Job Description
Job Title: Sr. OCI Cloud Services Architect
Location : Richmond, VA
Work Type : In-person, 4 days a week
Contract Length : 09 months
Job Requirements and Responsibilities
The main role involves assisting with the design, review, and implementation of Oracle OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) services and solutions. The architect will work with a variety of stakeholders, including customer agencies, managed cloud suppliers, and internal teams, to ensure that the environment is:
- Efficient
- Effective
- Secure
- Compliant
The role requires expertise in Oracle OCI, cloud architecture, and security, focusing on best practices and the well-architected framework for cloud services.
Key Responsibilities
- Cloud Architecture Design and Implementation
- Collaborating with agencies to ensure the effective deployment of Oracle OCI solutions.
- Designing solutions within Oracle s cloud environment.
- Ensuring security and compliance requirements are met.
- Security Reviews
- Conducting reviews of proposed projects and changes to assess the security and compliance of the IT environment.
- The role involves thorough risk assessment and security protocols.
- Collaboration with Teams
- Working closely with internal teams and external suppliers to align cloud environments with business and technical objectives.
- Contributing to the creation of detailed architectural diagrams and solution documents.
- Documentation and Communication
- Excellent communication is crucial as the role requires presenting and documenting technical details in a clear and understandable manner for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Skills and Experience Required
- Experience: At least 8 years in IT, with a focus on cloud architecture and operations.
- Hands-on Experience with OCI: Minimum 3 years working directly with Oracle OCI.
- Cloud Certifications: Preferred certifications in Oracle OCI (such as Cloud Ops, Cloud Architecture, or Cloud Security).
Technical Skills
- Cloud Native Architectures:
- Familiarity with Cloud Native paradigms (containers, serverless, etc.) and security methodologies.
- Must have 8 years of experience in these areas.
- OCI Specific Knowledge:
- 4 years of hands-on experience designing solutions specifically within the Oracle OCI environment.
- OCI certifications are highly preferred.
- Cloud Networking:
- 8 years of experience with networking in cloud (Virtual Networks, VPNs, Subnets, Network Security Groups, Load Balancers, etc.).
- System/Application Migration:
- Experience in migrating or managing operating systems or applications in enterprise cloud computing environments.
- Security & Regulatory Frameworks:
- 8 years of experience with regulatory frameworks like NIST, PCI, FedRAMP, CJIS, etc.
- Performing security reviews of changes to the IT environment.
- Experience with Cloud Native Technologies:
- Understanding of technologies like containers, serverless workloads, databases as a service, and other cloud-native offerings.
- Scripting and Automation:
- Proficiency in scripting/build tools like Jenkins, GitHub, and Terraform (8 years experience).
- Monitoring & Configuration Management:
- Knowledge of configuration management and monitoring tools like Puppet, OCI Monitoring, Splunk, etc.
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