GENERAL SKILLS

• Leadership in developing and implementing technical security architectures
• Experience across multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and enterprise security services
• Strong understanding of application architecture, networking, and security operations
• Proficiency with structured methodologies for cloud application design and deployment
• Systems analysis and design experience within large, secure solution environments
• Familiarity with ITIL processes and the ability to guide teams in its application
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical security solutions
• Expertise preparing conceptual, logical, and physical process and data models
• Track record of developing, recommending, and managing technical security architecture
• Awareness of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and negotiation skills
• Clear verbal and written communication; strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management abilities
• Team player with a proven record of meeting deadlines and collaborating across disciplines
• Solid understanding of information-management security principles, concepts, policies, and practices

OCI SPECIFIC SECURITY EXPERIENCE AND CONTROLS (45%)

• Identity & Access Management: OCI IAM policies, compartments, SSO, MFA, PKI
• Data Security: Oracle Vault (KMS), Data Safe (encryption, activity monitoring), Transparent Data Encryption, Tokenization
• Threat Detection & Remediation: Cloud Guard, Web Application Firewall, Logging & Monitoring
• Network Security: Virtual Cloud Networks, Network Security Groups, firewalls, SASE architectures
• SIEM & CSOC Integration: Splunk Cloud, SOAR orchestration, alerting and response workflows

ROLE OVERVIEW

As the Senior Lead Security Architect for OCI, you will spearhead security-by-design consultative engagements and develop reusable, repeatable cloud application patterns tailored to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You’ll lead client-facing assessments, drive “secure by design” architecture reviews, and ensure robust security controls across OCI environments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead enterprise security-architecture and design reviews for OCI-based solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Perform client engagements: threat modeling, gap analysis, risk assessments, and security-control recommendations aligned to internal standards.
• Develop and maintain reusable security reference architectures and deployment patterns for OCI workloads.
• Collaborate with application, network, and operations teams to translate business requirements into secure solution designs.
• Advise on and validate implementation of OCI security services—Identity and Access Management, Vault (KMS), Data Safe, Cloud Guard, Web Application Firewall, Logging & Monitoring.
• Integrate OCI environments with enterprise SIEM platforms (Splunk Cloud) and SOAR workflows.
• Facilitate architecture review boards, design-approval gates, and governance processes.
• Stay current on OCI service enhancements and industry best practices to continuously evolve the security architecture.