Job#: 3034522

Job Description:

Position: Lead Oracle and Cloud Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC - onsite 4 days, remote 1 day

Duration: 12+ month contract with likelihood to extend or convert

The Cloud & Oracle Platform Strategy Lead is a senior engineering leader responsible for defining and driving enterprise-wide strategy across Oracle platforms and multi-cloud environments. This role serves as the primary escalation point for complex Oracle-related issues while establishing standards, governance, and best practices across both public and private cloud infrastructures. The Lead Engineer will build and execute a forward-looking 3–5 year technology roadmap, ensuring Oracle platforms and cloud strategies align with business objectives. This position also evaluates emerging technologies—including AI/ML and agentic AI—to identify innovation opportunities and practical applications. The ideal candidate will combine deep Oracle expertise with strong cloud engineering experience and the ability to communicate effectively across technical and business stakeholders.

• Define and maintain enterprise standards for Oracle platforms across hybrid and multi-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, and private cloud)
• Develop and execute a 3–5 year roadmap for Oracle and cloud platform evolution
• Evaluate new Oracle products, releases, and cloud-native capabilities for adoption and optimization
• Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies (e.g., AI/ML, agentic AI) within the platform ecosystem

• Lead planning, design, and implementation of Oracle workloads in cloud environments (AWS, GCP)
• Ensure scalable, secure, and highly available architecture across multi-cloud deployments
• Drive best practices for database management, cloud infrastructure, and automation
• Support both relational (Oracle DB) and NoSQL data platforms within cloud architectures

• Act as the primary escalation point for all Oracle-related incidents and complex technical challenges
• Oversee platform performance, reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery
• Establish governance, compliance, and risk management standards across Oracle and cloud environments

• Partner with business and technology leaders to align platform strategy with organizational goals
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Influence decision-making through architectural guidance, data-driven insights, and strategic recommendations

• Strong experience with Oracle Database technologies (administration, architecture, performance tuning)
• Experience with NoSQL databases and distributed data systems
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or GCP preferred)
• Proven ability to design and support multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience leading platform strategy, engineering initiatives, or large-scale infrastructure environments

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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