Oracle Cloud Solutions Architect (EPM)

Equal Plus Consulting has been engaged to search for an Oracle Cloud Solutions Architect (EPM) to work on-site in metro Atlanta, GA.

Title: Oracle Cloud Solutions Architect (EPM)

Start Date: ASAP/TBD

Term: 12 month contract

Location: Lawrenceville, GA

Candidates must be local and be able to interview and work onsite.

Our client is looking for an Oracle Cloud Solutions Architect (EPM) for a 12 months contract role in Lawrenceville, GA. demonstrate hands-on experience supporting EPM initiatives, including financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and performance analytics within complex organizational environments. Direct EPM experience is required.

This role will be part of a team responsible for maintaining and supporting all technical aspects of the Oracle Fusion Cloud applications. This role would be responsible for the technical configurations related to the Oracle Fusion cloud applications, evaluating the Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, EPM & HCM quarterly releases, determining impact and coordinating the necessary testing and validation with business teams. This role will provide technical guidance to team members in managing Oracle Fusion Cloud applications and will work with the implementation partner and business teams to help with the implementation, ensuring that project deliverables are aligned with desired business processes and IT standards.

We are looking for a candidate with an in-depth understanding of Oracle Fusion Cloud applications, experienced in ERP implementations and long-term maintenance of these, and a team player who is reliable, enthusiastic, committed, creative, and customer focused. This role also requires strong collaboration & leadership skills to manage the technical and operational work, and proactively engaging with the business teams in a continuously evolving environment.

Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 10 years of overall ERP Administration Experience.
• 5 years of experience as Solutions architect for Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, EPM and/or HCM.
• Well-versed with configurations, custom fields and fast formulas used in Oracle Fusion Cloud, with a strong understanding of integration with other Fusion applications and third-party systems.
• Experience in leading full projects involving Requirements, Design, Testing and Roll-out.
• Comfortable with Oracle Fusion data dictionary and the relationship between various objects, to quickly understand requirements and design solutions.
• Excellent collaborative and verbal/written communication skills.
• Desire to teach and mentor other engineers with varying domains of expertise.

Preferred Experience:

• Working knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and configurations.
• Expertise with the security roles and workflow setup in Oracle Fusion applications.
• Combines strong business acumen/experience in the Finance/ HR/ Payroll areas and deep IT knowledge. Demonstrated initiative to stay current on technology advancements.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the technical configurations, fast formulas, custom fields, and streamlined performance of the Oracle Fusion cloud applications.
• Review the impacts of the Oracle Fusion quarterly releases and other patch deployments and coordinate the needed testing with the business teams.
• Lead the end-to-end testing of fixes/enhancements, including the creation of test plans and test scripts. Design & create custom security roles to ensure they don't grant too many privileges. Conduct regular security audits to identify and fix vulnerabilities.
• Proactively Monitor Oracle Fusion Cloud applications performance and architecture to ensure the system reliability, integrity and recoverability.
• Work with internal IT staff, third-party vendors and Oracle to update and communicate environment maintenance schedules, refresh schedules, and outages.
• Design and implement best practices to administer and improve the functionality, reliability and security of Oracle Fusion Cloud applications.
• Troubleshoot issues related to Oracle Fusion Cloud applications. Partner with internal IT teams such as Security, Network and Service Desk teams, and external vendor teams to proactively monitor, identify issues and drive them to resolution.
• Write functional/ technical specifications needed for new integrations and custom peripheral applications that closely integrate with Oracle Fusion applications.
• Document system requirements and process flows.
• Mentor and train the technical team members in managing Oracle Fusion Cloud applications. understanding and managing the OCI configurations, SSO, data encryption, SSL cert configurations, and other duties as assigned.