Exadata Architect

Role:
Exadata Architect

Location:

Irvine, CA (Onsite)
Fulltime

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 10+ years of hands on experience with Oracle Database administration.

• 5+ years of dedicated experience with Oracle Exadata engineering or architecture.

• Strong understanding of:

• RAC, ASM, RMAN, Data Guard, Golden Gate

• Exadata storage internals, Smart Scan, HCC

• Exadata patching and lifecycle management

• 3-5 years of practical experience with AWS cloud:

• RDS Oracle, EC2 Oracle, DMS, S3, KMS, Cloud Watch, IAM

• AWS networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway)

• Strong knowledge of Linux (OL, RHEL), Ansible/Shell scripting.

• Experience architecting HA/DR solutions across on prem and AWS.

• Excellent documentation and stakeholder communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle Certified Master / OCI Architect / AWS Solutions Architect certifications.

• Experience with Exadata Cloud@Customer or Exadata on OCI.

• Familiarity with Terraform or Cloud Formation.

• Experience in BFSI or other highly regulated industries.

• Modernization experience (Aurora Postgre

SQL, microservices, data mesh, etc.).

Roles & Responsibilities

Exadata Architecture & Engineering

• Architect, design, deploy, and manage Oracle Exadata platforms (X8/X9/X10 generation or later).

• Lead platform sizing, capacity planning, storage configurations (Cell Servers, Compute Nodes, Infiniband/ROCE switching).

• Perform Exadata performance tuning including Smart Scan, Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC), storage index optimization, and I/O bottleneck analysis.

• Maintain and optimize RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and Golden Gate replication environments.

AWS Cloud Integration & Migration

• Design and implement hybrid architectures using AWS RDS Oracle, Oracle on EC2, and Exadata Cloud@Customer.

• Lead migration assessments (TCO, application dependency mapping, platform compatibility).

• Build migration roadmaps leveraging Data Pump, RMAN, Golden Gate, DMS, and other tools.

• Implement cloud native HA/DR strategies including multi AZ, cross region replication, and automated failover.

Database Performance & Optimization

• Analyze end to end performance issues across applications, network, storage, and database layers.

• Implement proactive capacity management, alerting, and performance baselining.

• Ensure adherence to Oracle best practices for Exadata patching, quarterly maintenance, and firmware upgrades.

Security, Compliance &a mp;
Governance

• Define and enforce security standards including encryption, auditing, IAM, and data masking.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks-SOX, PCI, FFIEC, HIPAA, or industry specific controls.

• Collaborate with SOC, Info Sec, and cloud security teams on secure Exadata-AWS integrations.

Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Partner with application, infrastructure, and cloud teams to ensure end to end solution alignment.

• Provide architectural guidance and documentation (HLD/LLD, runbooks, resiliency diagrams).

• Lead POCs, performance benchmarking, and technology evaluation for continuous improvement.