Senior OCI Cloud Services Architect in Richmond, VA (Hybrid)

One of our premier clients is looking for a Senior OCI Cloud Services Architect in Richmond, VA (Hybrid) for a contract position. If interested, please submit your resume ASAP indicating (1) current location (2) desired hourly rate, W2 or 1099? (3) Your email address.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assist with the design, review, and implementation of Oracle OCI services and solution offerings.
The position will work with customer agencies, managed cloud suppliers, as well as internal agency teams to ensure that architectures and environments provide efficient, effective, secure, and compliant solutions based on best practices and well architected frameworks.
Documented experience with cloud architecture, operations and management in a public cloud environment - specifically Oracle's OCI.
Experience performing reviews of proposed changes & projects relative to the security of an IT environment.
At least 8 years of forward-thinking IT experience. 3 years of hands-on cloud technology experience (preferably with OCI). Excellent communication and presentation skills required.
Experience with implementing, migrating or managing operating systems/applications in an enterprise cloud computing environment. College degree in a related field or equivalent experience. Knowledgeable of cloud networking architectures utilizing virtual networks, VPN, Subnets, network security groups. load balancers, etc.
Thorough understanding of customers priorities and the business criticality of platforms, applications and services. Cloud certifications preferred within the Oracle OCI cloud environment

REQUIRED SKILLS:
Familiar with Cloud Native architecture paradigms, patterns and security methodologies.
Experience designing solutions within and working with the Oracle OCI environment
Oracle OCI specific certifications (Cloud Ops, Architecture, Security, etc)
Experience working with cloud reference model models, creating diagrams and other design documentation
Experience with implementing, migrating or managing operating systems/applications in an enterprise cloud computing environment.
Knowledgeable of cloud networking architectures utilizing virtual networks, VPN, Subnets, network security groups. load balancers, etc.
Experience performing reviews of proposed changes & projects relative to the security and controls of an IT environment.
Experience performing reviews of proposed changes & projects relative to the security and controls of an IT environment.
Excellent communication and presentation skills for addressing customer business needs.
Ability to review technical solutions for technical and fiscal accuracy
Skilled in oral and written communication as it pertains to technical information
Experience working with security and regulatory frameworks such as NIST, PCI, CJIS, FedRAMP, etc.
Experience working with cloud native technologies such as containers, serverless workloads, functions, database as a service, etc.
Able to work with minimal supervision and under specific deadlines
College degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Experience with scripting and build tools such as Jenkins, Github, Terraform
Experience working with configuration management and monitoring tools such as Fleet Application Management, Puppet, OCI Monitoring, Splunk, etc.