Cloud Architect, IS Database Services

About the position

As a Cloud Architect for IS Database Services, you will lead the strategy, planning, design, and engineering of complex enterprise data platforms, both in the cloud and on-premise. Your role will involve providing architectural guidance and thought leadership, leveraging your expertise in various database and cloud technologies. You will support and enhance existing database platforms while advising the team on industry trends and new technologies to advance our cloud journey. Your responsibilities will include architecting solutions that ensure reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency, ultimately providing a competitive advantage to stakeholders. You will also engage early in project planning based on our project management methodology and participate in our IS Architecture Center of Excellence.

Responsibilities

• Strategizes, leads, designs, engineers, and supports cloud and enterprise database platforms.
• Provides thought leadership in architecture and administration of Oracle technologies, including Oracle Cloud (OCI), Oracle Fusion Apps, Oracle Exadata Cloud @ Customer, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), Oracle On-prem databases, and Oracle RAC.
• Guides and architects additional cloud and database technologies such as AWS, Databricks, Postgres, Redshift, MySQL, and NoSQL.
• Assists in planning and implementation of the company's Enterprise technology roadmap to transition key applications to the cloud, particularly Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Researches and evaluates new technologies and platforms to assess their value to the business.
• Executes, enforces, and promotes security and audit policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Influences the team on best practices for 'infrastructure as code' principles and automation of tasks.
• Participates and leads in the IS Architecture Center of Excellence group.
• Collaborates on administration tasks including automation, security, audit compliance, backup and recovery, patching, upgrades, monitoring, disaster recovery, performance tuning, incident resolution, and documentation.
• Provides 24x7 production database support on a rotating basis.
• Builds team and department capabilities through mentoring, training, and shared learning resources.

Requirements

• 7+ years of Oracle enterprise database/technology administration experience
• 3+ years of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) advanced technical proficiency experience
• 3+ years of cloud database architecture experience
• 3+ years of architecting cloud-based business systems
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing platform
• Experience in security best practices
• Experience with UNIX/Linux/Windows operating systems
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using automation, scripting and orchestration tools such as GIT, Terraform, CloudFormation, and Python
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrates capability to solve unique and complex problems using critical thinking
• Ability to think conceptually
• Strong mentoring and coaching ability
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with peers
• Adaptability to new or changing situations, requirements, or priorities
• Flexibility to learn new skills quickly
• Customer service mindset

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Oracle Fusion Applications for ERP, EPM, and IAM
• Experience with Oracle RAC and Exadata (ExaCC - Exadata Cloud @ Customer) environments
• Knowledge of cloud databases like Postgres and platforms like Databricks
• Experience with ServiceNow CMDB for data platform maintenance
• Knowledge of Cloud Active Directory authentication, like Azure Entra
• Understanding of Intranet and Extranet Architecture and F5/Load Balancing concepts

Benefits

• Total Rewards Benefits Program
• Support for all impacted by our business
• Continued progress on inclusion, diversity, and equity