About the Job
We are looking for a professional with solid experience as a Cloud Solution Architect, able to understand the customer issues in their journey to Cloud. A strong candidate will possess knowledge and background in Cloud Architecture (IaaS & PaaS), with a strong Cloud IaaS/PaaS oriented mindset and a broad understanding of on-prem solutions (e.g., HW platforms, Hyperconverged Systems, etc.).
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Key Responsibilities:
- Engage with strategic customers and build leadership relationships to design and implement solutions.
- Gather requirements from customers, develop architectures, and translate business needs into solutions.
- Implement solutions and ensure successful deployments through code development and scripting.
- Support customers from Proof of Concept (POC) through production deployment of services, including resource configuration, planning, and customer education/training.
- Create and distribute technical assets such as white papers, solution code, blog posts, and video demonstrations.
- Serve as a leading contributor for customers and sales on technical cloud solutions and customer success.
- Identify gaps and enhancements to influence engineering roadmaps for customer-driven features.
- Mentor and provide direction to others while maintaining expertise by staying current on emerging technologies.
Qualifications:
- A wide background in architecture, implementation, and delivery of large-scale hardware and software systems in real-world situations.
- Strong understanding and practical experience in planning and delivering cloud migration projects from traditional on-premise deployment models.
- Detailed knowledge of architectural approaches, including consolidation, cloud computing, virtualization, disaster recovery, information management, big data, and Java applications.
- Knowledge of wide-area and data center networking design, protocols, and implementation.
- Familiarity with the IT market and trends, including the full Oracle stack and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Gen2.
- Knowledge of cloud competitors including AWS, GCP, and/or Azure and their hybrid cloud offerings.
- Cloud Architecture Development/Cloud certification (Oracle, AWS, Azure, Google, etc.) is highly preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including needs analysis, positioning, business justification, and closing techniques.
- Ability to persuade others through presentations, demonstrations, and written communication, with significant C-level presentation expertise.
- A BA/BS degree or equivalent is required; an advanced degree is highly desirable.
- Ability to travel as needed.
About Us
As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s problems. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives, creating a workplace where everyone is heard, valued, and inspired to innovate fearlessly. We offer a highly competitive suite of employee benefits designed to support work-life balance and personal growth.
If you are ready to take your career to the next level, consider joining us and contributing to transformative cloud solutions that empower organizations around the world.
