Oracle Sovereign Cloud Architect

Oracle Sovereign Cloud Architect - £850 - £900p/d (Outside IR35) - London/Hybrid

A leading international organisation is seeking an experienced Oracle Sovereign Cloud Architect to support a major Finance, HR and Procurement transformation programme, centred around the implementation of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications within Oracle's EU Sovereign Cloud.

This is a senior, client-side architecture role, responsible for designing the sovereign cloud infrastructure, security architecture, identity management and data residency framework ahead of a large-scale ERP transformation.

Contract Details:

• Rate: £850-£900 per day (Outside IR35)
• Location: London (King's Cross) - Hybrid, with regular travel to Paris and Brussels
• Duration: 3 months (Rolling)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the cloud architecture workstream for a major Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and HCM transformation programme.
• Design and define the Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud architecture, including tenancy, compartments, environments and administration.
• Develop identity and access management solutions, including SSO, MFA, federation, privileged access and user provisioning.
• Define cloud networking architecture, including private connectivity, segmentation and secure integration with enterprise systems.
• Establish encryption, key management and security controls to protect sensitive Finance, HR and Payroll data.
• Ensure compliance with UK and EU GDPR, including data sovereignty, residency and cross-border data transfers.
• Design resilience, disaster recovery, backup, monitoring and cloud security operations.
• Assess the availability and suitability of Oracle Cloud services within sovereign regions.
• Define governance and security requirements for AI services and AI agents operating within the sovereign cloud.
• Develop technical architecture documentation and tender specifications, supporting implementation partner selection and evaluation.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, security teams, infrastructure teams and third-party systems integrators.

Key Requirements

• 10+ years' experience in Cloud or Enterprise Architecture, including at least 5 years working with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Strong Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications experience, having worked as an Architect on at least one ERP or HCM implementation from design through to go-live.
• Proven experience designing solutions within Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud or another sovereign/government cloud environment .
• Strong knowledge of OCI architecture, including tenancy design, identity domains, compartments, networking and security.
• Experience with identity federation, SSO, MFA, privileged access management and corporate identity providers.
• Strong understanding of OCI networking, including private connectivity, network segmentation and access restrictions.
• Expertise in encryption and key management, including customer-managed keys and Oracle Break Glass.
• Experience designing cloud security architectures within highly regulated environments.
• Good understanding of UK/EU GDPR, data residency requirements and international data transfers.
• Experience with integration architecture across enterprise applications, including APIs, events and bulk interfaces.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage senior technology leaders, architects and systems integrators.

Desirable Experience

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional certification.
• Experience working within transport, rail or other highly regulated industries.
• Knowledge of NIS2, UK Network and Information Systems Regulations and the EU Data Act.
• Experience migrating Oracle E-business Suite or Microsoft Dynamics NAV to cloud ERP platforms.
• Experience with Oracle AI Agent Studio and AI services on OCI.
• Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly Terraform.
• Microsoft Entra ID integration with Oracle Cloud.
• French language skills.

If you're an experienced Oracle Cloud Architect with strong OCI and sovereign cloud expertise, looking for a senior architecture contract on a major international transformation programme, please apply for further information.