The Oracle A-Team is a specialist group within OracleProduct Development working at the forefront of Oracle's worldclass cloud technologies. We are seeking a highly passionate SaaSOps Solution Architect to work in our team with a balance ofadvanced technical skills with excellent communication skills. TheOracle A-Team, a specialist group within Oracle ProductDevelopment, is seeking a highly energetic SaaS Ops SolutionArchitect to join the team. We are seeking an exceptional technicalleader with extraordinary attention to detail. The ideal candidateis excited about staying at the forefront of technology, possessesan in-depth understanding of new cloud technologies and is able toapply a multi-disciplinary approach to solving complex problems. Asuccessful applicant will be able to effectively communicate withupper management, both internal and external to Oracle, customers,partners and team members. They will be able to communicate withtechnical and non-technical stakeholders. They will be ablefacilitate negotiations and discussions involving diversestakeholders. They must have ability to develop and analyse usecases, validate technical options and test hypotheses objectively,applying industry best practices. The Oracle’s A-Team is part ofthe Product Development organisation helping top customers andEngineering teams with solution architecture. The position entailsa high level of internal and external visibility with seniormanagement. It involves contributing to and leadingmultidisciplinary projects focused on architecting, designing, andprototyping complex cloud solutions that involve Software as aService (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure asa service (IaaS). The primary focus of this role will be usingmodern engineering practices to architect and build distributed,reliable, maintainable SaaS solutions. Broad knowledge of security,networking, CICD, and cloud native technologies is required. Anunderstanding of machine learning technologies would be desirable.Typical Duties and Responsibilities include: - Design complex andinnovative technical solutions leveraging Oracle Cloud offerings toaddress critical business requirements of our customers.Participate in highly technical discussions. - Manage competing,quickly changing priorities effectively and handle input from manyinternal and external collaborators and stakeholders. - Closelycollaborate with high calibre peers and a variety of teams andgroups in a highly dynamic environment – Developers, ProductManagers, Senior Leaders, Pre-Sales, Consulting, Documentation, QA,among others. - Identify recurring patterns and solutions andgeneralize these for broader re-use across the entire ecosystem –Oracle, Partners, and Customers. - Identify common pain points inOracle products and Solutions and propose ways to improve them. -Code tools, prototypes, demos, and re-usable assets aimed atProduct Development, Pre-sales teams, and Post-sales teams. -Establish relationships and feedback channels into productmanagement and product engineering ultimately resulting in productimprovements and innovations. Desired Qualifications, Skills, andExperience: - Experience in developing/operating/managingenterprise SaaS offerings such as Oracle Fusion Applications(SaaS), Salesforce, Workday or even non-enterprise SaaS. - Solidunderstanding of how to configure, deploy, manage, and maintainlarge cloud-hosted systems, including auto-scaling, containermanagement, monitoring, automation, scripting, troubleshooting anddisaster recovery. - Strong hands-on experience working with atleast one of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), AWS, GCP, Azure, orsimilar cloud providers. - Highly motivated, self-starter with aneagerness to learn and a strong ambition to adapt to newtechnologies and methodologies. - Exceptional analytical andcritical reasoning skills capable of flexible and lateral thinking.- They have the ability to actively lead technical discussions withcustomers, partners, and other Oracle engineering teams. - Fluencyin one or more scripting languages such as Python. - Theyunderstand range of open-source and non-Oracle technologiesrelevant to SaaS Cloud Ops. - They have a natural inclination tocoach – through training, public forums, blogs, and conferences. -Highly developed interpersonal, verbal communication andpresentation skills; demonstrated comfort level for presentationsto senior leadership level meetings. Basic Qualifications: -Computer Science or related field or a bachelor’s degree andcomparable experience in software development, informationtechnology, and data architecture. - A minimum of 10 or more yearsof experience in information technology with at least 4 years ofexperience in the Cloud. Work Environment: We are a globallydistributed team. This position offers a flexible work environmentwith options for both office-based and hybrid working arrangements.Our company values a healthy work-life balance, and we arecommitted to providing an inclusive and adaptableworkplace.
