Oracle Data & AI Architect

Oracle Data & AI Consultant (Associate Manager, CL8)

Location: UK

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Associate Manager (CL8)

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About the Accenture Oracle Business Group:

As part of the 54,000+ Accenture Oracle skilled professionals in our global community, you will join the UK and Ireland Oracle business group team where we play a central role in working with some of the world’s most dynamic global companies, responsible for helping them address some of the top challenges faced today. Within our Oracle practice, functional and technical professionals work with our clients to transform their business into the digital era. With a focus on migration into Oracle Cloud or delivering cloud native solution on Oracle Cloud, our Oracle practice offers and delivers an unparalleled digital footprint for our customers.

As an Oracle Data & AI Consultant, you will:

• Manage delivery of Oracle Data & AI projects across strategy, design, implementation and deployment phases.
• Design and implement modern data platforms leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Oracle Data & AI products.
• Work directly with client stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable data and AI solutions.
• Support AI and Generative AI use cases using Oracle AI Services, OCI Generative AI, Vector Search and Oracle Database 23ai (or above) capabilities.
• Guide development teams and provide hands-on technical leadership throughout project delivery.
• Contribute to solution architecture, estimating, proposals, and business development activities.

We are looking for experience in the following skills

We are looking for candidates that excel in working in a client facing environment with passion and proven delivery and architecture design skills. Candidates should be able to approach client challenges in an informed, structured and innovative way. Ideally, you have solid prior experience on Oracle applications, with focus on designing and implementing AI solutions based on Oracle.

• Proven experience delivering data platform, analytics, AI or machine learning projects using Oracle technologies.
• Strong technical experience across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle Autonomous Database, Oracle Database, Oracle Data Integration, GoldenGate, Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC), Oracle Data Intelligence and related services.
• Experience designing and delivering AI and Generative AI solutions leveraging OCI AI Services, OCI Generative AI, Vector Search, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Strong SQL, data modelling, ETL/ELT and data engineering skills, with experience building scalable enterprise data platforms.
• Previous experience of working in a consultancy environment leading workstreams and managing discrete client engagement
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with clients.
• Multiple lifecycle implementations of Oracle AI solutions, including the following phases: business case, requirements gathering, fit/gap analysis, Cloud architecture, design documentation, and deployment.

Set Yourself Apart:

• Confidence in presenting challenging points of view to client audiences

• Experience presenting complex technical and AI concepts to both technical and non-technical client audiences.
• Experience structuring activities that play to a team's strengths and provide opportunities for others to grow
• Workstream team lead experience - leading, mentoring and developing our people.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures, data lakes, lakehouses and enterprise AI platforms.
• One or more Oracle certifications across OCI, Data Management, AI Services or Autonomous Database.
• Experience working with complementary technologies such as Python, Spark, Databricks, Azure, AWS, OpenShift, Kubernetes or MLOps platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to structure client problems, shape solutions and identify opportunities for further value creation.
• Ability to travel as required to support client engagements.

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What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes up to 30 days’ vacation per year (dependent on grade), private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date for Applications:

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

Experience in one or more of the following areas would be highly desirable:

• Oracle Database 23ai (or above)
• Oracle Autonomous Database
• Oracle Data Integration
• Oracle GoldenGate
• Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)
• Oracle Data Intelligence
• OCI Data Science
• OCI AI Services
• OCI Generative AI
• Oracle Machine Learning (OML)
• Oracle Vector Search
• Oracle Exadata
• OCI Landing Zone
• Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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