REMOTE - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect C2C

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly experienced Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect to lead the lift-and-shift migration of on-premise workloads into OCI. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in OCI architecture, networking, compute, storage, and migration planning. You will play a key role in modernizing legacy environments and ensuring seamless migration to Oracle Cloud.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, planning, and execution of lift-and-shift migrations from on-premise or hosted environments into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Analyze existing application, database, and middleware environments and define OCI-based target architecture
• Design and implement OCI infrastructure components including VCN, subnets, compute instances, load balancers, block storage, and identity management
• Build secure, scalable, and highly available environments in OCI following Oracle best practices
• Coordinate with application owners, DBAs, and other stakeholders to plan and migrate workloads with minimal downtime
• Set up monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery configurations in OCI
• Support post-migration validation, performance tuning, and environment stabilization
• Provide OCI architecture guidance and OCI tenancy governance

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 8+ years of overall IT infrastructure or cloud architecture experience
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Proven experience leading lift-and-shift migrations into OCI
• Strong knowledge of OCI services: Compute, Block Volume, Object Storage, VCN, Load Balancer, IAM, Bastion, and Oracle Cloud Guard
• Experience working with OCI Resource Manager, Terraform, or shell scripting for automation
• Familiarity with Oracle applications, databases, or middleware is a strong plus
• Excellent communication, documentation, and coordination skills.