Cloud Architect

Nationmind•New York City, NY

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

NationMind LLC is seeking a Senior Level Cloud Architect with 7-9 years of experience to join their growing team. This role focuses on designing cloud architectures primarily for Oracle Cloud (OCI), 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 capabilities. The position requires a current Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) certification (Architect Professional or Architect Associate).

Requirements

7-9 years of experience.
Current Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) certification (Architect Professional or Architect Associate).
Extensive experience partnering with business stakeholders and technical teams.
Strong foundation in on-premises infrastructure.
OCI: 6–9 years
Azure / AWS / GCP: 1–2 years each
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.
Experience across other cloud providers is a plus for multi-cloud initiatives.
Extensive experience with cloud servers and environments with configuration, patching, network and VLAN configuration, backups, system monitoring and alerts.
Database Technologies: Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, Golden Gate, RMAN, Database licensing
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

Nice To Haves

Linux or network administrator skills a plus.

Responsibilities

Designing cloud architectures primarily for Oracle Cloud along with AWS, Azure, frameworks, governance models, and cloud standards for the organization.
Partnering with business stakeholders and technical teams to understand requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, multi/hybrid-cloud architectures.
Guiding engineering teams or supplementing their skill sets.
Developing architectures, standards, and governance models for the OCI platform.
Focusing on hybrid integrations and migration initiatives.
Expanding Infrastructure-as-Code capabilities.
Working with cloud servers and environments with configuration, patching, network and VLAN configuration, backups, system monitoring and alerts.
Assessing product architecture and roadmap.