As a recognized authority and leading contributor within their practice, this senior-level consulting position provides consistent high quality and innovative solution leadership to a project team. Leads the solution design and implementation aspects of engagement(s) ensuring high quality, integrated software solutions within constraints of time and budget.

Analyzes business needs to help ensure Oracle solution meets the customer’s objectives by combining industry best practices, product knowledge, and business acumen. Exercises judgment and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques to deliver functional and technical solutions on non-routine and very complex aspects of applications and technology installations. Provides direction and mentoring to project teams, and effectively influences customer leadership on key decisions. Supports the business development efforts by pursuing new opportunities and extensions. Collaborates with the consulting sales team by providing domain expertise. Resolves complex customer issues by recommending and implementing solutions. Demonstrates expertise in multiple business processes across two or more product families or ability to architect and design technology solutions encompassing multiple products and make decisions based on impact across the stack.

8-10 years of experience relevant to this position including 4 years of consulting experience. Prior team leadership or management experience preferred. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience preferred. Product or technical expertise relevant to practice focus. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to build rapport with team members and clients. Strong influencing and negotiation skills. Ability to travel as needed.

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

Qualifications

Intro

Oracle Consulting professionals provide expertise for the design, development and delivery with full range of services to support customer success with the Oracle Cloud. We deliver services across private, hybrid and public clouds including cloud innovation design and delivery, architecture and planning, systems implementation, agile development, upgrade, migration, and more.

Job Description:

Oracle Consulting is hiring Senior Digital Architects. We are looking for creative, innovative, ambitious software and technology professionals. Your world is digital. Your life is social. You are mobile. You embrace innovation to make the world a better place at home, for your community, at work and for society. You visualize data to inform decisions.

As a member of the EMEA Oracle Consulting Digital Experience Center, you will work with the latest and rapidly evolving Oracle Cloud technologies. As a recognised authority and senior contributor within Oracle Consulting, EMEA Solutions Architects provide market leading innovative solutions design and deployment leadership to regional project teams. Senior Digital Architects lead solution architecture, prototyping, development, delivery and operational design to provide stable, predictable, scalable Cloud and Hybrid Cloud technology solutions to support Oracle customers in their transition to the Cloud.

The Senior Digital Architect is a key contributor in multi-disciplinary teams of sales, consulting, design, development professionals working with customers in the delivery of agile innovation engagements. You will apply Oracle’s design, innovation, DevOps and SaaS implementation methodologies to co-develop innovative Cloud Architectures and Solutions with customers.

As a Digital Solutions Architect you will assess, understand and articulate customer innovation and design requirements. You will design and develop Cloud Architecture prototypes and guide stakeholders in solution selection. You will estimate and clearly articulate the skills, efforts and cost requirements of selected architectures and solutions. You will guide, coach and support designers and developers in best practice agile solution delivery. You will implement a continuous improvement approach with Oracle teams and customers.

Knowledge and Competencies

• You articulate easy to understand, accurate and concise business communications and messages as well as clear explanations of complex technology and software concepts to non-technical business audiences. You convey information, thoughts, and opinions in a compelling manner, appropriate to your audience.
• You lead by example and personally model positive values, inclusive behaviours, and work practices. You influence others to change their perceptions in a positive, creative and respectful way. You use a wide variety of interpersonal styles and approaches to influence others.
• You easily build networks and rapport with diverse groups. You collaborate cross-functionally to deliver on shared objectives. You freely share knowledge and experiences with colleagues. You seek an environment that encourages innovation and measured risk-taking. You encourage creative approaches and practices to drive organizational and customer effectiveness.
• You have a proven ability to build and maintain executive level relationships (with C-level executives, VPs, and directors) but are equally capable of working with customer execution teams and individuals.
• You anticipate customer needs and apply best practices and creative solutions. You act with a sense of urgency and confidence to deliver quality work in a timely manner. You demonstrate attention to detail in all aspects of work. You take a pragmatic and hands-on approach to customer engagements.
• You are an early adopter and champion of new ideas and approaches. You advocate for key change initiatives. You set an example of agility and adaptability in times of change. You work efficiently in situations of uncertainty. You demonstrate resilience in times of change and uncertainty.
• You positively influence others to adapt when faced with changing business conditions. You ensure appropriate support for change initiatives. You demonstrate the ability to manage multiple, conflicting priorities and excel in a fast-paced environment undergoing significant transformation.

Requirements, Skills and Qualifications

• 5-7 years of varied experience in SaaS (e.g. Oracle Fusion, Workday, SAP Successfactors, Salesforce, Anaplan, ServiceNow, Infor, Ultimate Software, or similar companies) and PaaS (Oracle Cloud, AWS, MSFT Azure, Google Cloud, Force.com, etc. ).
• You have experience with Cloud solution design, development and delivery, functional and/or technical consulting, business consulting, Cloud Consulting Sales, Cloud Sales Consulting, Design Authority, and Change Management. Prior team leadership or management experience is preferred.
• You are or have ambition to be a domain expert in either CX, ERP, SCM, and HCM SaaS solutions and how they can be extended with PaaS solutions to deliver innovation and business value.
• You provide functional and technology thought leadership in Cloud Applications and/or Cloud Middleware and/or Cloud Infrastructure, Information Security, system integration and solution development promoting best practice approaches to solution development.
• Experience with Expertise with IoT, Geofencing, Blockchain, AI/Machine Learning,
• You are familiar with and have experience design thinking, innovation methodologies, user experience and user interface (UX/UI) design principles. You are familiar with human-centric design principals. You can clearly articulate fundamental concepts and value of design, agile development and UX/UI methodologies to uninitiated audiences.
• You have experience with DevOps, agile and lean development and continuous delivery methodologies and practices. You are familiar with low or no code application development best practices.
• You have hands skills and experience as a Mobile and Cloud solution developer using PaaS solutions such as Oracle PaaS, AWS, MSFT Azure, Google Cloud, etc.. Knowledge of JavaScript, and/or NodeJS, and/or AngularJS, and/or React, etc. and familiarity and/or knowledge of Content Management System (CMS) such as WebCenter Content. You are familiar with tools such as Sketch and Adobe XD or similar tools.
• You have strong verbal and written communications skills. Preferably experience writing and publishing research briefs, white papers and blogs, vlogs.
• You have excellent language skills and are fluent in English, and at least one (preferably two) other language.
• You are educated to an undergraduate degree or greater level. Equivalent work experience will be considered.
• You have the ability and willingness to travel as much as 75% of the time within EMEA.

What we offer

Oracle Consulting has the strongest network of architects across EMEA. We have a highly collaborative and supportive culture.

Our salaries are competitive with an excellent benefits package.

Whatever your background, we want you to succeed. We offer a comprehensive induction program, an on-going training program, and excellent career opportunities.