Senior Oracle Technical Lead

Senior Oracle Technical Lead


Category: Database Administration

Main location: United States, Virginia, Fairfax

Position ID:J0226-2239


Employment Type: Full Time


Position Description:


CGI has an immediate need for a Senior Oracle Technical Lead to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced team environment supporting one of the non-profit organizations that collects, verifies, and maintains student enrollment and degree data for educational institutions.

The Senior Oracle Technical Lead is responsible for responsible for providing technical leadership and hands-on expertise within an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environment, supporting enterprise platforms including Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic, Oracle Linux, Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS), and related middleware.

This position is located in our Lafayette, LA or Knoxville, TN office or Fairfax, VA; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Your future duties and responsibilities:


This role leads the design, implementation, optimization, and support of available, secure, and scalable cloud solutions while guiding technical teams through complex delivery and operational initiatives. The Senior Technical Oracle Lead partners closely with architecture, application, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure best practices are followed, risks are proactively managed, and business-critical systems are reliably delivered.

Key Responsibilities


. Provide technical leadership for enterprise platforms and OCI cloud initiatives.
. Own technical direction, design decisions, and solution quality.
. Partner with architecture, security, and delivery leaders to align technology with business objectives and to ensure platform stability, resiliency, performance, and security.
. Leads vulnerability remediation efforts across all OCI environments, ensuring risks are understood, prioritized, and resolved in a timely manner.
. Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.
. Lead operational processes such as patching cycles and pre/post-patch health checks across Oracle Databases, ExaCS, WebLogic, and Oracle Linux environments.
. Guide provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of OCI resources, including scripting and automation frameworks to streamline environment management.
. Support disaster recovery architecture, execution, and annual DR exercises involving OCI regions and cloud failover scenarios.
. Lead weekly team meetings to track progress, align on objectives, and coordinate work related to OCI patching and environment maintenance.
. Manages and maintains visibility into tickets assigned to consultants, ensuring timely completion and providing regular status updates.
. Influence and implement technical best practices.
. Communicate status, risks, and recommendations to executive stakeholders.
. Plan work for the team members.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:


. 8+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, middleware, or cloud environments
. Strong hands-on expertise with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
. Recent experience supporting oracle cloud infrastructure such as Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic Server, or Oracle Linux
. Proven technical leadership in cloud-first or hybrid environments.
. Familiarity with automation and scripting tools (Terraform, WLST, or Bash)
. Experience working in Agile and cross-functional team environments.
. Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications


. Experience with Exadata Cloud Service (ExaCS), WebLogic clustering, or OCI networking/security.
. Hands-on experience with cloud automation, observability, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
. Background in enterprise-scale DR planning, failover processes, and cloud region recovery.

Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience

Other Information:
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $79,600.00 - $238,100.00.
CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
. Paid parental leave
. Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Well-being programs

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Skills:

• Enterprise architecture
• Middleware
• Oracle
• Technical Analysis
• WebLogic

What you can expect from us:

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