Principal Cloud Architect – Startups

Job Description

What you'll do:

• Lead cloud-native customer engagements from discovery and architecture through POC and production readiness.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with CIOs, CTOs, Chief Architects, Infrastructure Leaders, Cloud Centers of Excellence, and executive stakeholders.
• Design and demonstrate modern cloud platforms using Kubernetes, containers, microservices, CI/CD, DevOps automation, infrastructure as code, observability, networking, security, databases, and OCI services.
• Build hands-on POCs, demos, workshops, scripts, Terraform modules, deployment templates, and reusable technical accelerators.
• Translate customer goals, constraints, and hidden requirements into pragmatic architectures that balance scalability, security, cost, performance, operations, and business outcomes.
• Advise customers on application modernization, platform engineering, GitOps, cloud-native security, and production operations.
• Collaborate with Sales , Product Management, Engineering, Customer Success, Consulting, and Partner organizations to ensure successful customer outcomes.
• Provide competitive intelligence, market insights, and customer feedback to influence Oracle's product strategy and go-to-market initiatives.
  
  

Responsibilities

What you'll bring:

• 6+ years in cloud architecture, cloud engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, solution engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, microservices, and production-grade cloud-native application patterns.
• Practical experience with CI/CD, GitOps, automated deployments, release automation, infrastructure as code, and operational best practices.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, or similar tools, plus scripting skills using Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go, or similar.
• End-to-end systems thinking: ability to reason about complete cloud platforms, dependencies, scalability, operational risks, and maintainability.
• Customer discovery and problem-definition skills, including the ability to clarify ambiguity, challenge assumptions, and define the right problem before designing the solution.
• Strong architectural judgment across security, scalability, performance, cost, operational complexity, and business value.
• Deep knowledge of public cloud platforms such as OCI, AWS, Azure, or GCP, including core services across compute, networking, storage, security, identity, databases, and observability.
• Excellent communication skills with technical teams, executives, partners, and customers; fluency in Hebrew and English is required.
  
  

Additional Advantage:

Experience with Generative AI, data platforms, open-source ecosystems, VMware, security, storage systems, startups, ISVs, system integrators, or partner-led delivery is an advantage.

Qualifications

Career Level - IC4

About Us

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