Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Oracle is seeking a Security Architect in their Secure Technology, Architecture and Safety group to define end-to-end security architecture for hyperscale cloud platforms and services. The role involves designing security reference architectures, leading design reviews, and mentoring engineers while driving security initiatives across Oracle's cloud offerings. Responsibilities • Set strategy: Define multi-year security architecture strategy and roadmaps for cloud foundations, identity, data protection, platform security, AI/ML safety, and secure supply chain • Authoritative design: Publish security reference architectures, control baselines, patterns, and design blueprints; lead cross-org design reviews and bar-raising architecture councils • Build the cloud securely: Advise and co-design core cloud services (compute, networking, storage, virtualization, container/ orchestration, service mesh) with secure-by-default configurations • Identity and zero trust: Advance strong identity, least privilege, policy-as-code, workload identity, and continuous verification aligned to zero-trust principles • Cryptography and data protection: Drive KMS/HSM strategy, key lifecycle, envelope encryption, tokenization, privacy-enhancing technologies, and data governance at scale • Secure SDLC: Embed threat modeling, secure coding, SAST/DAST/IAST, fuzzing, software provenance/SBOMs, signing, and deployment gates into developer platforms and CI/CD • Detection and response: Partner with SOC and service teams on high-signal detection, telemetry standards, adversary emulation, incident response playbooks, and chaos/resilience testing • Risk, compliance, and safety: Translate regulatory and customer requirements into engineering-ready controls and evidence; integrate safety-by-design for emerging technologies • Incident leadership: Lead or advise on significant incidents; perform post-incident reviews, drive systemic fixes, and establish preventative guardrails and metrics • Influence at scale: Produce clear design docs and RFCs; mentor senior engineers; run architecture reviews; build communities of practice; create learning pathways and reusable assets Skills • 12+ years in security architecture/engineering for large-scale distributed systems; significant experience 'building clouds' (IaaS/PaaS) or platform engineering • Expertise in at least three: identity and access management; network and micro segmentation; container/Kubernetes security; virtualization/compute; data protection/crypto; detection/response; supply chain security • Hands-on depth with one or more: OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP; Kubernetes; service mesh; Terraform/Policy-as-Code; CI/CD; Linux hardening; observability stacks • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-org initiatives, influence without authority, and deliver secure-by-default solutions at scale • Strong written and verbal communication; ability to produce clear design docs, threat models, and executive narratives • Commitment to inclusive collaboration and mentoring • Experience designing KMS/HSM services, workload identity, confidential computing/TEE, or privacy-enhancing technologies • Proven leadership in major incident response and post-incident systemic improvements • Track record of published standards, OSS contributions, or patents in cloud security • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) Benefits • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion • Short term disability and long term disability • Life insurance and AD&D • Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) • Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts • Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits • 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match • Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation. • 11 paid holidays • Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours. • Paid parental leave • Adoption assistance • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Financial planning and group legal • Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance Company Overview • Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions. It was founded in 1977, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, with a
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