Cloud Lift Implementation Expert (Oracle Database)

Job Title: Cloud Lift Implementation Expert (Oracle Database)

About Oracle Cloud LIFT Services

Oracle’s Cloud LIFT Services sits at the heart of Oracle Cloud Technology’s engagement with our customers. Our mission is to deliver customers' workload deployment to OCI at velocity in a simple and effective manner. We also focus on investing in enabling our customers to continue their Oracle Cloud journey with confidence.

LIFT is a multi-disciplined team of experts operating at velocity, through qualification, workload scoping, “go” or “no-go” decisions and ultimately delivery across multiple customers in parallel.

The LIFT program is made up of architects, cloud implementation experts and project managers. The LIFT Cloud Implementation team is allowing you to work in an international work environment in which you collaborate not only with customers across the EMEA region but also colleagues from various functions that all have the same goal of customer success.

This team is ready to engage with our customers, many household names you will have heard of. Are you ready to be a key member of this team?

Role Summary

Your mission will be to be an integral part of a LIFT and be involved in the customer engagement, from identifying suitable Cloud workloads through to successful implementation:

• Contributing to the Architecture/Solution Design, providing experiences / best practices.
• Responsible for the delivery of the agreed Scope of workload implementation.
• Assisting in test of the implemented solution.
• Perform Security Assurance Reviews.

Tell me more?

Working as an implementer of LIFT projects you will be part of a versatile team of experts. Collaborating with your peers, Workload Architects, Account Cloud Engineers as well as country-based Sales and Consulting teams will be critical to execute the delivery model.

On a day-to-day basis you will participate in either one or more concurrent engagements, to grow a cloud business for Oracle. Typical LIFT projects include migration & deployment in OCI of the following workloads: database, Oracle applications, reporting & analytics, custom applications / VMs, and some more.

You will be focused on customer success and results oriented. You are expected by our customers to be the best in your area of expertise. You will be focused to deliver high quality with your technical or project management expertise and your communication skills, in order to create an outstanding experience for our customers.

What does a LIFT delivery look like?

With opportunities provided by our cloud sales org, the LIFT Team will engage with the customer to ‘unpack’ the business challenge and architectural scope into a delivery plan that we can align with the customer’s expectations. It is likely you will have already been in the loop with the customer during the “sales cycle”. Once we have a deal signed with the customer, you will work with the customer and the wider LIFT Team to ensure we create a short sharp ‘WOW’ delivery experience for our customers.

What’s in it for me?

• Work on one of Oracle’s most important initiatives!
• We provide a vibrant and rewarding workplace in a strategic part of Oracle´s business that celebrates diverse, multi-talented teams where everyone can contribute.
• We are focused on continuous learning and development and committed to your personal growth and development in both hard and soft skills.
• Introduce our customers to the world of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)! We are creating their first ever OCI experience!
• Presales, Architecture to First Migration. Would you like to be the common factor?
• Put yourself on the path to becoming an elite Cloud Architect!
• Exposure to rich & diverse enterprise requirements!

Oracle Database Expert

Must Have Skills:

• Oracle DB Architecture experience in Oracle 11g, 12c,19c & 23AI.
• Strong Core DBA Skills in DB 11g/DB 12c/DB 19c/23AI.
• Experience in implementing multi-tenant architectures.
• Experience in Migration Tooling like ZDM/DMS.
• Experience in Oracle Golden Gate.
• Database migration and upgrades using methods/utilities like Datapump, RMAN backup/restore, data guard, and auto upgrades.
• Experience in Oracle Database migrations (preferably OCI DB Systems, Exadata & ADB).
• Work experience in Unix Shell scripting & automation.
• Experience in capacity planning, designing, and implementing enterprise solutions using Oracle Database Technology.
• Effective communication and presentation skills.
• Analyzes problems, identifies solutions, and makes decisions.
• Demonstrates a willingness to learn, adapt, and grow professionally.

Good to Have Skills (Technical):

• Understanding of database offerings in OCI.
• Experience in cross-platform migrations (XTTS, V4-XTTS, M5-XTTS).
• Good architectural understanding of all technical aspects of a cloud solution, including networking, security, resilience, and connectivity.
• Experience working with fault-tolerant, highly available, high-throughput, distributed, scalable database architecture/systems.
• Engages with the Technical Sales Teams, prospects, and customers to ensure business needs can be addressed with OCI’s capabilities.
• Listen, understand, and analyze business requirements and compose, validate, and present the best possible OCI solution.
• Keep up to date with any new OCI-based solution or capability. Understand the functionality and interoperability of solutions across the OCI portfolio.

Good to Have Skills (Non-Technical):

• Proficiency in additional European languages such as French, Italian, or Spanish is a plus.
• UK Security Clearance or eligibility to obtain one.

Added Advantage:

• Experience in DB Performance Tuning.
• Experience in Oracle Database Security.
• Experience in MySQL & PostgreSQL databases.
• OCI Certification Foundation / Architect / Professional.
• Cloud knowledge in AWS/ GCP/Azure.