Principal OCI Cloud Architect
Metropolitan Transportation Authority · New York, NY
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Jul 7, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A 12-month contract role designing and governing cloud architectures — primarily on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) — for a large public transit authority, with additional scope covering AWS and Azure in hybrid and multi-cloud configurations. Day-to-day work involves defining standards and governance models, translating stakeholder requirements into scalable and secure architectures, supporting Infrastructure-as-Code expansion, and guiding engineering teams. Deep OCI expertise is required; familiarity with Oracle database platforms and on-premises infrastructure is important given active migration and hybrid integration work.
Senior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Contract
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 120 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 25–220
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
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What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This is a 12-month contract engagement placed by Tri-Force Consulting Services at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City — 3 days onsite, 2 days remote per week; it is NOT a fully remote role.
The title says 'Principal' but the actual requirements (6–9 years OCI, no explicit org-wide authority or cross-org technical direction) are consistent with a Senior-level architect; seniority is assessed as Senior.
OCI is explicitly called mandatory ('Proficiency in OCI is mandatory'); all Oracle database platform skills (RAC, ASM, Data Guard, GoldenGate, RMAN, Exadata family) appear in the main skills body and are treated as hard gates given the OCI-primary focus of the role.
AWS, Azure, and GCP experience is listed as '1–2 years each (nice to have)' — explicitly optional; OCI Architect certification is 'strongly preferred' — both are marked preferred.
Linux and network administrator skills are explicitly called 'a plus' in the posting.
ASM (Oracle Automatic Storage Management) is part of the Oracle RAC/Exadata stack and is captured under Oracle RAC rather than as a separate skill to avoid redundancy.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily cloud architecture design (closer to 15-1252 Software Developers / Architects) but has significant infrastructure and database platform depth that could also fit 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) for an Architect-specific code.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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