Remote OCI Architect for Government Cloud

Peraton; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect to lead design, implementation, and governance of OCI infrastructure within a multi-cloud government environment. You will translate mission requirements into secure, scalable cloud architectures run for 70+ tenants.

The role requires deep OCI expertise, ability to work independently, mentor engineering staff, and interface with government stakeholders and program leadership.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain DHS Public Trust Clearance
• 5+ years of cloud engineering or architecture on OCI
• Deep OCI core services expertise (Compute, Storage, VCN, Autonomous DB, OKE, IAM)
• Hands-on IaC experience (Terraform/OCI RM, Ansible)
• Strong knowledge of FedRAMP/FISMA security requirements for OCI deployments
• Experience with OCI security services (Cloud Guard, Security Zones, Vault)
• Excellent communication and technical documentation for government stakeholders
• Preferred OCI certifications and multi-cloud experience welcome

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain OCI reference architectures for compute, networking, storage, databases, and identity management
• Lead tenant onboarding patterns, compartment hierarchies, and resource isolation in OCI
• Evaluate OCI services and patterns to meet FedRAMP/FISMA compliance
• Define and enforce architectural standards, naming conventions, and tagging across OCI estate
• Architect and oversee OCI infrastructure including Compute, Storage, VCN, Autonomous DB, OKE, and Functions
• Implement IaC using Terraform/OCI RM or Ansible for repeatable deployments
• Lead capacity planning, cost optimization, and governance across OCI compartments
• Serve as escalation point for OCI incidents and root cause remediation
• Design security architecture using IAM, NSGs, Security Zones, Cloud Guard and Vault
• Ensure deployments meet security requirements and collaborate on vulnerability remediation
• Own Change Management processes for OCI infrastructure changes
• Partner with Architecture/Security/Service Delivery to align OCI capabilities with program goals
• Mentor engineers and contribute to multi-cloud strategy and modernization roadmaps
• Develop and maintain architecture decision records and knowledge base articles
• Support service delivery metrics with ISR Product Owner

Skills

OCI Core Services

Terraform/OCI Resource Manager

FedRAMP/FISMA compliance

Cloud architecture

Tenant onboarding

OCI Security

Kubernetes (OKE)

CI/CD with OCI DevOps

Leadership/mentoring

Government stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

OCI Resource Manager

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudGuard/Vault

Job description

Peraton seeks an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect to lead design, implementation, and governance of OCI infrastructure within a multi-cloud government environment. You will translate mission requirements into secure, scalable cloud architectures run for 70+ tenants.

The role requires deep OCI expertise, ability to work independently, mentor engineering staff, and interface with government stakeholders and program leadership.