecture, and cloud-native services.
• Expertise in OCI networking, compute, storage, identity, and monitoring services.
• Familiarity with cloud cost management, multi-region DR planning, and automated provisioning pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Terraform, OCI CLI, scripting, and DevOps tooling.

5 Areas of Responsibility:

• Define cloud architecture blueprints for infrastructure supporting Oracle SaaS, PaaS, and third-party integrations.
• Guide implementation teams on OCI service provisioning. Compute, Block/Object Storage, ADW, OIC, Functions, API Gateway, etc.
• Support SaaS-PaaS integration patterns including connectivity to Oracle SaaS ERP through OIC, REST APIs, and VCN peering.
• Implement OCI security best practices, including encryption, IAM controls, logging, and vulnerability scanning.
• Support governance reviews, tagging policies, and chargeback frameworks.