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Job Title: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect Remote (W2 Only)
Location: 100% Remote (U.S. Based Candidates Only)
Job Type: Contract or Full-Time
Duration: 12+ Months (with extension potential)/Full Time
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect to lead the lift-and-shift migration of on-premise workloads into OCI. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in OCI architecture, networking, compute, storage, and migration planning. You will play a key role in modernizing legacy environments and ensuring seamless migration to Oracle Cloud.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, planning, and execution of lift-and-shift migrations from on-premise or hosted environments into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Analyze existing application, database, and middleware environments and define OCI-based target architecture
- Design and implement OCI infrastructure components including VCN, subnets, compute instances, load balancers, block storage, and identity management
- Build secure, scalable, and highly available environments in OCI following Oracle best practices
- Coordinate with application owners, DBAs, and other stakeholders to plan and migrate workloads with minimal downtime
- Set up monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery configurations in OCI
- Support post-migration validation, performance tuning, and environment stabilization
- Provide OCI architecture guidance and OCI tenancy governance
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 8+ years of overall IT infrastructure or cloud architecture experience
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Proven experience leading lift-and-shift migrations into OCI
- Strong knowledge of OCI services: Compute, Block Volume, Object Storage, VCN, Load Balancer, IAM, Bastion, and Oracle Cloud Guard
- Experience working with OCI Resource Manager, Terraform, or shell scripting for automation
- Familiarity with Oracle applications, databases, or middleware is a strong plus
- Excellent communication, documentation, and coordination skills
Nice to Have:
- OCI Architect Professional Certification
- Experience with Oracle Linux, WebLogic, or Oracle Database migration
- Familiarity with other cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and comparative migration strategies
Work Authorization:
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
- No C2C or third-party candidates
- Only U.S.-based candidates will be considered
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