GDI - Cloud Migration Lead

Job Description

ship required
Must Possess: Active SECRET Clearance

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the end-to-end execution of Oracle Cloud migrations, from on-premise or legacy environments to OCI or Exadata Cloud@Customer platforms across classified and unclassified domains.
Drive the technical discovery and assessment process-capturing infrastructure, application, database, and data dependencies to shape the optimal cloud migration strategy.
Develop migration roadmaps and detailed work plans aligned with mission priorities, accreditation timelines, and performance SLAs.
Define and enforce migration methodologies that include lift-and-shift, replatforming, rehosting, refactoring, and co-existence models depending on mission and technical constraints.
Coordinate migration activities across infrastructure, networking, database, and application teams-including subcontractors, internal Oracle SMEs, and government stakeholders.
Ensure all cloud migration activities meet DoD RMF, IL5/IL6, FedRAMP+, and Zero Trust Architecture requirements.
Oversee the migration of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), PeopleSoft, OBIEE, APEX, or custom workloads to cloud-native equivalents (Fusion SaaS, OAS, Autonomous DB, etc.).
Lead cutover planning, rollback strategies, and post-migration optimization, ensuring resiliency, uptime, and data integrity.
Support parallel efforts for system accreditation, assisting with documentation inputs for ATO/IATT packages and secure system validation.
Serve as primary point of contact for customer program managers and technical leads-ensuring transparency, risk management, and mission assurance throughout the engagement.

Technical Skills & Expertise:
Extensive experience leading Oracle cloud migration programs-including OCI, Exadata Cloud@Customer, or hosted DoD/IL5 cloud environments.
Hands-on familiarity with OCI services such as Compute, Networking, IAM, Object Storage, Autonomous Database, and Resource Manager.
Expertise in data migration tools and methodologies (Data Pump, GoldenGate, RMAN, Transportable Tablespaces, OCI Data Transfer Service).
Understanding of cloud-native architecture and hybrid integration patterns across on-prem and cloud boundaries.
Knowledge of Oracle applications including EBS, PeopleSoft, OBIEE/OAS, APEX, and their SaaS/PaaS equivalents.
Familiarity with scripting and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, shell scripting) to support Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) migration processes.
Understanding of IL5/IL6 security controls, CAC/PIV access models, and STIG hardening requirements for migrated environments.

Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications:
Prior experience migrating workloads for DoD, Intelligence Community (IC), or Federal Civilian Agencies into classified cloud environments.
Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid architectures, including OCI-AWS-Azure integration patterns.
Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale migrations under aggressive schedules with strong risk mitigation strategies.
Oracle certifications in OCI Architect, Autonomous DB Specialist, or Cloud Operations preferred.
Familiarity with application performance monitoring, governance, and cost management in OCI.

Minimum Requirements:
U.S. Citizenship with active SECRET Clearance.
8-15 years of technical experience, including 3+ years in leading Oracle cloud migrations.
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Strong organizational, stakeholder engagement, and leadership skills.
Willingness to travel to secure sites or customer locations as required.

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $97,500 to $199,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - IC4

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