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Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.
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The Senior Solutions Architect, Container Services joins the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure team as an individual contributor to help customers adopt and scale applications using Oracle Kubernetes Engine, Container Instances, and Functions. You will work directly with developers and technology leaders to design architectures, build prototypes, troubleshoot complex integrations, and guide migrations from evaluation to production. Key responsibilities include creating reference architectures, Terraform configurations, and CI/CD pipelines while addressing barriers to adoption. You must possess hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Linux, networking, storage, and identity. Required technical skills include proficiency with Python, Go, Java, or shell scripting, along with knowledge of Helm, GitOps, and container runtimes. This role solves technical challenges regarding scalability, security, and reliability for containerized workloads and serverless applications within a public cloud environment.
What does a Solutions Architect earn?
Median $196750 from 116 postings across 35 companies.
Recommend container and serverless deployment patterns based on customer workloads and technical constraints.
Build proofs of concept, sample applications, and practical integrations across OKE, Container Instances, and Functions.
Assess existing container platforms to plan migrations and validate compatibility for production environments.
Create reference architectures, Terraform configurations, and deployment examples to automate infrastructure provisioning.
Guide customers on capacity planning, scaling, security, observability, and disaster recovery procedures.
Diagnose and resolve complex deployment, networking, identity, and storage integration issues.
Translate customer feedback into technical requirements and reproducible findings for product and engineering teams.
Develop workshops, labs, and technical articles to enable customer adoption and deployment success.
What we're looking for
Must have 5+ years of relevant experience in solutions architecture, cloud engineering, platform engineering, software development, or related technical roles.
Must have hands-on experience deploying and operating production Kubernetes and containerized workloads.
Must have strong knowledge of Linux, networking, storage, identity, and application security.
Must have experience with OCI or comparable public-cloud platforms, including managed Kubernetes, container runtimes, registries, and serverless applications.
Must have experience with developer toolchains, Terraform, infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes deployment tools like Helm or GitOps.
Must be able to write, test, and debug application and automation code using Python, Go, Java, shell scripting, or comparable languages.
Must possess strong customer discovery, troubleshooting, and communication skills to explain architectural tradeoffs to technical and executive audiences.
Kubernetes
Terraform
Python
Go
Bash
Linux
ArgoCD
Ansible
Consul
Nomad
Vault
TCP/IP
DNS
HAProxy
Nginx
GitOps
Configuration Management
Bare-metal
infrastructure-as-code