Lead OCI Architect – Federal Cloud & Security

Quest Oracle Community; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mythics is seeking a Principal OCI Architect to lead the end-to-end architecture and security design for a large federal program across Non-Classified, IL5, and IL6. You will guide Oracle integrations, DevSecOps practices, and accreditation adherence while coordinating with government stakeholders.

The role requires senior-level expertise, strong virtualization and AI workload experience, and a disciplined security mindset to maintain compliance and performance across cloud- and on-premises

Qualifications

• US citizenship with ability to pass a federal background investigation.
• 16+ years of relevant professional experience; 4+ years in technical leadership or architecture.
• Experience supporting large-scale defense programs and federal environments.
• OCI Professional Architect certification required; CompTIA Security+ certification required.
• Knowledge of Non-Classified, IL5, IL6 environments and federal cybersecurity requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee end-to-end architecture and security design for a large federal program.
• Lead engineering and DevSecOps teams; interface with Oracle and government stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment with OWASP, accreditation standards, and security controls in CI/CD.
• Design and implement virtualization strategies; hardware-in-the-loop and AI workload validation.
• Mentor teams and communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

System architecture

Cloud architecture

DevSecOps

Federal compliance

OCI/Oracle Cloud

Security design

Leadership

Communication

AI/ML concepts

Programming/Scripting (Python, SQL)

Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ans

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

QEMU

KVM

Job description

Mythics is seeking a Principal OCI Architect to lead the end-to-end architecture and security design for a large federal program across Non-Classified, IL5, and IL6. You will guide Oracle integrations, DevSecOps practices, and accreditation adherence while coordinating with government stakeholders.

The role requires senior-level expertise, strong virtualization and AI workload experience, and a disciplined security mindset to maintain compliance and performance across cloud- and on-premises