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

Oracle•Reston, VA

14h•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, leading cloud architecture and hands-on implementation from initial design through production deployment, operational adoption, and transition. This is a deployment-focused engineering role rather than traditional consulting or presales. The role involves translating mission requirements into secure, scalable, resilient OCI-based solutions and building, configuring, hardening, and operating infrastructure within customer environments. The engineer partners with customer operators, engineers, technical leaders, and mission stakeholders, drives knowledge transfer and adoption, resolves complex technical issues, and shares field learnings that may inform Oracle product and engineering direction. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Poly and to work on-site with customers for extended engagements. The qualifications section also states that the role requires the ability to travel 50% domestically and internationally.

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.
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.
Minimum of 6 years of cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering experience.
Ability to independently lead customer deployments from architecture through production.
Ability to execute complex implementations with minimal oversight and own delivery outcomes.
At least 12 years of experience with computer applications and tools, as stated in the qualifications section.
Ability to travel 50% domestically and internationally.

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.
Bachelor of Science-level university degree in Computer Science, Math, or Engineering from an accredited university, and/or relevant 12 years of technical experience.
Advanced degree in a relevant field of study.
Expertise in account engagement, stakeholder interaction, and working with C-level leaders.
Competitive and industry knowledge in computer applications and tools.
Knowledge of system and application design, advanced product feature implementation, and project management.
Experience solving technical problems with customers in technical environments.
Written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including presentations, demonstrations, written communication, and consultative solutioning.
Experience with needs analysis, positioning, and business justification.

Responsibilities

Embed full-time with a dedicated Intelligence Community customer.
Architect and deploy OCI-based solutions within customer environments.
Transform complex mission requirements into scalable cloud architectures.
Build and configure infrastructure across 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 from architecture through production and own assigned engagement outcomes.