job summary:
The Lead Technical Architect (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) Consultant is responsible for leading the architecture, setup, configuration, governance, and operationalization of enterprise-scale Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments supporting advanced analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI)I/Machine Learning (ML), and digital transformation initiatives. This role will provide technical leadership for the design and implementation of secure, scalable, resilient, and high-performing cloud platforms enabling enterprise data, analytics, and AI use cases.
The consultant will partner with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, application development, analytics, and business stakeholders to establish OCI foundational services, cloud governance, DevSecOps automation, AI/ML infrastructure, and operational best practices aligned with enterprise standards and strategic objectives.
This position requires deep expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, cloud-native architecture, AI/ML platforms, automation, security, and enterprise integration patterns.
location: St. Louis, Missouri
job type: Contract
salary: $85 - 100 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities
Lead the design, setup, configuration, and deployment of enterprise Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments supporting analytics, AI/ML, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
Define and implement OCI landing zones, tenancy architecture, compartment strategy, identity and access management, security zones, monitoring, logging, and governance frameworks.
Architect and implement scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective OCI infrastructure advanced analytics solutions across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
Establish enterprise cloud architecture standards, patterns, and best practices for OCI advanced analytics (AI/ML) services and cloud-native solutions.
Design and implement enterprise AI/ML infrastructure to support data science, machine learning, and generative AI initiatives.
Configure and support Oracle AI and analytics platforms including Oracle AI Data Platform (AIDP), Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), Oracle Generative AI, and related Oracle services.
Develop and optimize DevSecOps automation processes including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, automated provisioning, monitoring, and deployment automation.
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure OCI environments comply with enterprise security policies, governance standards, and regulatory requirements.
Collaborate with Oracle cloud networking architecture team on VCNs, subnets, routing, load balancers, VPN connectivity, FastConnect, security lists, and hybrid cloud integration.
Establish operational procedures for backup/recovery, disaster recovery, high availability, monitoring, patching, and performance optimization.
Provide technical leadership and guidance to infrastructure engineers, cloud administrators, developers, data engineers, and analytics teams.
Conduct architecture reviews and provide recommendations for cloud optimization, modernization, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Develop technical roadmaps and implementation strategies supporting enterprise analytics and AI transformation objectives.
Create and maintain architecture documentation, standards, technical diagrams, operational procedures, and implementation playbooks.
Support enterprise AI, analytics, and digital transformation projects as needed.
Provide technical review reports, risk assessments, and recommendations to leadership and project stakeholders.
Evaluate emerging Oracle Cloud, AI/ML, and cloud-native technologies and recommend adoption strategies aligned with business goals.
qualifications:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments supporting advanced analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI)I/Machine Learning (ML), and digital transformation initiatives
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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