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Centroid Systems, Inc.

OCI Architect

Troy, MI · On-site +1

Collaborate with Oracle technical teams (STCs, Cloud Engineers) on joint client engagements; serve ... FinOps: cost analysis, committed use discounts, OCI resource scheduling Preferred Qualifications

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How much do finops engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 11, 2026, the average yearly pay for finops engineer in Michigan is $88,687.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $73,200.00 and $101,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a FinOps engineer?

FinOps Engineers are professionals who specialize in cloud financial management, helping organizations optimize their cloud spending and improve budgeting, forecasting, and cost allocation. They work closely with engineering, finance, and operations teams to implement best practices for cloud usage and cost control. Their goal is to ensure that cloud investments deliver maximum business value by balancing performance, cost, and innovation.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a FinOps engineer?

To thrive as a FinOps Engineer, you need a solid understanding of cloud computing, financial analysis, and cost optimization, often supported by a background in computer science, finance, or cloud certifications. Familiarity with cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), cost management tools, and data analytics systems is essential. Strong problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and effective communication skills set top performers apart in this role. These skills are crucial for managing cloud spending efficiently and enabling organizations to maximize value from their cloud investments.

What is the difference between Finops Engineer vs Cloud Engineer?

AspectFinops EngineerCloud Engineer
CredentialsCertifications in cloud cost management, FinOps Foundation, cloud platformsCertifications in cloud architecture, AWS, Azure, or GCP
Work EnvironmentFinance and operations teams, cloud cost optimization projectsCloud infrastructure setup, deployment, and management
Industry UsageFinance, IT, cloud service providersIT, cloud service providers, enterprise IT teams

Finops Engineers focus on managing and optimizing cloud costs, working closely with finance and operations teams. Cloud Engineers build and maintain cloud infrastructure. While both roles require cloud platform knowledge, Finops Engineers specialize in cost management, making them distinct yet complementary roles in cloud environments.

How does a FinOps engineer typically collaborate with engineering and finance teams to optimize cloud spending?

A FinOps Engineer acts as a bridge between engineering and finance teams by translating technical cloud usage data into actionable financial insights. They often participate in regular meetings with both groups to review cloud costs, identify optimization opportunities, and set budgetary controls. This role requires clear communication to ensure that engineering teams can maintain performance while finance teams achieve cost visibility and predictability. FinOps Engineers also help establish and enforce best practices for tagging, resource allocation, and forecasting to support collaborative decision-making.
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Infographic showing various Finops Engineer job openings in Michigan as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 89% Full Time, 4% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 6% Contract. Highlights an 85% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 10% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $88,687 per year, or $42.6 per hour.

OCI Architect

Centroid Systems, Inc.

Troy, MI • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Re-posted 10 days ago

Job description

Centroid is Oracle Corporation's top Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) partner in North America, delivering architecture, implementation and modernization initiatives in OCI for our customers.
Our architects work directly alongside Centroid's and client teams to design, migrate, and modernize mission-critical workloads- Oracle Databases, EBS, PeopleSoft, and next-generation AI/Data, Agentic AI, OCI genAI Platform solutions on OCI.
This is a senior, hands-on technical role. You will serve as the primary OCI architect on client engagements: owning solution design end-to-end, guiding technical decisions, and delivering production-grade implementations. No people management responsibilities.
As OCI Architect you will be engaging with various customers in their cloud enablement initiatives. The candidate will be involved in design and execution of cloud migration strategy, automating existing cloud workloads in cloud, provide services to port existing workloads to leverage cloud benefits.
Requirements:
  • 10+ years of experience in customer-facing infrastructure or cloud architecture roles
  • 5+ years of hands-on OCI design and implementation experience

Location: 100% Remote
Job Type: Full Time employee, CTH, or Contract
  • Architect end-to-end OCI solutions for customer engagements spanning landing zone design, network topology, identity, compute, storage, and database tiers
  • Lead Oracle Database workload migrations to OCI, including Exadata Cloud Service, Autonomous Database (ADB), and Base Database Service, with a focus on performance, HA, and DR
  • Design and execute Oracle Applications migrations (EBS, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards) to OCI, including lift-and-shift and modernization patterns
  • Architect and deploy AI/Data Platform (AIDP) workloads leveraging OCI GenAI Service, OCI AI Agents, OCI Data Science, and Oracle Database 23ai Vector Search
  • Develop and present technical architectures, reference designs, and migration runbooks for client pre-sales and delivery engagements
  • Build and maintain OCI landing zones using Terraform and OCI Resource Manager, aligned to Oracle's CIS Foundations Benchmark
  • Collaborate with Oracle technical teams (STCs, Cloud Engineers) on joint client engagements; serve as the technical point of escalation for Centroid
  • Define standards, reusable patterns, and architectural guardrails for Centroid's OCI delivery practice

Skills Preferred:
OCI Core Services
  • Compute: VM/BM shapes, Flex shapes, instances, autoscaling, instance configurations
  • Networking: VCN design, FastConnect, Site-to-Site VPN, DRG v2, Network Firewall, load balancers (L4/L7), DNS, Private DNS Resolver
  • Storage: Block Volume, File Storage (FSS), Object Storage (lifecycle, replication, versioning), Local NVMe
  • IAM: compartment hierarchy, policies, dynamic groups, federated identity (SAML/SCIM), OCI Vault, Bastion Service
  • Kubernetes: OKE cluster provisioning, node pool management, cluster networking (flannel/NPN), OCI Container Registry (OCIR)

Oracle Database & Exadata
  • Autonomous Database (ADB-S, ADB-D), Base Database Service, Exadata Cloud Service, Exadata Cloud@Customer
  • Data Guard (Maximum Availability, Maximum Performance), GoldenGate for live migration and zero-downtime cutovers
  • Oracle Database 23ai: JSON Relational Duality, True Cache, AI Vector Search, Select AI
  • Database migration tools: MV2ADB, Data Pump, ZDLRA, Database Migration Service (DMS)

Oracle Applications (Migrations to OCI)
  • EBS 12.1/12.2 on OCI: architecture patterns, shared file system design, wallet-based DB connectivity or similar Oracle Application experience, like Peoplesoft or JDE.

AI / GenAI / Data Platform
  • OCI Generative AI Service: Cohere and Meta model endpoints, embedding models, semantic search patterns
  • OCI AI Agents: agent frameworks, tool configuration, RAG pipelines, knowledge base integration
  • OCI Data Science: model deployment, JupyterLab environments, ML pipelines, Aqua (AI Quick Actions)
  • Oracle Database 23ai Vector Search: VECTOR data type, HNSW/IVF indexes, vector distance functions

Technical Skills - Preferred
  • Multi-cloud connectivity: OCI-Azure Interconnect, OCI-AWS, Oracle Database@Azure, Oracle Database@AWS
  • Oracle WebLogic Server on OCI / WebLogic for OKE
  • ZFS Storage Appliance on OCI, Oracle Linux, RHEL administration at scale
  • Observability: OCI Monitoring, Logging, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), OCI Ops Insights
  • FinOps: cost analysis, committed use discounts, OCI resource scheduling

Preferred Qualifications
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate (1Z0-1072) - required within 90 days if not already held
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Professional (1Z0-997) - strongly preferred
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Generative AI Professional (1Z0-1127) - preferred
  • Oracle Exadata Database Machine Implementation Specialist - preferred for Exadata-focused engagements
  • Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Lift projects

Education
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent field - or equivalent professional experience
  • 10+ years total technical experience; 5+ years OCI-specific hands-on delivery

What Sets This Role Apart
You will work on OCI exclusively with ability to learn and engage with emerging technologies like multi-cloud architecture, Agentic AI and Generative AI. Centroid's clients engage us because of deep Oracle expertise, you will architect solutions that Oracle's own SCs reference, participate in Oracle partner programs, and shape how enterprise customers realize value from OCI's most advanced capabilities. If you are an OCI practitioner who wants to do the most technically demanding Oracle Cloud work available, this role is built for you.

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