Principal OCI Cloud Architect

Job Title: Principal OCI Cloud Architect

Location: 2 Broadway, New York, NY 10004

Client: Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Duration: 12 Months

 Note: This position requires the consultant to work 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.

 Position Overview:

• This role focuses on designing cloud architectures primarily for Oracle Cloud along with AWS, Azure, frameworks, governance models, and cloud standards for the organization.
• The ideal candidate will have extensive experience partnering with business stakeholders and technical teams to understand requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, multi/hybrid-cloud architectures.
• This role may require guiding engineering teams or supplementing their skill sets.
• A strong foundation in on-premises infrastructure is essential due to hybrid integrations and migration initiatives.
• The organization is also planning to expand Infrastructure as Code (IaC) capabilities.

 Key Skills

 OCI: 6 9 years

• Azure / AWS / Google Cloud Platform: 1 2 years each (nice to have)
• Hybrid Infrastructure: 4 6 years
• Cloud Networking: 4 6 years
• Cloud DevOps / Automation: 4 6 years
• Cloud Security: 2 3 years
• Cloud FinOps: 1 2 years
• Architecture Documentation (Visio or Abacus): 2 3 years
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms, services, governance, frameworks, and best practices
• Proficiency in OCI is mandatory. The architect will focus on developing architectures, standards, and governance models for the OCI platform.
• Experience across other cloud providers is a plus for multicloud initiatives.
• Extensive experience with cloud servers and environments with configuration, patching, network and VLAN configuration, backups, system monitoring and alerts.
• Cloud Platforms, Oracle Cloud (OCI), AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform
• Database Technologies: Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, Golden Gate, RMAN, Database licensing
• Product Architecture and roadmap, its assessment
• Linux or network administrator skills a plus
• Platforms: Exadata, ExaCC, ExaDB-D, Exascale, DBaaS, OEM
• Architecture: High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Multi-Cloud Architecture.
• Automation: Terraform, Ansible, API/CLI automation
• SRE & DevOps: Monitoring, Observability, SLAs/SLOs/SLIs
• A current Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) certification (Architect Professional or Architect Associate) is strongly preferred.