Principal / Master Principal Cloud Architect

Oracle; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is seeking a Principal/Master Principal Cloud Architect – Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to embed full-time with a single U.S. Intelligence Community customer.

You will design, deploy, secure, and operate OCI-based cloud solutions addressing national security challenges. The role requires hands-on cloud engineering, Terraform/OCI tooling, and strong leadership to deliver secure, production-ready environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in U.S. Intelligence Community environments.
• Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Poly.
• Hands-on cloud engineering and infrastructure experience.
• Experience deploying and operating solutions inside customer environments.
• Deep knowledge of cloud architecture, automation, and platform operations.
• Experience designing secure, highly available, scalable environments.
• Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, OCI Resource Manager, Ansible.
• Scripting in Python or Shell.
• Strong communication across technical and executive audiences.
• Willingness to work on-site with customers for extended engagements.
• Minimum of 6+ years in cloud/infrastructure.
• Ability to lead customer deployments from architecture through production.
• Owns delivery outcomes for assigned engagements.

Responsibilities

• Embed full‑time with a dedicated Intelligence Community customer.
• Architect and deploy OCI‑based solutions within customer environments.
• Translate mission requirements into scalable cloud architectures.
• Build and configure infrastructure across OCI IaaS and PaaS.
• Design secure, resilient production environments.
• Implement Infrastructure‑as‑Code and automation frameworks.
• Configure networking, IAM, security, observability, storage, databases.
• Harden pilots into production systems and drive reliability.
• Lead troubleshooting and performance optimization efforts.
• Collaborate with customer operators, engineers, and leadership.
• Capture learnings to influence future Oracle product directions.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Automation

Communication

Deployment leadership

Security best practices

Problem solving

On-site collaboration

Tools

Terraform

OCI Resource Manager

Ansible

Python

Shell

OCI Kubernetes Engine

Job description

Job Overview

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence is hiring a Principal / Master Principal Cloud Architect – Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE). The FDE will be embedded full-time with a single U.S. Intelligence Community customer to design, deploy, secure, and operate cloud solutions that address national security challenges.

Responsibilities

• Embed full‑time with a dedicated Intelligence Community customer.
• Architect and deploy OCI‑based solutions directly within customer environments.
• Transform complex mission requirements into scalable cloud architectures.
• Build and configure infrastructure across OCI IaaS and PaaS services.
• Design secure, resilient, production‑grade environments.
• Implement Infrastructure‑as‑Code and automation frameworks.
• Configure networking, identity, security, observability, databases, storage, and container platforms.
• Harden pilot deployments into operational production systems.
• Lead troubleshooting, root‑cause analysis, and performance optimization efforts.
• Partner closely with customer operators, engineers, and leadership teams.
• Drive adoption, knowledge transfer, and long‑term customer success.
• Capture field learnings and influence future product and engineering direction across Oracle.

Why This Role Is Different

Unlike typical consulting or presales roles, the forward deployed engineer stays with one customer from architecture to operational hand‑off, ensuring the solution is fully operational, secure, and successful.

What You’ll Build

• OCI Compute Services
• Virtual Cloud Networks (VCN)
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• OCI Kubernetes Engine (OKE)
• Containers and microservices architectures
• Databases and data platforms
• Storage and backup architectures
• Security and encryption solutions
• Monitoring, logging, and observability platforms
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery architectures
• Cloud‑native modernization initiatives
• Large‑scale mission applications and analytics platforms

Required Qualifications

• Experience supporting or working within the U.S. Intelligence Community.
• Must possess or have the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Poly.
• Strong hands‑on cloud engineering and infrastructure experience.
• Experience deploying and operating solutions inside customer environments.
• Deep knowledge of cloud architecture, automation, and platform operations.
• Experience designing secure, highly available, scalable environments.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code expertise using Terraform, OCI Resource Manager, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Scripting and automation experience using Python, Shell, or comparable languages.
• Strong communication skills across technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to work on‑site with customers for extended engagements.
• Minimum of 6+ years of cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering experience.
• Independently leads customer deployments from architecture through production.
• Executes complex implementations with minimal oversight.
• Owns delivery outcomes for assigned engagements.

Preferred Qualifications

• OCI Architect Associate or Professional certification.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Kubernetes and container orchestration expertise.
• Experience rearchitecting legacy systems into cloud‑native solutions.
• Knowledge of security accreditation and compliance processes within government environments.

Why Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure powers some of the world’s most demanding workloads across government, defense, and intelligence organizations. As an FDE, you help clients transform mission outcomes through secure, scalable, production‑ready cloud solutions. Join a team that thrives on ownership, technical excellence, and solving problems that matter.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
• Short term disability and long term disability.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child).
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits.
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
• Paid time off: Flexible vacation and accrued vacation based on hours worked.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours upon hire, refreshing each calendar year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal.
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.

Corporate Citizenship

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.