Cloud Architect-Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Oracle•Saint Louis, MO

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is hiring a Principal / Master Principal Cloud Architect-Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to support the U.S. Intelligence Community. This hybrid role combines remote work, in-office work, and meetings at the client site. Candidates must live within commuting distance of St. Louis, Missouri. The FDE is embedded full-time with a single customer and partners with operators, technical leaders, and mission stakeholders to architect, deploy, secure, and operationalize OCI-based cloud solutions in the customer's environment. This is an end-to-end technical ownership role rather than traditional consulting or presales. The FDE leads the customer engagement from initial architecture through production deployment and operational adoption, remaining involved as solutions are built, deployed, hardened, operated, and transitioned. The work includes cloud infrastructure, automation, security, networking, identity, observability, databases, storage, and container platforms, with solutions designed to meet mission requirements and production standards. The role requires experience supporting or working within the U.S. Intelligence Community and the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Poly. The listed U.S. hiring range is $118,700–$194,400 per annum. The role may be eligible for equity and commission, with an estimated 70/30 pay mix.

Requirements

Experience supporting or working within the U.S. Intelligence Community.
Must possess or have the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Poly.
At least 6 years of cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering experience.
Strong hands-on cloud engineering and infrastructure experience.
Experience deploying and operating solutions inside customer environments.
Deep knowledge of cloud architecture, automation, and platform operations.
Experience designing secure, highly available, scalable environments.
Infrastructure-as-Code expertise using Terraform, OCI Resource Manager, Ansible, or similar technologies.
Scripting and automation experience using Python, Shell, or comparable languages.
Strong communication skills across technical and executive audiences.
Ability to work on-site with customers for extended engagements.

Nice To Haves

Cloud Architect Associate or Professional certification.
Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Kubernetes and container orchestration expertise.
Experience rearchitecting legacy systems into cloud-native solutions.
Knowledge of security accreditation and compliance processes within government environments.

Responsibilities

Embed full-time with a dedicated Intelligence Community customer as a trusted technical partner and lead architect.
Architect and deploy OCI-based solutions directly within customer environments.
Translate complex mission requirements into scalable cloud architectures.
Build and configure infrastructure using OCI IaaS and PaaS services.
Design secure, resilient, production-grade environments.
Implement Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks.
Configure networking, identity, security, observability, databases, storage, and container platforms.
Harden pilot deployments into operational production systems.
Lead troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization.
Partner with customer operators, engineers, and leadership teams.
Drive adoption, knowledge transfer, and long-term customer success.
Capture field learnings and influence future Oracle product and engineering direction.
Lead customer deployments independently from architecture through production, with minimal oversight, and own delivery outcomes for assigned engagements.