Hybrid OCI Architecture Lead

at SES Corporation

• Job title: OCI Architecture Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, Azure, Cloud, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Linux, NoSQL, Oracle, Splunk, SQL, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hanscom Air Force Base, United States

About the role

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architecture and Engineering Lead for U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture. Designing scalable cloud solutions and modernizing a multi-cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions across Oracle Cloud infrastructure and others.
• Develop cloud strategy and roadmaps aligned with organization objectives and technical requirements.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals.
• Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks.
• Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments.
• Design secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements.
• Implement / integrate with identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks.
• Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption.
• Manage and optimize Oracle cloud environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems.
• Implement and maintain tools and services such as Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and Guacamole to support DevSecOps practices.
• Containerize applications to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency.
• Support the design and development of Shared Services.
• Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems.
• Establish and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring their performance and reliability.
• Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes.
• Conduct security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management.
• Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Present architectural designs and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Mentor, guide and supervise development teams of up to 5 engineers and technical specialists on cloud-native application design and deployment.
• Lead architectural reviews and provide guidance on complex technical decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years or more of experience; Master’s and 6+ years or more of experience, additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Must have an active Secret clearance.
• US citizenship required.
• Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)
• Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position.
• Experience administering Windows and Linux Servers, and related services.
• Strong understanding Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Experience with Ansible, Oracle console, Elastic, Jira, Confluence, Git, and multiple OCI cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings.
• Experience onboarding customer log-data from cloud platforms to on-premises or cloud-based analysis environments such as Elastic or Splunk.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD
• LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance