Technology Architect

Oversees environment strategy, governance, and lifecycle management to ensure reliable, timely, and secure availability of multiple Oracle ERP and legacy system landscapes.

As Technology Architect in charge of Environment management, you will be accountable for the the planning, governance, availability, and lifecycle of non-production and production environments across Oracle EBS, Oracle HCM Cloud, Oracle OCI, Oracle PaaS, Azure Cloud and other applications for a large-scale program involving AMS as well as cloud transformation projects. This role orchestrates environment strategy, release calendars, cloning, patching, data refreshes, cutover readiness, and production stability, working closely with Application Support, Infrastructure/DBA, Security, Testing, DevOps, and Business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Environment Strategy & Governance

Ability to plan & coordinate across all technologies involved on Environments – Oracle EBS/Cloud, OCI/PaaS, Azure Cloud instances and satellite systems (bolt-ons, custom apps, data warehouses, integrations).

Own the end-to-end environment model (DEV/SIT/UAT/Performance /Training/Pre-Prod/Prod) for ~20+ environments across the programme

Define and maintain environment topology, capacity plans, naming conventions etc.

Establish and enforce environment governance: usage policies, access control, segregation of duties, compliance, and audit readiness.

Maintain the master environment calendar and release train cadence (monthly/quarterly), ensuring conflict resolution and resource alignment.

Production Support Enablement

Coordinate with Application Support/DBA teams on cloning, patching, backup/recovery, and performance tuning for production and lower tiers.

Lead DR/BCP planning and regular failover testing in collaboration with Infrastructure/Cloud Ops.

Release & Cutover Management

Plan and manage code/config/data deployments across environments; standardize deployment pipelines and runbooks.

Coordinate EBS patch cycles (techstack, functional modules, security patches), regression testing windows, and blackout periods.

Orchestrate cutover activities for releases and migration waves, including mock runs, dependency checks, and rollback strategies.

Data & Cloning Management

Govern EBS cloning procedures (Prod → non-Prod), including Data protection, masking/anonymization of sensitive data to meet compliance.

Schedule and optimize refreshes to align with testing cycles and release milestones; minimize downtime.

Oversee test data management, golden datasets, and data seeding across environments.

Co-Existence

Support co-existence patterns (e.g., On Premise EBS HCM + Oracle Cloud HCM) and phased decommissioning plans.

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

Serve as the single point of contact for environment readiness across Business, PMO, Testing, Security, and Support.

Coordinate with Oracle and system integrators on patches, cloud releases, SRs, and best practices.

Report environment health, risks, and mitigations to Program Leadership; drive decision logs and change advisory board (CAB) submissions.

Required

Should have minimum 10 years of experience having managed environment strategy as part of ERP implementations

Working experience in various technical aspects of Oracle EBS/Fusion implementations

Preferred

Should be excellent planner when it comes to perform release planning and other delivery planning.

Should have excellent problem-solving skills

Personal

Besides the professional qualifications of the candidates we place great importance in addition to various forms personality profile. These include:

High analytical skills

High customer orientation

High quality awareness

Thank you for your interest in this role. Please also share your CV at Shyam@lsarecruit.co.uk and if suitable, we will get in touch with you to discuss further.

Thank you for your interest in this role. Please also share your CV at Shyam@lsarecruit.co.uk and if suitable, we will get in touch with you to discuss further.