Senior Oracle Cloud Architect – Business Solutions

Metropolitan Police; Kilburn CP; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 28 days + holidays

Civil service pension

Season ticket loans

Met sports and social clubs

Flexible working conditions

Job summary

Metropolitan Police is seeking a Technical Architect – Business Solutions to lead end-to-end technical architecture across Oracle Fusion, OCI and OIC within the Business Solutions portfolio. You will design, govern and implement scalable, secure architecture and oversee integrations with enterprise systems.

You will apply deep expertise in OCI, OIC, API-based integrations and cloud-native patterns, while driving automation, security and performance across HR, Finance, Learning, Property and

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Technical Architecture or equivalent senior technical roles and at least 8+ years’ experience working with ERPs and Corporate Applications.
• Significant experience in Technical Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Integration Architecture or comparable senior technical roles.
• Experience designing and implementing solutions within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Strong hands-on experience with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).
• Experience supporting Oracle Fusion ERP, HCM and associated cloud technologies.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and SaaS platform integration.
• Experience designing API-based integrations and enterprise middleware solutions.
• Knowledge of identity management, security architecture and cloud security principles.
• Experience working with integration technologies, web services, REST APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of networking, infrastructure and cloud platform services.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale transformation programmes and technology implementations.
• Ability to create architecture documentation, technical standards and solution designs.
• Experience working with Agile, DevOps and modern software delivery practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end technical architecture solutions supporting Oracle Fusion and Business Services platforms.
• Provide assurance on 3rd party integration designs, ensuring they meet the MET standards.
• Produce and maintain technical architecture artefacts, standards, patterns and design documentation.
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements including security, scalability, resilience, availability and performance.
• Provide technical oversight throughout project lifecycles from discovery through to implementation and support.
• Support the Solution Architect in defining and maintaining target-state architecture.
• Design and govern solutions deployed within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Provide expertise across OCI networking, security, identity management, compute, storage and platform services.
• Ensure cloud environments are designed in accordance with architectural standards, security requirements and operational best practice.
• Support cloud adoption and optimisation initiatives across the Business Solutions portfolio.
• Drive the use of cloud-native services and automation capabilities wherever appropriate.
• Lead the design and assurance of enterprise integrations using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).
• Develop integration patterns and standards across SaaS, cloud and on-premise services.
• Ensure reliable, secure and scalable integration between Oracle Fusion and wider enterprise systems.
• Support API strategy, event-driven architectures and middleware technologies.
• Work with technical teams and suppliers to troubleshoot and optimise integration solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development, support and engineering teams.
• Review technical designs and support architecture governance processes.
• Ensure compliance with technical standards, security policies and operational requirements.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout programme and project delivery.
• Support continuous improvement of development and architecture practices.
• Identify opportunities to simplify architecture and reduce technical debt.
• Promote automation and platform optimisation through cloud technologies.
• Support innovation initiatives and proof-of-concept activities.
• Drive technical excellence and continual service improvement across Business Solutions.

Skills

Technical Architecture

ERP systems

OCI

OIC

Oracle Fusion ERP/HCM

Cloud-native architectures

APIs & integration

Identity & cloud security

Web services & REST APIs

Networking & cloud platforms

Agile/DevOps

Stakeholder management

Tools

OCI Networking

OIC

OCI Security

Job description

Metropolitan Police is seeking a Technical Architect – Business Solutions to lead end-to-end technical architecture across Oracle Fusion, OCI and OIC within the Business Solutions portfolio. You will design, govern and implement scalable, secure architecture and oversee integrations with enterprise systems.

You will apply deep expertise in OCI, OIC, API-based integrations and cloud-native patterns, while driving automation, security and performance across HR, Finance, Learning, Property and