💼job title: OCI Cloud architect
👨 💻job type: contract/freelance
📍location: brussels, belgium
💼work regime: Hybrid (2-3 day onsite in a week)
🔥keywords: Cloud architect, OCI and dutch language is mandatory
Position overview
The OCI Cloud Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing cloud infrastructure solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in support of Oracle SaaS ERP, PaaS extensions, and broader enterprise cloud workloads. The role ensures cloud solutions are secure, scalable, high performing, and aligned with enterprise architecture principles and Oracle best practices
What you will have
- Architecture Design & Planning
- Define cloud architecture blueprints for infrastructure supporting Oracle SaaS, PaaS, and third-party integrations
- Design network topology, compartment strategy, IAM policies, Vcns, subnets, load balancers, bastions, and DR setups
- Implementation & Delivery
- Guide implementation teams on OCI service provisioning (Compute, Block/Object Storage, Adw, Oic, Functions, API GateWay, etc.)
- Support SaaS-PaaS integration patterns including connectivity to Oracle SaaS ERP through Oic, REST APIs, and Vcn peering
- Security & Compliance
- Implement OCI security best practices, including encryption, IAM controls, logging, and vulnerability scanning
- Ensure compliance with organizational security frameworks, regulatory needs, and Oracle's Cloud Controls Framework
- Automation & Optimization
- Define and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using TerraForm or Resource Manager
- Optimize performance, availability, and cost of deployed cloud resources
- Governance & Documentation
- Create architecture artifacts including HLD, LLD, runbooks, and operational models
- Support governance reviews, tagging policies, and chargeback frameworks
- Collaboration & Support
- Collaborate with application, data, and integration architects
- Act as escalation point for cloud infrastructure issues in development, testing, and production
Key requirements
- 8-12 years of IT infrastructure or cloud experience, with at least 3+ years on OCI
- Expertise in OCI networking, compute, Storage, identity, and monitoring services
- Solid understanding of Oracle SaaS integration patterns, PaaS deployment architecture, and cloud-native services
- Strong knowledge of TerraForm, OCI CLI, scripting (Shell/Python), and DevOps tooling
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
