Oracle Services – OCI Security Architect

Our mission is to accelerate customer success and help organizations unlock the full value of their Oracle Cloud investments. As a strategic end-to-end cloud partner we focus on delivering measurable business outcomes not just technology implementations.

With more than 1500 successful Oracle Cloud projects delivered across EMEA we combine deep expertise proven methodologies and global scale to provide solutions with speed efficiency and predictability. Our team across EMEA and JAPAC collaborates through our One Oracle approach reducing risk and maximizing return on investment for our clients.

We take a holistic view of each clients business to ensure transformation initiatives drive real sustainable impact and continuous innovation.

Join us and become a vital part of a team that connects Oracles technology to the millions of businesses ready to evolve. You will be at the forefront of strategic cloud transformation and business analytics conversations shaping the future of digital enterprise.

We are seeking aPrincipal Consultant OCI Security Architect (Hands-on Implementation)to lead delivery of security controls onOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The role is primarily hands-on implementationmost of your time will be spent building configuring automating and troubleshootingOCI security capabilities while also requiring strong ability todesign and architectthe security elements of end-to-end solutions.

The successful candidate will also support pre-sales activities create customer-facing presentations run workshops gather requirements advise customers and provide technical leadership across delivery teams.

Candidates with equivalent security architecture/engineering experience inAWS Azure or GCPwill be considered with a demonstratedwillingness to cross-train to OCI.

What Youll Do

• Lead hands-on implementation of OCI security controls across customer environments ensuring a positive customer experience.
• Focus on large or complex opportunities requiring secure scalable and automated solutions.
• Advise customers on overall solution security architecture applying Zero Trust and secure-by-default principles.
• Design build and deliver customer demonstrations technology workshops and webinars to showcase Oracle-based security solutions.
• Participate in or lead customer Proof of Concepts workshops or performance/security tests.

OCI security engineering (hands-on)

• Implement and manageOCI IAM(least privilege policies dynamic groups federation/SSO concepts service-to-service access).
• Engineer secureOCI networkingand segmentation (VCNs subnets route tables DRGs gateways) includingZero Trust packet routingconcepts.
• Configure and manageNetwork Security Groups (NSGs)and layered network controls to enforce workload isolation and least access.
• ImplementOCI Vaultfor keys and secrets management (access policies lifecycle rotation integrations).
• Configure and operationalizeOCI Cloud Guard(detectors/responders) including tuning alerting and response workflows.
• Deliverdatabase securitycontrols (encryption auditing privileged access controls) and integrate withOCI Data Safefor assessments and monitoring.
• Ensure security controls align with organizational policieson security privacy and data governance.

Automation / DevOps

• Build repeatable secure deployments using:
  • Terraform(modules environments state management drift detection)
    • CI/CDpipelines (e.g.Jenkins) with security gates and approvals
    • GitOpsworkflows (PR-based change control promotion across environments)
    • Ansiblefor configuration management and orchestration

Documentation customer advisory and pre-sales

• Create customer-ready documentation including:
  • Architecture artifacts (current state/target state reference architectures security patterns)
    • High-Level Designs (HLDs)andLow-Level Designs (LLDs)
    • Runbooks/SOPs deployment guides handover documentation troubleshooting guides
• Gather requirements and lead discovery with customer stakeholders (security compliance networking identity operations).
• Run customer workshops (landing zone/security design sessions IAM/network segmentation working sessions threat modeling discussions).
• Support pre-sales by contributing to solutioning estimates delivery approach and customer presentations/briefings.
• Understand competitive landscape and communicateopportunities to up-sell based on product expertise.
• Liaise with the Oracle ecosystem (Account Teams Sales Consulting Product teams communities cross-LOB teams).

Technical leadership

• Lead small delivery teams coordinate work and ensure high implementation quality.
• Review designs and Infrastructure-as-Code for security quality and maintainability.
• Mentor team members on OCI security services automation standards and delivery patterns.

What Youll Bring

Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant degreeorat least5 years of industry experienceina similar role.

Required Experience

• 57 years overall industry experiencein security infrastructure networking or cloud engineering roles.
• 5 years of cloud experience including security architecture andhands-on implementation.
• Strong hands-on implementation experience delivering cloud security controls end-to-end (not advisory-only).
• Strong ability to design security architectures and translate requirements into implementable designs.
• Experience producing professional customer deliverables:architectures HLDs LLDs and operational documentation.
• Experience running workshops gathering requirements advising customers and supporting pre-sales engagements.
• Experience providing technical leadership (task planning mentoring reviews).

Required Technical Skills

We expect deep hands-on expertise in three or more of the following areas:

• OCI architectureand secure landing zone/tenancy patterns (compartments guardrails/policies).
• Networking & Zero Trust: segmentation routing patterns and secure connectivity; Zero Trust packet routing concepts.
• IAM: least privilege policy design dynamic groups/service identities federation/SSO concepts.
• Network Security Groups (NSGs)and layered network security controls.
• OCI Vault: KMS/secrets management access policies rotation integration into platforms/pipelines.
• Cloud Guard: posture management detectors/responders tuning and operationalization.
• Data Safe / Database Security: auditing assessment encryption privileged access controls.
• Automation/DevOps: Terraform Jenkins GitOps Ansible.

Cloud Provider Equivalency / Cross-Training

• Equivalent experience withAWS Azure or GCPsecurity services and architecture will be considered with willingness to cross-train to OCI.

Desired Attributes

• Confident andassertive
• Positive attitude
• Self-starter comfortable working autonomously
• Ability to empathize with customers and understand their perspectives
• Skilled at balancing customer needs with Oracles objectives
• Willingness to take initiative and assist wherever needed
• Team player who actively seeks innovative ways to enhance customer service
• Must be UK Citizen and hold current Security Clearance or ability to obtain

What Well Offer

• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
• Structured onboarding and personalized training including induction.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements for optimal work-life balance.
• Opportunity to work with modern technology stacks and collaborate with global teams.
• Defined career development pathways mentorship and continuous learning programs.
• Inclusive work environment that values diversity and individual contributions.

Career Level - IC3