Principal - Database Product Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the technical architecture and roadmap for Oracle and multi-cloud database products across on-premises, OCI, AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Translate business and customer requirements into product-level architectures, reference designs, and standardized blueprints .
• Define and govern migration and modernization frameworks using GoldenGate, Data Guard, RMAN, ASM, ZDM, and snapshot standby to enable minimal or zero downtime.
• Design high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region architectures for mission-critical workloads.
• Establish platform standards for performance engineering, capacity planning, observability, backup/DR, and security .
• Architect cloud-native database solutions , including network segregation, storage (OCI FSS, Storage Gateway), security, automation, and integration patterns.
• Act as architectural design authority , conducting design reviews, approving solutions, and maintaining architectural decision records (ADRs).
• Mentor senior DBAs and architects while supporting strategic customer and presales engagements with clear, value-driven solution architectures.

Qualifications & Skills

Mandatory

• 12–15+ years of experience in Oracle database engineering/administration in large enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in Oracle 10g/11g/12c/19c/23ai , including internals, HA, backup/recovery, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience designing and executing large-scale migrations using GoldenGate, Data Guard, RMAN, ASM, ZDM, and snapshot standby.
• Proven experience owning or influencing database architecture, platforms, or product-level designs (beyond day-to-day DBA operations).
• Experience architecting database solutions on OCI and at least one additional hyperscaler (AWS, Azure, or GCP ).
• Strong understanding of enterprise security, compliance, capacity planning, and SLA-driven design .
• Oracle Database Administrator certification (12c or later) – mandatory.

Good-to-Have

• OCI Architect Associate and/or OCI Operations certification.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or equivalent cloud certification.
• Experience with DBaaS platforms, managed services, or catalog-based offerings .
• Exposure to Fusion Applications databases and shared infrastructure designs.
• Experience with additional RDBMS platforms (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL).
• Presales experience, including architecture workshops, RFP/RFI responses, and executive presentations.