Architect, Cryptographic Services

Oracle•United States,

3d•$157,500 - $355,400•Onsite

About The Position

Leads organization-wide platform strategy for core services and SDKs; solutions shape how multiple groups integrate, deploy, and operate at scale. Solves highly complex, unique reliability and performance challenges; decisions have long-term impact on product lines and consumers. Governs platform standards for interoperability, compliance, and resilience, and drives adoption through exemplary artifacts and tooling. Influences policies and practices across the organization; represents platform direction to senior leadership.

Requirements

Experience in defining organization-wide platform strategy for core services and SDKs.
Experience in resolving unique, high-scale reliability and performance challenges.
Experience in governing adoption of platform standards through tooling, reference stacks, and compliance mechanisms.
Experience in steering strategic decision-making processes to design software solutions.
Experience in writing and defining foundational code for new projects or prototypes.
Experience in adhering to and improving execution of all phases of the software development lifecycle.
Experience in coaching and defining best practices across teams or units.
Experience as a thought leader to drive the development of new software features and enhancements.
Experience in leading and driving improvements in process, architecture, and code reviews.
Experience in debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix highly complex and/or ambiguous software issues.
Experience in defining and influencing all levels of software testing, quality assurance processes, observability, and proof of concepting.
Experience in conducting performance profiling and optimization of product(s) and/or service(s).
Experience in resolving or re-architecting highly complex and systematic issues related to API functionality and integration.
Experience in implementing API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
Experience in influencing and supporting the design and development of software, systems, and services.
Experience in defining project or design scope.
Experience in reviewing, influencing, and approving scope and design recommendations.
Experience as a trusted advisor to provide technical guidance, domain expertise, and coaching in software architecture decisions.
Experience in conducting highly complex periodic reviews and ensuring adherence to architectural standards.
Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams and leadership to align software architecture with business and/or customer goals.
Experience in implementing modern/emerging performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design.
Experience in conducting technology research and evaluation for architectural enhancements.
Experience in collaborating cross-functionally with stakeholders to understand customer issues, root causes, and mitigation.
Experience in providing technical guidance and support to customers regarding customer-reported issues.
Experience as an expert advisor to advocate for customers' interests and suggest product enhancements.
Experience in ensuring customer satisfaction through timely resolution of issues and effective communication.
Experience in developing strategic and innovative solutions for customer issue and/or defect handling and training processes.
Experience in recommending systematic/architectural solutions to product maintenance issues.
Experience in collaborating with security teams and across business lines to establish, follow, and improve development practices and coding standards.
Experience in participating in peer review processes and providing technical leadership.
Experience in demonstrating, contributing to, and sharing expertise of industry best practices in multiple specialty areas.
Experience in implementing secure software development practices/solutions to resolve and prevent security vulnerabilities.
Experience in steering strategic decision-making processes for performing periodic maintenance and testing operations for systems.
Experience as a thought leader to drive improvements, automation, testing, and debugging of systems.
Experience in overseeing timelines, deliverables, and budgets for projects or initiatives.
Experience in setting priorities at an organizational level.
Experience in driving collaboration across multiple lines of business and external stakeholders.
Experience in cultivating strategic partnerships with senior business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers.
Experience as a technical expert and resource to resolve high-impact, ambiguous, or novel issues.
Experience in driving strategic problem-solving initiatives.
Experience leveraging deep expertise of the industry and multiple areas.
Experience contributing to the advancement of the field or industry through thought leadership.
Experience continuously building expertise by anticipating future trends, technologies, and industry standards.
Experience developing and implementing strategies for continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
Experience leading and influencing the design of innovative and high-impact processes and approaches.
Experience fostering a culture of idea generation and seeking feedback on solutions.
Experience providing thought leadership regarding organizational talent strategy.
Experience imparting strategic guidance to shape the talent development pipeline.

Responsibilities

Define organization-wide platform strategy for core shared services and SDKs, shaping integration and operations patterns.
Resolve unique, high-scale reliability and performance challenges; codify enterprise compatibility policies.
Govern adoption of platform standards through tooling, reference stacks, and compliance mechanisms.
Steers strategic decision-making processes to design software solutions and identify and analyze requirements.
Writes and defines foundational code for new projects or prototypes.
Adheres to and improves execution of all phases of the software development lifecycle; coaches and defines best practices across teams or units to drive improvements.
Acts as a thought leader within the organization to drive the development of new software features and enhancements following design specifications, ensuring accessibility, and develops documents to clarify software design and code.
Leads and drives improvements in process, architecture, and code reviews across products/services to drive improvements.
Utilizes strategy and innovation to conduct debugging and troubleshooting to identify and fix highly complex and/or ambiguous software issues.
Utilizes a proactive and visionary approach to define and influence all levels of software testing (e.g., functional and non-functional), quality assurance processes, observability for effective debugging, and proof of concepting and feasibility.
Innovates methods to conduct performance profiling and optimization of product(s) and/or service(s).
Resolves or re-architects highly complex and systematic issues requiring strategy and innovation related to application programming interface (API) functionality and integration.
Executes advanced solutions to implement API versioning, lifecycle, and interoperability strategies.
Influences and supports the design and development of software, systems, and services.
Defines project or design scope; reviews, influences, and approves scope and design recommendations.
Serves as a trusted advisor to provide technical guidance, domain expertise, and coaching in software architecture decisions and best practices, including evolving industry standards and competitive considerations, interfacing with all levels and teams, guiding organizational and line of business/functional transformations.
Utilizes innovation and strategy to conduct highly complex periodic reviews and ensures adherence to architectural standards.
Collaborates with cross-functional teams and leadership to align and build software architecture with business and/or customer goals and priorities.
Implements modern/emerging performance optimization and scalability strategies in software design.
Conducts regular technology research and evaluation for architectural enhancements and translates into decisions and plans that have a long-term impact on the organization.
Collaborates cross-functionally with stakeholders to orchestrate efforts to understand customer issues, root causes, and mitigation to align and explain rationale behind solutions.
Provides modern/emerging technical guidance and support to customers regarding customer-reported issues.
Acts as an expert advisor to advocate for customers' interests and proactively suggests product enhancements and solutions based on a synthesis of feedback and insights from internal data and tools.
Acts as a trusted advisor to ensure customer satisfaction through timely resolution of issues and effective communication.
Develops strategic and innovative solutions for customer issue and/or defect handling and training processes.
Recommends systematic/architectural solutions to the most complex and broadly reaching product maintenance issues to ensure customer agreement on short- and long-term solutions.
Collaborates with the security team and across business lines to establish, follow, and improve upon development practices and coding standards, providing coaching to less experienced team members.
Participates in peer review processes, provides technical leadership, and steers strategic decision-making to ensure quality and adherence to broad acceptance criteria during development.
Demonstrates, contributes to, and shares comprehensive expertise of industry best practices in multiple specialty areas and their application to software development processes.
Implements highly complex secure software development practices/solutions to resolve and prevent security vulnerabilities and address ambiguous problems, leveraging automated solutions to augment the manual review process.
Steers strategic decision-making processes for performing periodic maintenance and testing operations for systems that require upgrading or patching (e.g., for critical vulnerabilities).
Acts as thought leader to drive improvements, ensures automation, testing, and debugging of systems to ensure service/product availability, health, support, and reliability.
Oversees timelines, deliverables, and budgets where applicable for projects or initiatives in the line of business that achieve critical business objectives, ensuring milestones are completed efficiently and in alignment with requirements.
Sets priorities at an organizational level and adjusts as needed to accommodate resource or timeline changes, aligned with business needs.
Drives collaboration across multiple lines of business and external stakeholders to influence alignment on expectations, strategic objectives, and proposed solutions.
Cultivates strategic partnerships with senior business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers, pursuing opportunities for expanding partnerships and ensuring long-term organizational success.
Promotes a culture of transparency and inclusivity where all voices are valued and respected.
Serves as a technical expert and resource across the line of business to resolve high-impact, ambiguous, or novel issues using advanced methodologies and techniques.
Drives strategic problem-solving initiatives, leveraging information and/or data from wide-ranging sources to ensure efficient resolution and prevent recurrence.
Leverages deep expertise of the industry and multiple areas to serve as a thought leader within Oracle and to mentor other leaders and experts.
Contributes to the advancement of the field or industry through thought leadership (e.g., conference presentations, white papers, research contributions).
Continuously builds expertise by anticipating future trends, technologies, and industry standards to develop best practices and strategic goals that position the line of business as an industry leader.
Develops and implements strategies for continuous learning and knowledge sharing, fostering an environment where learning is prioritized.
Leads and influences the design of innovative and high-impact processes and approaches to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness across the line of business.
Fosters a culture of idea generation and seeking feedback on solutions across departments and functions for continued improvement.
Provides thought leadership regarding organizational talent strategy, collaborating with executive leadership and HR to anticipate talent needs based on industry forecast.
Imparts strategic guidance to shape the talent development pipeline.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance