Job Title: Oracle OCI Architect
Location: 100% Remote
Visa: No COnstraints
Job Type: W2
Duration: Long Ter

About the Role: We are seeking a highly skilled Oracle OCI Architect to lead Lift-and-Shift migrations of legacy systems into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) . This is a brand-new, greenfield OCI initiative, and the selected candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing OCI-based solutions across infrastructure, networking, security, and DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead 3 4 full end-to-end OCI Lift-and-Shift migrations of enterprise-scale legacy applications, middleware, and databases.
• Architect OCI infrastructure solutions, including Compute, Storage (Block, Object, Archive), Networking (VCNs, DRGs, VPN, FastConnect), and Load Balancing.
• Implement OCI Identity & Access Management (IAM), Policies, Compartments, and Governance structures.
• Work with OCI Database services (Autonomous DB, Exadata Cloud Service, DB Systems, GoldenGate, Data Guard).
• Deploy and manage applications with OCI DevOps, Resource Manager (Terraform), Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and Docker/Kubernetes (OKE).
• Architect for High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Monitoring using OCI Monitoring, Logging, and Alarms.
• Build automation pipelines for infrastructure as code (IaC), continuous integration/deployment, and cloud operations.
• Provide cost-optimization strategies and FinOps best practices on OCI.
• Collaborate with application teams, DBAs, and security engineers to ensure smooth migration cutover.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum 5+ years of OCI hands-on experience and 3 4 full-cycle OCI Lift-and-Shift migrations.
• Deep knowledge of OCI services: Compute, Networking, Storage, Database (Autonomous, Exadata, DB Systems), Load Balancers, and WAF.
• Hands-on with OCI DevOps stack: Resource Manager (Terraform), Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, Kubernetes (OKE), and containerized deployments.
• Strong knowledge of OCI Observability: Logging, Monitoring, Alarms, and Notifications.
• Experience with Disaster Recovery (DR) setups using OCI Object Storage replication, Data Guard, GoldenGate, and Cross-Region DR.
• Expertise in OCI IAM, Compartments, Security Zones, Vault, and KMS for key management and compliance.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to lead design discussions with executives and engineers.

Nice-to-Have

• Oracle Cloud certifications (OCI Architect Professional, Security, Networking).
• Experience integrating OCI with Oracle SaaS applications (ERP/HCM/SCM).
• Multi-cloud/hybrid design with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform interconnect.
• Familiarity with OCI AI/ML services, Data Integration, and Analytics Cloud for modernization beyond lift-and-shift.

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