Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect

Job Title: Senior Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect – Hybrid Cloud, AI & Automation

Job Location: New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 days onsite, 2 days remote)

Contract Length: 12+ months, with likely extension

Pay Range: $78–$88/hr W2, depending on experience

Work Schedule: 37.5 hours per week; 4 weeks of required unpaid vacation

Interview Process: 1–2 rounds, conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams or onsite in New York City, at the hiring manager's discretion

Position Overview

Our government client in New York City is seeking an experienced Senior Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect to design, modernize, and govern enterprise cloud infrastructure, with a primary focus on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

This senior-level position combines OCI architecture, hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure, cloud governance, AI technologies, and infrastructure automation to support complex enterprise technology initiatives.

The ideal candidate will bring deep hands-on OCI architecture experience, strong knowledge of on-premises infrastructure integration, and practical experience with AI capabilities available across modern cloud platforms.

This is an opportunity for an experienced cloud architect who enjoys designing secure, highly available, scalable solutions, establishing enterprise architecture standards, and guiding engineering teams through infrastructure modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize secure, scalable, highly available enterprise architectures using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Establish OCI architecture standards, reference architectures, governance frameworks, and cloud infrastructure best practices.
• Architect OCI compute, networking, storage, database services, and enterprise infrastructure solutions.
• Design hybrid cloud environments integrating on-premises infrastructure with OCI and other cloud platforms.
• Support multi-cloud initiatives involving AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Evaluate and incorporate AI technologies and cloud-based AI services into enterprise infrastructure architecture.
• Develop cloud migration strategies, modernization roadmaps, and technical architecture recommendations.
• Design cloud networking, segmentation, VLANs, connectivity, and secure communication between cloud and on-premises environments.
• Provide architectural guidance for Oracle database technologies, including RAC, ASM, Data Guard, GoldenGate, RMAN, and Exadata environments.
• Support enterprise Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Terraform, Ansible, APIs, and CLI-based automation tools.
• Design high-availability, disaster recovery, backup, monitoring, and infrastructure resiliency solutions.
• Incorporate cloud security, governance, compliance, and risk-management considerations into architecture decisions.
• Apply Cloud FinOps principles to optimize infrastructure costs, resource utilization, and cloud spending.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, cybersecurity, database, and application teams to support cloud architecture initiatives.
• Develop architecture diagrams, technical documentation, reference designs, and implementation roadmaps.
• Present technical recommendations and architectural decisions to business stakeholders and technology leadership.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams while promoting consistent architecture standards.

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) experience, including designing and architecting enterprise OCI environments.
• Strong expertise in OCI architecture, cloud governance, infrastructure services, security, and enterprise architecture standards.
• 1–2 years of practical experience with AI technologies, including AI services or capabilities available on cloud platforms.
• 4–6 years of hybrid infrastructure experience, integrating on-premises systems with cloud environments.
• 4–6 years of cloud networking experience, including infrastructure connectivity, networking configurations, and architecture design.
• 4–6 years of cloud DevOps and automation experience, including infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
• 2–3 years of cloud security experience, incorporating security controls into enterprise cloud architecture.
• Strong knowledge of cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Experience with server configuration, patching, VLANs, backups, monitoring, alerting, and infrastructure operations.
• Working knowledge of Oracle database platforms and enterprise database architecture.
• Experience developing cloud architecture standards, technical documentation, governance frameworks, and infrastructure roadmaps.
• Ability to translate complex business and technical requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Strong technical leadership, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders, infrastructure engineers, DevOps teams, and cybersecurity professionals.
• Ability to work onsite in New York City 3 days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate or Architect Professional certification.
• Experience architecting solutions across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, and infrastructure automation using APIs or CLI tools.
• Experience with Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, GoldenGate, RMAN, and Oracle database licensing.
• Knowledge of Oracle Exadata, Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC), Exadata Database Service (ExaDB-D), Exascale, DBaaS, and Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).
• Experience with Cloud FinOps, cloud cost optimization, and financial governance.
• Experience preparing enterprise architecture documentation using Microsoft Visio or Abacus.
• Familiarity with Linux administration, enterprise networking, and cloud infrastructure operations.
• Experience implementing Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, observability, SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs.
• Previous experience leading enterprise cloud modernization, infrastructure transformation, or hybrid cloud architecture initiatives.

Why This Opportunity?

• Support major cloud modernization and infrastructure architecture initiatives for a New York City government organization.
• Work extensively with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, hybrid cloud environments, and emerging AI technologies.
• Influence enterprise cloud governance, architecture standards, and infrastructure modernization strategies.
• Collaborate with experienced infrastructure, database, cybersecurity, and DevOps engineering teams.
• Take ownership of technically challenging cloud architecture initiatives with meaningful organizational impact.
• Hybrid schedule with 2 remote days per week.
• Competitive compensation of $78–$88/hr W2.
• Long-term 12+ month contract opportunity with strong potential for extension.

About Seneca Resources

Seneca Resources is a client-focused provider of Information Technology consulting services and workforce solutions for government and commercial organizations across the United States.

Our success is driven by a strong corporate culture that values collaboration, professional growth, and career development. We offer engaging work, competitive compensation, ongoing training, and opportunities for advancement. Seneca Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.