Oracle Data & AI Architect

Description

This is an Associate Manager (CL8) consultant role on the Oracle Data & AI practice within the UK and Ireland Oracle business group.

The company is a global firm offering strategy and consulting, technology, operations and digital services in more than 40 industries. You would join a worldwide Oracle community of over 54,000 professionals.

The team works with large international clients on moving their businesses into the digital era, mainly by migrating to Oracle Cloud or building cloud-native solutions on it.

Responsibilities

• Run Oracle Data & AI projects from strategy and design through implementation to go-live.
• Build modern data platforms on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Oracle Data & AI products.
• Talk with client stakeholders to pin down their needs and turn them into scalable data and AI solutions.
• Deliver AI and Generative AI use cases using Oracle AI Services, OCI Generative AI, Vector Search and Oracle Database 23ai (or above).
• Lead developers hands-on and give technical direction throughout delivery.
• Shape solution architecture, estimates, proposals and business development work.

Requirements

• Proven record delivering data platform, analytics, AI or machine learning projects on Oracle technology.
• Working knowledge of OCI, Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Database, Oracle Data Integration, GoldenGate, Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), Oracle Data Intelligence and related services.
• Experience designing and delivering AI and Generative AI solutions with OCI AI Services, OCI Generative AI, Vector Search, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Strong SQL, data modelling, ETL/ELT and data engineering skills, including building scalable enterprise data platforms.
• Previous consultancy experience leading workstreams and running separate client engagements.
• Ability to build and maintain client relationships.
• Ideally, prior experience across several full lifecycle Oracle AI implementations: business case, requirements gathering, fit/gap analysis, Cloud architecture, design documentation and deployment.
• Comfortable working client-facing, approaching problems in a structured, informed and creative way.
• Set yourself apart: confidence presenting challenging views to client audiences.
• Set yourself apart: experience explaining complex technical and AI concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Set yourself apart: experience organising work around team strengths and creating growth opportunities for others.
• Set yourself apart: experience leading a workstream, including mentoring and developing people.
• Set yourself apart: hands-on work with cloud-native architectures, data lakes, lakehouses and enterprise AI platforms.
• Set yourself apart: one or more Oracle certifications in OCI, Data Management, AI Services or Autonomous Database.
• Set yourself apart: experience with Python, Spark, Databricks, Azure, AWS, OpenShift, Kubernetes or MLOps platforms.
• Set yourself apart: ability to structure client problems, shape solutions and find further value.
• Highly desirable: experience in one or more of Oracle Database 23ai (or above), Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Data Integration, Oracle GoldenGate, Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), Oracle Data Intelligence, OCI Data Science, OCI AI Services, OCI Generative AI, Oracle Machine Learning (OML), Oracle Vector Search, Oracle Exadata, OCI Landing Zone or Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).

Conditions

Pay: competitive salary, with the overall package depending on experience.

Career level: Associate Manager (CL8).

You must be able to travel as needed to support client engagements.

Flexibility and mobility are needed, including time spent onsite with clients and partners.

The company may close the role before the stated closing date if a suitable candidate is found.

The company is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis protected by law.

Benefits

• A competitive basic salary alongside a broad benefits package.
• Up to 30 days of vacation a year, depending on grade.
• Private medical insurance.
• 3 extra days of leave each year to spend on a charity or cause of your choice.