Oracle Cloud PaaS Technical Architect

Job Description

Oracle's mission is to help people see data in new ways, discover insights, and unlock endless possibilities.

At Oracle North America Applications Consulting, we are building the bridge between Oracle's innovative technology and the people who use it to achieve incredible things.

Our team focuses on North American based clients using our back-office cloud applications. Our resources are primarily located in North America and India. We are growing fast, and we need transformational leaders ready to bring their unique skills, energy, and creativity to help us continuously innovate how we deliver world-class client experiences on cloud applications projects.

At Oracle Consulting, we believe:

• The attributes of modern cloud businesses demand new ways of thinking: more human-centered and experienced-based approaches.
• Cloud technology should free people from bureaucracy and hierarchy and empower them to analyze and solve problems independently.
• Aligning people, processes, and technology to the overall business strategy-with empathy and creativity-transforms industries.
• Celebrating each employee's contributions-not just their skills on paper, but who they really are-cultivates an environment where our people are engaged, believe in our vision, and are fiercely committed to creating game-changing results for our clients.

We need seasoned cloud delivery professionals who deliver world-class implementations - finding the right balance between delivery rigor and discipline and creating an exceptional customer experience. They spend the majority of their time with the client, at their location, serving as trusted technical advisor.high quality, integrated solutions within constraints of time and budget.

Responsibilities

The role:

The Oracle Cloud PaaS Technical Architect is a multifaceted role that requires a combination of skills:

• strong leadership and management skills
• outstanding communication and customer relationship management skills
• solid knowledge in SaaS Applications technology and OCI/PaaS technology
• solid understanding of SaaS functionality, processes, and capabilities

The tech lead is accountable for all technical scope items, works collaboratively with functional resources on/offshore and directs the work effort of on/offshore technical teams to meet commitments to our customers on time and on budget.

The tech lead is expected to perform as an advisor to the customer, provide guidance and direction, and maintain a productive relationship. Specific responsibilities include:

• Facilitate workshops on all technical items
• Ensure quality processes and peer reviews are being followed
• Track and communicate status, anticipate/foresee risk, escalate, and implement mitigations
• Ensure the technical scope is delivered on time and budget and meets our quality standards, resulting in referenceable customers.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the following:

Expert understanding of multiple of the following workstreams: You should be advanced in Oracle SaaS Architecture, Data Migration, Integration, Reporting, and Extensions; specifically, ERP, HCM or SCM, inbound and outbound capabilities as well as reporting and extensions. You will possess the expertise to create strategy documents for all major technical activities, using our standard templates and tools and can provide solutions adhering to best practices.

Client relationship management: You'll build and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs and ensuring their satisfaction. Active listening, consensus-building, using a consultative approach to guide client decision-making, empathy and collaboration.

Team leadership: You'll lead and mentor a team of cloud analysts and consultants, both on-shore and off-shore, providing guidance and support to ensure their success. You will apply the same skills listed above for client relationship management, but in the context of leading teams.

Communication: You'll effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. You'll use the appropriate level of detail according to the audience with whom you are engaging and demonstrate active listening. You'll demonstrate confidence and executive presence when delivering presentations.

Problem-solving: You'll be able to troubleshoot complex technical issues and find creative solutions.

Technical support: You'll facilitate technical support to clients, serving as a liaison to the offshore technical team or product support.

Sales Pursuit Support: You'll conduct technical discovery sessions, work with deal teams on solution design and estimation, and participate in sales presentations showcasing our teams' solutions, experience, and capabilities.

Drive Innovation: You'll contribute/lead innovation and initiatives as part of our communities of practice and cross functional teams.

Continuous improvement: You'll identify areas for improvement in cloud solutions and processes and implement changes to enhance performance and efficiency.

Technical skills: You'll have demonstrated experience in the following areas:

1. Expert understanding of OCI, can design and implement secure and scalable OCI architectures and optimization strategies. Expert skills in OCI governance, automation, provisioning, security groups, and deploy compute instances, storage, and networking components.
2. Expert in Oracle SaaS Architecture, Data Migration, Integration, Reporting, and Extensions; including experience in SaaS (ERP, HCM, SCM, depending on area of expertise) inbound and outbound capabilities as well as reporting and extensions
3. Advanced knowledge of Advanced knowledge of JET development. Or advanced knowledge of Javascripting frameworks such as JQuery, JQueryUI, Require, Knockout, AngularJS, React, PReact.
4. Advanced knowledge of Core Java EE Development/Architecture
5. Knowledge scripting tools (EL, Groovy, Xpath, Xquery, Javascript)
6. Experience in development of WebServices (SOAP & REST using XML/JSON Payloads)
7. Deep understanding and experience developing enterprise applications with HTML5 and CSS3
8. Excellent understanding and experience developing applications using enterprise authentication and authorization concepts
9. Advanced knowledge of full stack application development using ADF (Or JSF) utilizing cloud-based design patterns
10. Advanced knowledge of integration servers and its utility in cloud-based business integration solutions
11. Knowledge of BPM Suite in design, development and architecture
12. Working knowledge of various Oracle PaaS offerings including JCS, ICS, iPaaS, Process Cloud, Mobile Cloud, Document Cloud, Messaging Cloud is preferred
13. Sound Understanding of Business Processes and capabilities within SaaS and across Industries/verticals/processes is preferred
14. Understanding of Inherent tools and technologies of SaaS Applications (FBDI, BIP, ADFDI, Services in OER, Applications Composer, BIP) is preferred
15. Adv. skills of Oracle FMW architecture, development and administration is preferred

Functional skills:

1. Experience and clear understanding of functional concepts in SaaS modules in areas of expertise
2. Expert in enterprise-wide architecture, system integrations, and best practices in cross-functional solutions, dependencies, workflows and interaction between modules.
3. Project management: planning, tracking scope, collecting and reporting status, identifying, communicating, and mitigating risks; effectively managing resources and identifying needs and changes.
4. Customer relationship building and expert in stakeholder communication, negotiation, and executive presentations.

Staying up to date: You'll need to continuously learn about emerging cloud technologies and best practices.

Project management: You'll drive the technical activities of cloud projects from start to finish, including planning, execution, and monitoring, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget.

Industry expertise is highly desired.

You are:

An out-of-the-box thinker always looking for new approaches and solutions. You enjoy rolling up your sleeves and tackling challenges with a hands-on approach. You're interested in technology, but you recognize it's not the only factor that determines success in the cloud. You have a passion for client success across the lifecycle-building relationships that blossom into trusted partnerships one decision at a time. You know the key to delivering exceptional customer experiences lies in your ability to apply industry knowledge, providing relevant and dynamic insights to each client you serve. You'd much rather listen, ask questions, and engage in candid conversations to design innovative solutions. Entrepreneurial-minded, you have sound judgement and can navigate complexity. You are a highly collaborative team-player who can navigate different personalities, work well with others, and share lessons learned and knowledge gained from project experience. You take ownership of your individual success as well as those around you, modeling integrity and accountability with colleagues and clients.

Visa / work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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: $120,100 to $251,600 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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 - IC5

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