Principal Cloud Architect - Integrations/Goldengate - Oracle

**Job Description** Partners with customers, sales, engineering and product teams to design, demonstrate and deploy Oracle Cloud architectures that address customer business problems. Drives Oracle Cloud customer consumption by accelerating the adoption of Oracle cloud services including discovery, design and deployment. Engages with strategic customers, builds leadership relationships at multiple levels within organizations in order to design and implement solutions. Works directly with customers to gather requirements, develop architectures and translates business needs into solutions. May implement solutions and ensure successful deployments through code development and scripting. Displays product/application understanding through highly customized presentation demonstrations to customers, and at conferences, and events. Supports customer from Proof of Concept (POC) through production deployment of services via resource configuration, planning, and customer education/training. Creates and distributes technical assets (white papers, solution code, blog posts, and video demonstrations). Serves as a leading contributor for customers and sales on technical cloud solutions and customer success. Identifies gaps and enhancements to influence engineering roadmaps for customer driven features. Leading contributor, may provide direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. May interact with C level. Maintains expertise by staying current on emerging technologies. Minimum qualifications include: 8 years experience with computer applications and tools required. Ability to travel 50% international and domestic. Preferred but not required qualifications include: Bachelor of Science-level university degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering from accredited university; and/or relevant 8 years technical experience. Advanced degree in relevant field of studies highly desirable. Expertise in and an in depth and thorough knowledge of competitive and industry knowledge in the field of computer applications and tools; System and application design; Implementation of advanced product features; Project management; Solving technical problems with customers in technical environments; Written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills; Needs analysis, positioning, and business justification. 8 years experience and expertise in the clear communication of technical information to others through presentations, demonstrations, written communication and consultative solutioning experience. Career Level - IC4 **Responsibilities** Do you want to be part of a robust team that will help scale Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as the leading cloud computing platform for the enterprise? Are you passionate about building the right solutions, teams while growing cloud adoption and help customers realize the value of their cloud investments? Create the future with us! **About the Role:** We are seeking candidates for Principal Cloud Architect - Integration position within our Specialist Solution Engineering team. As an Integration Architect you should be an experienced professional who has a broad understanding of Cloud architecture, with on-premise application integration to SaaS & 3 rd party on-premise applications as well as ELT processes that involves replication. This requires hands-on software development lifecycle experience working with technical integration implementation or other similar technologies. OCI is the next generation cloud service built from the grounds-up to support fast paced application requirements, addressing a wide range of customer use cases. Our team of Cloud Engineers are responsible for the application modernization on OCI. You will be a part of a diverse team working closely with Oracle Sales and leadership to build and expand customer's OCI footprint, by effectively engaging with customer from Pitch-to-Production lifecycle of a customer workload. Our Engineers are deep technical domain experts, who are responsible for both explaining and showing how Oracle's Cloud Infrastructure Solutions solve real-world business challenges. They work closely with field Cloud Architects to help craft the solution and then continue to collaborate with the customer on implementation of these solutions. **Work Timings:** Oracle offers flexible work options aligned with our North American customer timezones, usually 9AM to 5PM, and promote work/life balance for all of our diverse employees. Since this is a customer-facing role, the engineer needs to be able to communicate & collaborate effectively with our customers and other Oracle teams in the US and other countries. **Responsibilities include:** + Plan, Configure, Deploy and Operate a cloud solution. + Cloud Architects are chartered with accelerating pipeline and cloud consumption for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services, workloads and use-cases. + Understanding Customer's business requirements and leading technical solution development using Oracle's cloud capabilities. + Deliver Proof of Concepts for new solutions on Oracle Cloud. + Develop collaborative working relationships with sales, product management, development and other functional areas within Oracle, continuously contributing towards Product enhancements and increasing Cloud consumption. + Execute on engagement including coordinating scoping and delivery in a timeline for delivery engagements. + Build and nurture relationships with North America Customers / Partners to drive various enablement and implementation activities on OCI. **Preferred qualifications include:** + A minimum of 8 years of hands-on IT experience, developing at least more than one full life-cycle project leveraging Cloud such as OCI, AWS, GCP, Azure etc. + Expertise in OCI Data Integration (OCI DI), Golden Gate, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI). + Integration based solution delivery in using any integration technologies like OIC, Oracle SOA Suite, MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Apigee etc. + Experience in creating datalake architectures, ELT operations to deliver business continuity through replication. + Experience in high availability architecture in cloud and on-premise + Experience integrating any SaaS applications such as Fusion HCM, Workday, Salesforce or on-premise applications such as EBS, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft etc. + Experience in Integrating with Databases, Files, Event driven systems, JMS etc. + Experience in rehosting or migrating applications from on-premise to cloud is a plus + Ability to apply design patterns and architectural principles **Education and Certification:** + A BS or MS in Computer Science, or equivalent or related technical field + Cloud (OCI/AWS/Azure/GCP/other) Architect Associate level certification is a must **Life at Oracle:** An Oracle career can span industries, roles, countries and cultures, giving you the opportunity to tackle new roles and challenges, while blending work and life. Oracle has thrived through 40+ years of change by innovating and operating with integrity while delivering for the top companies in almost every industry. To nurture the talent that makes this happen, we work hard to build a vibrant and inspiring workplace that celebrates diverse, hardworking teams where everyone can contribute. We take care of each other, and value giving back to the community. We have flexible work arrangements and offer benefits including generous paid parental leave and comprehensive premium medical insurance. At Oracle, we don't just value differences-we celebrate them. We're committed to creating a workplace where all kinds of people work together. We believe innovation starts with diversity and inclusion. **https://www.oracle.com/corporate/careers/culture/diversity.html** Disclaimer: **Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.** **Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only** US: Hiring Range: from $113,000 to $185,200 per annum. May be eligible for equity. Eligible for commission with an estimated pay mix of 70/30. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following: 1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion 2. Short term disability and long term disability 3. Life insurance and AD&D 4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) 5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts 6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits 7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match 8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation. 9. 11 paid holidays 10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours. 11. Paid parental leave 12. Adoption assistance 13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan 14. Financial planning and group legal 15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted. **About Us** As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow's technology to tackle today's problems. True innovation starts with diverse perspectives and various abilities and backgrounds. When everyone's voice is heard, we're inspired to go beyond what's been done before. It's why we're committed to expanding our inclusive workforce that promotes diverse insights and perspectives. We've partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector-and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity. Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer a highly competitive suite of employee benefits designed on the principles of parity and consistency. We put our people first with flexible medical, life insurance and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs. We're committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by calling +1 888 404 2494, option one. **Disclaimer:** Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer*. 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