Oracle Consulting Technical Director, Chief Cloud Architect- GDI

Oracle • Reston, VA

13d • $126,200 - $264,100

About The Position

Oracle is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Chief Cloud Architect to design, implement, and maintain Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) solutions supporting enterprise mission systems and business applications. The role leads and collaborates with cross-functional teams to build secure, scalable, and high-performing cloud environments, applying Oracle product knowledge and cloud architecture best practices. It requires technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on experience with Oracle-based systems in high-volume environments. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 12 years of relevant experience designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise-scale infrastructure and mission systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading cloud solution architecture and translating customer requirements into production deployments.
• Strong hands-on experience with cloud compute, storage, networking, and identity and access management services.
• Experience designing cloud tenancy and compartment structures, access policies, and secure deployment foundations.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, including IP addressing, routing, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, VPNs, and private connectivity.
• Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices, including version control and reusable deployment modules.
• Experience deploying and supporting containerized workloads using Kubernetes and container technologies such as Docker.
• Experience integrating Oracle Database workloads into cloud architectures, including provisioning, connectivity, backup, recovery, and availability considerations.
• Experience designing for resilience, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Ability to monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, including network connectivity, resource utilization, and service dependencies.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or comparable scripting tools for infrastructure automation.
• Working knowledge of cloud security principles, including least-privilege access, encryption, secrets management, auditing, and network segmentation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work across application, database, networking, security, and operations teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience producing architecture diagrams, technical designs, and customer presentations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting Intelligence Community or other federal mission systems.
• Experience deploying solutions in government or classified cloud environments.
• Experience supporting security authorization activities, including RMF, ATO processes, and applicable security control implementation.
• Experience developing hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud architectures.
• Experience with Kubernetes and automated application deployment.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery.
• Experience planning and executing Oracle Database migrations.
• Experience with cloud governance, resource tagging, capacity planning, and cost management.
• Familiarity with geospatial, data-intensive, or AI-enabled mission workloads.
• Relevant OCI architecture, networking, security, or operations certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud solution architecture and translate customer requirements into production deployments.
• Design, implement, and maintain OCI solutions for enterprise mission systems and business applications.
• Design cloud tenancy and compartment structures, access policies, and secure deployment foundations.
• Design cloud networking, including IP addressing, routing, DNS, load balancing, firewalls, VPNs, and private connectivity.
• Use Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices, including version control and reusable deployment modules.
• Deploy and support containerized workloads using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Integrate Oracle Database workloads into cloud architectures, addressing provisioning, connectivity, backup, recovery, and availability.
• Design for resilience, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, including network connectivity, resource utilization, and service dependencies.
• Automate infrastructure using scripting tools.
• Apply cloud security principles such as least-privilege access, encryption, secrets management, auditing, and network segmentation.
• Collaborate across application, database, networking, security, and operations teams.
• Produce architecture diagrams and technical designs, and deliver customer presentations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
• Flexible or accrued vacation, depending on employee eligibility and position.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal benefits.
• Voluntary auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
• The position may be eligible for a bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior