Before School Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Jobs in Decatur, GA

We are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer (Oracle focused) to help design, implement, and manage Oracle Cloud solutions, with an emphasis on automation, operational excellence, and reliability.

You are: 

• Driven, self-starter, quick learner.

• A self-motivated engineer with a strong background in cloud operations, Oracle database solutions, and cloud networking.

• Adapt to changing requirements.

• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong attention to details.

• Provide direction and give candid feedback

• You have a hands-on approach to building and maintaining enterprise cloud infrastructure, with deep knowledge of automation, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and security best practices.

• Thrive in collaborative environments

• Encompass a ‘ONE-TEAM’ mentality

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy, manage, and optimize Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments (compute, networking, storage, and security).

• Build and maintain highly available, scalable, and resilient Oracle database solutions (e.g., Autonomous DB, Oracle RAC, Exadata, DBCS).

• Ensure disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) solutions for critical Oracle workloads.

• Work with security and networking teams to ensure proper IAM, security policies, and network configurations in OCI.

• Stay up to date with the evolution of Oracle cloud technologies & related products

• Collaborate with cloud and security engineering to establish, adopt, and follow policy in Oracle cloud operating environments

• Develop solution blueprints, efforts & estimates based on overall business requirements.

• Assist in the development of internal training plans (e.g. conduct lunch & learn sessions with regular cadence to help delivery teams learn)

• Implement CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and database deployments.

• Use Terraform and OCI Resource Manager to provision and manage cloud resources.

• Document infrastructure designs, automation workflows, and troubleshooting steps to improve team efficiency.

• Ensure proper IAM policies, least privilege access, and security best practices for cloud resources.

• Configure and troubleshoot cloud networking in OCI, including VCNs, subnets, routing, VPNs, and security lists.

• Partner with software development engineering on best practices in leveraging OCI platform, OIC and cloud technologies

• Basic understanding of Oracle Fusion & other Oracle SaaS cloud technologies

Required Skills

• Strong Oracle database administration experience, including Oracle Autonomous DB, Oracle RAC, and Exadata.

• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, OCI Resource Manager) for cloud provisioning.

• Experience with automation and scripting (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).

• Experience troubleshooting OCI and Oracle database performance issues.

• Experience with BCDR for OIC and Visual Builder preferred

• Experience with troubleshooting performance related issues in cloud infrastructure

• Understanding of cloud IAM policies, RBAC, encryption, and security best practices.

• Has proven experience of various Oracle PaaS offering including JCS, ICS, iPaaS, Process Cloud, Mobile Cloud, Document Cloud, and Messaging Cloud

• Has a very sound understanding of Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) including use of cloud-based UI templates and libraries

• Has a very sound understanding of authentication & authorization solutions in SaaS ERP

• Has advanced knowledge and experience in building highly available, resilient infrastructure and disaster recovery planning, including multi-region.

• Has experience with cloud logging and monitoring tools (Datadog, Splunk, OCI Monitoring, etc.) and best practices.

• Experience in SOA Suite & web services (SOAP & REST using XML & JSON) preferred

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or related experience.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) preferred.

• Strong written, verbal, analytical and interpersonal skills

• Relevant cloud certifications highly desirable. OCI Certifications are preferred, but not required (OCI Architect Professional, OCI Database Cloud Certified, etc.).

• Experience integrating Oracle Cloud with AWS, Azure, or GCP in multi-cloud environments preferred.

• Familiarity with ITIL, change management, and cloud governance best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field preferred.