Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

Do you have passion for technology, the curiosity and willingness to learn new skills, work with new tools and discover new and innovative approaches to solving complex technical challenges in an increasing cloud-based world?

Due to rapid growth, Oracle GDI – Government, Defense & Intelligence, is hiring a Senior Cloud Solution Architect supporting NRO to be the expert for formulating and leading presales technical / functional support activity to prospective clients and customers while ensuring customer satisfaction.

This role seeks a candidate looking for a dynamic technical environment with unlimited growth. Those who excel in this role are motivated self-starters who love to solve challenging problems, feel comfortable working directly with customers, and have an insatiable curiosity about what “is possible” with cloud technology. 

This is a hybrid position based in the Reston, VA./DC area

What you will do (Responsibilities)

You have solid experience and a passion for cloud concepts, system integration, and cloud migrations that can support customer facing engagements along with a number of internal Oracle sales efforts.

• Responsible for providing leadership and expertise in the development and strategic direction of new solutions, products and processes.
• Works directly with customers to gather requirements, develop architectures and translates complex business needs into solutions; May implement solutions and ensure successful deployments;
• Serves as an acknowledged authority for customers and sales on technical cloud solutions and customer success.
• Identifies gaps and enhancements to influence engineering roadmaps for customer driven features. 
• Maintains expertise by staying current on emerging technologies; 
• Project management; Solving technical problems with customers in technical environments; 
• Written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills; 
• Needs analysis, positioning, and business justification. 
• 8+ years’ experience and expertise in the clear communication of technical information to others through presentations, demonstrations, written communication and consultative solutioning experience
• Travel up to 25% may be needed.
• Required: Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain/maintain a US Government Security Clearance

 

Required:

• Experience migrating data or databases
• Experience with networking technologies (Software-defined Networking, Routing, DNS, Load balancing)
• Experience with automated data pipelines for batch ETL, data streaming, or change data capture
• Experience unifying disparate sources of data through cloud data integration
• Experience with cloud native development skills to include using and building CI/CD pipelines and deploying applications to container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes
• Experience with cloud analytics and visualization to produce business insights
• Experience monitoring performance of infrastructure through use of monitoring tools and enabling alerts
• Experience pricing multiple architecture designs to present and discuss with stakeholders
• TS/SCI clearance required (no poly required, but preferred)

 

Preferred, but not required:

• Experience with AWS and Azure
• OCI certified

 

 

 

Minimum qualifications include: 12 years experience with computer applications and tools required. Ability to travel 50% international and domestic.                                                                                                                                   

Preferred but not required qualifications include: Bachelor of Science-level university degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering from accredited university; and/or relevant 12 years technical experience. Advanced degree in relevant field of studies highly desirable.  Expertise in and an in depth and thorough knowledge of penetrating accounts, meeting stakeholders within accounts, and interaction with C level; Competitive and industry knowledge in the field of computer applications and tools; System and application design; Implementation of advanced product features; Project management; Solving technical problems with customers in te