Principal / Master Principal Cloud Architect- Oracle Government, Defense & Intelligence

Oracle•Reston, VA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to support a U.S. Intelligence Community customer. The FDE is embedded full-time with a dedicated customer and serves as a trusted technical partner and lead architect, owning technical success from initial architecture through production deployment and operational adoption. This is a hands-on engineering role rather than a traditional consulting or presales position. The engineer works directly in customer environments to architect, build, deploy, secure, harden, and operationalize OCI-based cloud solutions for mission needs. The role involves turning complex mission requirements into scalable, secure, resilient, and production-grade cloud architectures. Work may span OCI compute, networking, identity and access management, Kubernetes, containers, databases, storage, security, observability, high availability, disaster recovery, and cloud modernization. The FDE leads implementation and troubleshooting, collaborates with customer operators and leaders, supports knowledge transfer and adoption, and shares field learnings that can inform Oracle product and engineering direction. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Poly and includes extended on-site customer engagements.

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 with technical and executive audiences.
Ability to work on-site with customers for extended engagements.
Ability to independently lead customer deployments from architecture through production and execute complex implementations with minimal oversight.

Nice To Haves

OCI 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.
Serve as the customer’s trusted technical partner and lead architect.
Architect and deploy OCI-based solutions directly within customer environments.
Translate 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 Oracle product and engineering direction.
Lead customer deployments from architecture through production and own delivery outcomes for assigned engagements.