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PeopleSoft & OCI Solution Architect
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PeopleSoft & OCI Solution Architect
Version 1
Company Description Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of what we do: - UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner - 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business - 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK - Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW - Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW We’re a core valuesdriven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you. Job Description Overview We are seeking an accomplished PeopleSoft and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Solution Architect to lead our PeopleSoft technology capability within a multi‑customer consulting practice. This role combines technical leadership, solution architecture, and practice ownership, driving high‑quality delivery across PeopleSoft application, tools, integrations, upgrades, and cloud-hosted environments. The successful candidate will provide strategic direction, ensure technical excellence, and act as the senior technical authority for PeopleSoft and OCI across multiple concurrent customers. Key Responsibilities Practice Leadership - Lead the PeopleSoft technology capability, shaping the roadmap, service offerings, and technical strategy. - Act as the senior escalation point for complex technical challenges across all PeopleSoft and OCI customer engagements. - Mentor, coach, and technically govern PeopleSoft technical consultants, DBAs, and cloud engineers. - Drive adoption of latest PeopleTools features, Cloud Manager, automation, cloud services, monitoring and performance. Solution Architecture & Design - Lead end-to-end solution architecture for PeopleSoft environments, including application structure, customisation strategy, platform topology, integrations, security, and lifecycle management. - Architect PeopleSoft deployments and migrations on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, resilience, and cost efficiency. - Define technical standards, architecture patterns, and best practices for PeopleSoft on OCI and hybrid cloud environments. - Provide expert guidance on PeopleTools upgrades, PeopleSoft Cloud Manager, PUM strategy, configuration management, and Selective Adoption. Delivery Excellence - Oversee multi-customer delivery, ensuring technical solutions are robust, maintainable, and aligned with customer outcomes. - Review technical designs, code, integration patterns, and performance tuning recommendations. - Support pre‑sales, estimating, and solution shaping for new business opportunities. - Ensure environments and platforms meet enterprise-grade standards in security, DR, performance, and compliance. - Provide technical guidance and input to the Managed Service organisation to embed best practice in system monitoring, maintenance, and operational excellence. Customer Engagement - Engage with senior customer stakeholders, translating business requirements into actionable technical solutions. - Build trusted advisor relationships and influence customer technology roadmaps. - Lead technical workshops, assessments, design reviews, and architecture governance sessions. Qualifications Required Skills & Experience Core PeopleSoft Expertise - Deep technical knowledge of PeopleSoft architecture, PeopleTools, Integration Broker, OpenSearch, development tools, and PeopleSoft security models. - Proven experience delivering PeopleTools upgrades, PUM adoption programmes, and complex integrations. - Expertise in performance tuning, platform optimisation, and troubleshooting across the full PeopleSoft stack. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) - Strong hands-on experience designing and deploying PeopleSoft on OCI. - Knowledge of OCI networking, compute, storage, security zones, load balancing, and identity. - Familiarity with Terraform, Resource Manager, or other IaC tooling for OCI. - Experience with cloud automation, monitoring, and observability Leadership & Consulting Skills - Experience leading technical teams in a consulting or multi‑customer managed service environment. - Strong communication and stakeholder management skills — capable of influencing senior business and IT leaders. - Ability to shape service offerings, improve delivery models, and support commercial growth. - Proven track record in designing end-to-end cloud and on‑prem hybrid architectures. Desirable Skills - Knowledge of Oracle Database, RAC, Exadata Cloud Service, or Autonomous Database. - Familiarity with DevOps practices including Git, Puppet, Jenkins, Ansible, or similar. - Understanding of FinOps and cloud cost optimisation strategies. - Exposure to other cloud platforms – Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Personal Attributes - Strategic thinker with a hands‑on, delivery-focused approach. - Collaborative leadership style with a strong commitment to mentoring and capability building. - Highly analytical with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. - Proactive, self-directed, and comfortable operating in fast-paced consultancy environments. Additional Information Why Version 1? At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability. - Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits - Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme - Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance - Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme - Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies - Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat - Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform. - Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more. Video links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_d3ELTH5zo - Department: Enterprise Applications
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The successful candidate will provide strategic direction, ensure technical excellence, and act as the senior technical authority for PeopleSoft and OCI across multiple concurrent customers. Key Responsibilities Practice Leadership - Lead the PeopleSoft technology capability, shaping the roadmap, service offerings, and technical strategy. - Act as the senior escalation point for complex technical challenges across all PeopleSoft and OCI customer engagements. - Mentor, coach, and technically govern PeopleSoft technical consultants, DBAs, and cloud engineers. - Drive adoption of latest PeopleTools features, Cloud Manager, automation, cloud services, monitoring and performance. Solution Architecture & Design - Lead end-to-end solution architecture for PeopleSoft environments, including application structure, customisation strategy, platform topology, integrations, security, and lifecycle management. - Architect PeopleSoft deployments and migrations on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, resilience, and cost efficiency. - Define technical standards, architecture patterns, and best practices for PeopleSoft on OCI and hybrid cloud environments. - Provide expert guidance on PeopleTools upgrades, PeopleSoft Cloud Manager, PUM strategy, configuration management, and Selective Adoption. Delivery Excellence - Oversee multi-customer delivery, ensuring technical solutions are robust, maintainable, and aligned with customer outcomes. - Review technical designs, code, integration patterns, and performance tuning recommendations. - Support pre‑sales, estimating, and solution shaping for new business opportunities. - Ensure environments and platforms meet enterprise-grade standards in security, DR, performance, and compliance. - Provide technical guidance and input to the Managed Service organisation to embed best practice in system monitoring, maintenance, and operational excellence. Customer Engagement - Engage with senior customer stakeholders, translating business requirements into actionable technical solutions. - Build trusted advisor relationships and influence customer technology roadmaps. - Lead technical workshops, assessments, design reviews, and architecture governance sessions. 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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) - Strong hands-on experience designing and deploying PeopleSoft on OCI. - Knowledge of OCI networking, compute, storage, security zones, load balancing, and identity. - Familiarity with Terraform, Resource Manager, or other IaC tooling for OCI. - Experience with cloud automation, monitoring, and observability Leadership & Consulting Skills - Experience leading technical teams in a consulting or multi‑customer managed service environment. - Strong communication and stakeholder management skills — capable of influencing senior business and IT leaders. - Ability to shape service offerings, improve delivery models, and support commercial growth. - Proven track record in designing end-to-end cloud and on‑prem hybrid architectures. 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At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability. - Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits - Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme - Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance - Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme - Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies - Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat - Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform. - Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more. Video links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_d3ELTH5zo - Department: Enterprise Applications
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