Cloud Solutions Architect / Cloud Engineer

Location: New York, NY
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote (Mandatory)
Duration: 12 Months
Work Schedule: 37.5 Hours/Week
Job Type: Contract [NO BENEFITS]

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect / Cloud Engineer to design and implement cloud architectures primarily focused on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), with additional exposure to AWS, Azure, and other cloud platforms.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience partnering with business stakeholders and technical teams to understand requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, and resilient multi-cloud/hybrid-cloud architectures.

The role will focus heavily on developing OCI architectures, standards, governance models, and best practices. The consultant may also guide engineering teams, supplement existing technical capabilities, and support cloud migration and hybrid infrastructure initiatives.

A strong foundation in AI technologies supported by cloud platforms is required, and candidates should be able to demonstrate practical use of AI. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation is also highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, highly available, and resilient cloud architectures primarily using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Develop and maintain cloud architecture standards, frameworks, governance models, and best practices.
• Partner with business stakeholders, infrastructure teams, security teams, and engineering teams to translate business and technical requirements into cloud solutions.
• Support multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud architecture initiatives involving OCI, AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Evaluate cloud services, technologies, products, and roadmaps to determine their suitability for organizational requirements.
• Guide engineering teams on cloud architecture, implementation, automation, and best practices.
• Support cloud migration and integration initiatives involving on-premises and cloud environments.
• Design and implement cloud networking solutions, including network connectivity, VLANs, routing, and related infrastructure.
• Support cloud security architecture, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation and diagrams using tools such as Microsoft Visio or Abacus.
• Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Terraform, Ansible, APIs, and CLI automation.
• Apply AI technologies available across cloud platforms and demonstrate practical use of AI within cloud environments.
• Support cloud DevOps and automation initiatives.
• Implement and support monitoring, observability, alerting, SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs.
• Assist with cloud cost optimization and Cloud FinOps initiatives.
• Design solutions supporting High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), and business continuity.
• Provide technical guidance on cloud servers, configuration, patching, backups, monitoring, and infrastructure operations.
• Collaborate with technical teams on architecture reviews, solution assessments, and technology roadmaps.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6–9 years of experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• OCI proficiency is mandatory.
• Strong experience designing OCI architectures, standards, governance models, and cloud frameworks.
• 4–6 years of experience with hybrid infrastructure.
• 4–6 years of experience with cloud networking.
• 4–6 years of experience with Cloud DevOps and automation.
• 2–3 years of experience with cloud security.
• 1–2 years of experience with Cloud FinOps.
• 2–3 years of experience with architecture documentation, preferably using Visio or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, services, governance, frameworks, security, and industry best practices.
• Experience with AI technologies available on cloud platforms.
• Ability to demonstrate practical use or implementation of AI technologies.
• Strong experience with cloud servers and environments, including:
  • Configuration and patching
  • Network and VLAN configuration
  • Backups
  • System monitoring and alerts
• Strong understanding of hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Cloud Platforms

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) – Mandatory
• AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP is a plus for multi-cloud initiatives.

Oracle Database & Infrastructure Technologies

Experience with the following technologies is highly desirable:

• Oracle RAC
• ASM
• Data Guard
• GoldenGate
• RMAN
• Oracle Database licensing
• Exadata
• Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaCC)
• ExaDB-D
• Exascale
• DBaaS
• Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)

Architecture & Infrastructure

• High Availability architecture
• Disaster Recovery architecture
• Multi-cloud architecture
• Hybrid-cloud architecture
• On-premises and cloud integration
• Cloud migration strategies
• Product architecture and roadmap assessment

Automation & DevOps

• Terraform
• Ansible
• API/CLI automation
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Cloud DevOps
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Monitoring and observability
• SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs

Preferred Certification

• Current Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) certification is strongly preferred:
  • OCI Architect Professional, or
  • OCI Architect Associate

Candidates are encouraged to provide certification credentials when available.

Additional Skills

• Linux administration experience is a plus.
• Network administration experience is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Ability to work effectively with both business and technical teams.
• Ability to lead or guide engineering teams on cloud architecture and implementation decisions.