Job descriptionJob Description Role Overview : We are seeking an experienced Cloud Solution Engineer to join the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure team. This customer-facing role combines solution architecture, technical presales, workload sizing, proof-of-concept delivery, and cloud adoption support. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in cloud infrastructure, networking, security, cloud-native technologies, and emerging AI services, preferably on OCI. Key Responsibilities : Solution Architecture and Presales - Engage with customers to understand business and technical requirements and translate them into secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud solutions. - Design OCI architectures for enterprise, hybrid-cloud, multi-cloud, and multi-region workloads. - Partner with sales teams throughout the sales cycle and act as a trusted technical advisor. - Deliver technical presentations, workshops, demonstrations, proposals, and solution documentation. - Engage with senior technical stakeholders and C-level executives where required. Sizing, Proof of Concept, and Deployment - Assess workloads and perform infrastructure sizing, capacity planning, and cost estimation. - Recommend appropriate compute, storage, networking, security, database, and managed services. - Lead proofs of concept to validate architecture, integration, security, and performance. - Support customers from initial design through deployment, production readiness, and adoption. - Use scripting, command-line tools, SDKs, APIs, and Infrastructure as Code to automate deployments. Cloud Infrastructure and Cloud-Native Technologies - Design and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure across compute, storage, identity, security, observability, high availability, disaster recovery, and cost optimization. - Build resilient application platforms using containers, Kubernetes, microservices, API gateways, service discovery, and CI/CD pipelines. - Select suitable managed services, automation patterns, monitoring controls, and operational best practices. Networking and Security - Design OCI networking solutions using VCNs, subnets, NSGs, VPN, FastConnect, load balancing, DNS, and traffic management. - Implement secure connectivity across OCI, on-premises environments, and other cloud providers. - Design security controls covering IAM, network security, application security, encryption, key management, data protection, logging, and monitoring. - Ensure alignment with security best practices, governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements. AI Infrastructure and Services - Understand customer AI, machine learning, and Generative AI use cases. - Apply foundational knowledge of training, inference, large language models, embeddings, vector search, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation. - Assess infrastructure requirements for AI workloads, including GPU compute, high-performance storage, networking, scalability, security, and cost. - Recommend suitable OCI AI services and architectures based on performance, data, privacy, and governance requirements. - Promote responsible AI practices and identify common security and deployment risks. Collaboration and Thought Leadership - Collaborate with sales, engineering, product, security, and delivery teams. - Provide technical guidance and mentorship to internal teams and customers. - Create reusable technical assets such as reference architectures, solution code, white papers, blogs, and demonstrations. - Capture customer feedback and help influence product and engineering roadmaps. - Stay current with developments in cloud, security, networking, cloud-native, and AI technologies. Core Skills and Experience - Strong knowledge of cloud compute, storage, networking, identity, security, observability, high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, and cost optimization. - Hands-on experience provisioning and troubleshooting cloud infrastructure using consoles, command-line tools, SDKs, APIs, and Infrastructure as Code. - Working knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, microservices, API gateways, service discovery, and CI/CD. - Advanced understanding of cloud networking, hybrid connectivity, routing, segmentation, load balancing, VPN, and dedicated connectivity. - Strong knowledge of IAM, encryption, key management, security monitoring, governance, and compliance. - Foundational understanding of AI/ML and Generative AI concepts and infrastructure requirements. - Experience in cloud solution architecture, technical presales, consulting, or a similar customer-facing role. - Strong presentation, communication, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills. Preferred Qualifications - 12+ years of experience in cloud engineering, solution architecture, technical presales, infrastructure, security, or a related technology domain. - Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. - Experience with hybrid-cloud, multi-cloud, or multi-region architectures. - Experience delivering proofs of concept and production cloud deployments. - Relevant cloud, networking, security, Kubernetes, AI, or architecture certifications.
