Senior Oracle GovCloud Solution, Integration & AI Architect

Senior Oracle GovCloud Solution, Integration & AI Architect

About the Role

Our client is seeking a Senior Oracle GovCloud Solution, Integration & AI Architect to provide senior architectural leadership across the Oracle SaaS and PaaS ecosystem. This individual will provide immediate architectural support for the production Oracle environment while establishing sustainable architecture, integration, resiliency, disaster recovery, development and AI standards.

The architect must possess deep hands-on knowledge of Oracle GovCloud, OCI, OIC, ATP, Oracle SaaS integrations, APIs, disaster recovery and emerging Oracle AI capabilities. This is not an infrastructure administrator position. The resource will serve as the senior technical authority connecting Oracle Applications, OCI, OIC, ATP, integrations, development, security, compliance and AI architecture.

Work You'll Do

• Assess the current Oracle GovCloud technical architecture
• Review architecture delivered during implementation
• Identify architectural risks, technical debt and supportability issues
• Review existing integrations and identify design or reliability deficiencies
• Establish Oracle technical architecture standards
• Establish OIC integration design standards and reusable patterns
• Conduct technical design reviews
• Review technical solutions before production deployment
• Provide architectural oversight for Oracle APEX and VBCS solutions
• Establish API architecture and development standards
• Establish error-handling, logging, monitoring and recovery standards
• Review ATP architecture and database integration patterns
• Partner with Infrastructure on OCI architecture
• Partner with Information Security on Oracle security architecture
• Partner with Internal Audit on compliance and auditability requirements
• Mentor Oracle technical resources
• Lead technical root-cause analysis for complex production issues
• Reduce key-person dependencies through architecture documentation and knowledge transfer

OCI / OIC / ATP Requirements

The architect must possess strong practical experience with:

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Oracle Government Cloud
• Oracle Integration Cloud
• Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing
• Oracle SaaS/PaaS integration architecture
• REST APIs
• SOAP services
• Identity and authentication patterns
• Network/security architecture concepts
• Logging and monitoring
• Integration resiliency
• Performance
• Environment architecture
• Data movement
• Secure application development

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

The resource must have practical Oracle Cloud disaster recovery experience and be capable of working with the client's Infrastructure and Information Security teams to:

• Review current DR architecture
• Identify application and integration recovery dependencies
• Establish recovery procedures
• Define or validate RTO/RPO requirements
• Develop Oracle application recovery runbooks
• Coordinate DR testing
• Validate integration recovery
• Validate ATP recovery
• Identify single points of failure
• Document recovery sequences and dependencies
• Support Business Continuity planning

Oracle AI Architecture

The architect will provide architectural leadership for the client's adoption of Oracle AI capabilities.

Responsibilities include:

• Establish Oracle AI Agent architecture
• Develop enterprise AI design standards
• Identify appropriate Oracle AI services and capabilities
• Define AI integration patterns
• Establish secure access patterns for AI services
• Establish data-handling and data-boundary requirements
• Design logging, monitoring and traceability for AI solutions
• Establish human-oversight requirements for AI-enabled business processes
• Partner with technical developers to design and implement AI services
• Partner with Information Security and Compliance to ensure AI solutions operate within approved frameworks
• Establish standards for promoting AI solutions from proof-of-concept through controlled production deployment

FedRAMP / NIST / Compliance Requirements

This position requires substantial experience operating in government or highly regulated cloud environments.

The ideal candidate will have experience with:

• FedRAMP
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• NIST Risk Management Framework
• NIST SP 800-53 controls
• COSO Internal Control Model, SOX Section 302 & 404, SOC 2
• Audit logging
• Access control
• Configuration management
• Change management
• System integrity
• Contingency planning
• Security assessment
• Evidence and documentation requirements
• SAFe/Release/CAB management framework

The architect will not replace the client's Information Security or Internal Audit organizations. The position must be capable of translating those organizations' requirements into practical Oracle architecture and engineering standards.

Required Experience

• 12+ years of Oracle technology experience
• 10+ years of Oracle Cloud architecture experience
• Demonstrated Oracle GovCloud experience
• Deep OCI experience
• Deep OIC architecture experience
• ATP architecture experience
• Oracle Fusion SaaS integration experience
• API architecture experience
• Disaster recovery architecture experience
• Experience supporting enterprise production environments
• Experience operating within formal security and change-management frameworks

Highly Preferred Experience

• FedRAMP-authorized environments
• NIST SP 800-53
• Publicly traded companies
• SOX 302/404-controlled environments
• DOE or federal contracting
• Nuclear energy
• Aerospace and defense
• Energy/utilities
• Engineer-to-Order
• Project-driven manufacturing
• Oracle ERP/PPM
• Oracle SCM
• Oracle AI Agents and AI services
• APEX/VBCS architecture
• Government Cloud disaster recovery

About SC&H

SC&H is an employee-owned, global consulting and financial services firm – home to people who believe in the power of trusted personal relationships. Everyone here shares a passion for driving results, fueled by the genuine connections we forge. Our expert capabilities and exceptional service have shaped the firm's longstanding reputation for excellence and impressive growth.

Recognized annually by Inc., Baltimore Business Journal, Accounting Today, and Inside Public Accounting as a "Best Place to Work," SC&H is routinely named one of the fastest-growing firms for organic growth in the United States. Our success is powered by 13 diverse practices at the intersection of finance, technology, and accounting; 430+ professionals across offices in Maryland, Tysons Corner / Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago, and India; and a client base ranging from emerging growth to world-renowned Fortune 500 companies.

Salary & Benefits

The expected annual base salary for this position is $170,000–$190,000. Salary offers are made based on a variety of candidate-specific factors such as skills, performance, job responsibilities, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and market considerations.

As a 100% employee-owned firm, SC&H offers the unique benefit of real equity ownership for every colleague with at least 1 year of service. Additional benefits include:

• Comprehensive health plan with multiple options
• At least 4 weeks of paid time off
• 8 firm-paid holidays
• 401k with employer match
• Annual firm trip for you and a guest to an all-inclusive tropical location

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.