What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal OCI Cloud Architect position at Tri-Force Consulting Services, Inc.?
Job Title: Principal OCI Cloud Architect
Location: 2 Broadway, New York, NY 10004
Client: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Duration: 12 Months
Note: This position requires the consultant to work 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.
Position Overview:
- This role focuses on designing cloud architectures primarily for Oracle Cloud along with AWS, Azure, frameworks, governance models, and cloud standards for the organization.
- The ideal candidate will have extensive experience partnering with business stakeholders and technical teams to understand requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, multi/hybrid‑cloud architectures.
- This role may require guiding engineering teams or supplementing their skill sets.
- A strong foundation in on‑premises infrastructure is essential due to hybrid integrations and migration initiatives.
- The organization is also planning to expand Infrastructure‑as‑Code capabilities.
Key Skills
- OCI: 6–9 years
- Azure / AWS / GCP: 1–2 years each (nice to have)
- Hybrid Infrastructure: 4–6 years
- Cloud Networking: 4–6 years
- Cloud DevOps / Automation: 4–6 years
- Cloud Security: 2–3 years
- Cloud FinOps: 1–2 years
- Architecture Documentation (Visio or Abacus): 2–3 years
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms, services, governance, frameworks, and best practices
- Proficiency in OCI is mandatory. The architect will focus on developing architectures, standards, and governance models for the OCI platform.
- Experience across other cloud providers is a plus for multi‑cloud initiatives.
- Extensive experience with cloud servers and environments with configuration, patching, network and VLAN configuration, backups, system monitoring and alerts.
- Cloud Platforms, Oracle Cloud (OCI), AWS, Azure, GCP
- Database Technologies: Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, Golden Gate, RMAN, Database licensing
- Product Architecture and roadmap, its assessment
- Linux or network administrator skills a plus
- Platforms: Exadata, ExaCC, ExaDB-D, Exascale, DBaaS, OEM
- Architecture: High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Multi-Cloud Architecture.
- Automation: Terraform, Ansible, API/CLI automation
- SRE & DevOps: Monitoring, Observability, SLAs/SLOs/SLIs
- A current Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) certification (Architect Professional or Architect Associate) is strongly preferred.
If you are: bright, motivated, skilled, a difference-maker, able to get things done, work with minimum direction, enthusiastic, a thinker, able to juggle and multi-task, communicate effectively, and lead, then we would like to hear from you. We need exceptionally capable people for this role for our client, so get back to us and tell us why
you think you are a fit.
About Us:
Since 2000, Tri-Force Consulting Services (https://triforce-inc.com) has been an MBE/SDB certified IT Consulting firm in the Philadelphia region. Tri-Force specializes in IT staffing, software development (web and mobile apps), systems integration, data analytics, system automation, cybersecurity, and cloud technology solutions for government and commercial clients. Tri-Force works with clients to overcome obstacles such as increasing productivity, increasing efficiencies through automation, and lowering costs. Our clients benefit from our three distinguishing core values: integrity, diligence, and technological excellence. Tri-Force is a six-time winner among the fastest-growing companies in Philadelphia and a four-time winner on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing companies.