Cloud Engineer/Implementation Consultant III

Job DescriptionMUST currently possess and have the ability to hold a TS/SCI with a Poly.As a recognized authority and leading contributor within their practice, this senior-level consulting position provides consistent high quality and innovative cloud implementation leadership to a project team. Leads the implementation design and customer aspects of engagement(s) ensuring high quality, integrated software solutions within constraints of time and budget. Able to provide tenancy, hybrid, and edge implementations. Analyzes business needs to help ensure Oracle solution meets the customer's objectives by combining industry best practices, product knowledge, and business acumen. Exercises judgment and technical cloud knowhow in selecting methods and techniques to deliver functional and technical solutions on routine, non-routine, and very complex aspects of applications and technology installations. Provides direction and mentoring to project teams, and effectively influences customer leadership on key decisions. Supports the business development efforts by pursuing new opportunities and extensions. Collaborates with the consulting sales team by providing domain expertise. Resolves complex customer issues by recommending and implementing solutions. Demonstrates expertise in multiple business processes across two or more product families or ability to architect and design technology solutions encompassing multiple products and make decisions based on impact across the stack. Willing and able to put hands on keyboards during all phases of implementation, testing, and delivery. 8-10 years of experience relevant to this position including 4 years of consulting experience. Prior team leadership or management experience preferred. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience preferred. Product or technical expertise relevant to practice focus. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to build rapport with team members and clients. Strong influencing and negotiation skills. Ability to travel as needed.ResponsibilitiesAnalyze business needs and provide recommendations on how to program the product hierarchy to address the customer's specifications. Write custom reports and exports, and make modifications to the solution to meet customer's needs. Assist with end-user training and take the solution live on the tenancy after everything has been configured and everyone is trained. Mentor and develop lower level Implementation Consultants. May assist in a pre-sales / post-sales capacity to help drive new sale.Responsible for identifying the utility of virtualization and automation tools from the operations side and the process and skill set of the development side. Understands what is happening with a cloud application and develops and manages the tools to automatically respond. Collects and applies data from monitoring and alerting to establish a dynamic, reactive environment. Identifies tools and programs that best fit a workload and how best to incorporate them into system that meets requirements. Preferred Qualifications:Experience as a contractor in the Intelligence Community. (Preferred with Non-DoD Agencies)Experience with CI/CD pipelines Technical expertise and hands on experience as an architect and a software engineer with knowledge for applying these skills to cloud, data and analytics, cyber security, and customer mission challenges.Experience or training with variety of Oracle technologies including the applicability and usage of these technologies by customers. Cloud certifications are a plus. Passion for technology, the curiosity and willingness to constantly learn new skills, work with new tools and discover new and innovative approaches to solving complex technical challenges.Practical experience with Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Jenkins, etc.Experience in implementing and managing computer ecosystems in Oracle Cloud, AWS, Azure, or other Cloud environments.Skilled with writing automation scripts and understand advanced software development practices and how to implement agile development practices.The ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences and, vice versa, translate functional needs to technical solutionsThe ability to lead a team of developers.Experience with microservices, swagger and API definitions.Experience with containerization, Linux, IaC, Terraform, Kubernetes, microservicesExperience with pub/sub, messaging, notifications, events, and topicsExperience with FaaS and cloud serverless architecturesFamiliarization with authentication mechanisms like OAuth, Basic Auth, mTLS and API keys.Experience with cloud high availability and scalability best practices and architectures.Good communication and collaboration skills, comfortable interacting with internal and external stakeholdersBachelors and nine (9) years or more experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience. Masters and seven (7) years or more experience.Three (3) or more years of experience with back-end web or RESTful API developmentFive (5) or more years of experience with any modern programming language including Python, Java, C#, GoThree (3) or more years of experience with CI/CD pipelinesThree (3) or more years of experience of Cloud Native development using AWS, Azure, OCI, or GCPThree (3) or more years of experience with automating unit, integration, performance, and end-to-end testing.Three (3) or more years of experience with Git, branching strategies, GitFlow and/or GitHub Flow. Five (5) or more years of experience with agile methodologies and tooling.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 onlyOracle 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 opinion2. Short term disability and long term disability3. Life insurance and AD&D4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match8. 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 holidays10. 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 leave12. Adoption assistance13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan14. Financial planning and group legal15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insuranceThe role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.Qualifications5-7 years of experience relevant to this position including 2 years consulting experience preferred. Product or technical expertise relevant to area of focus. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to build rapport with team members and clients. Ability to travel as needed.About UsAs 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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