Deepak Dev
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Principal Architect
Executive Summary
Seasoned Oracle Cloud Architect with a strong track record leading complex cloud transformation initiatives across both pre-sales and delivery. Over 20 years in IT with deep expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), solution architecture, and secure cloud design. Proven success designing scalable, secure, and compliant cloud environments for enterprise and government clients.
Adept at aligning technical architectures with business objectives, driving cloud adoption, and supporting high-impact workloads through every stage of implementation. Skilled in IAM, network segmentation, hybrid integrations, and leading cross-functional collaboration with sales, engineering, and customer success teams.
I had the pleasure of working with Deepak on a high profile transformation project, and his contribution was exceptional. As a client-side cloud architect, Deepak consistently brought clarity, structure, and technical insight to the table. They were proactive in identifying challenges early, collaborative in finding solutions, and always responsive and supportive throughout the engagement. Deepak is someone who goes above and beyond and make things happen! Nisa Santo, Technical Architect | Cotton-On
Key Skills
- OCI Architecture & Design (IaaS/PaaS)
- OCI Security
- OCI/Microsoft IDAM
- OCVS
- OCI AI
- OCI GENAI
- OCI Multicloud
- OCI Migration
- NVIDIA Enterprise on OCI
- Oracle Integration Cloud
- Full Stack Disaster Recovery
Experience
A State Govt Office – Victoria – OCI Design Lead
- Designed a Hub-and-Spoke compartment model and centralized shared services to enhance visibility, reduce duplication, and enforce consistent IAM policies across OCI.
- Designed secure offshore access controls using Bastion hosts and DaaS, ensuring sensitive data remained within the OCI environment.
- Implemented a dual-firewall network architecture and dual-vault KMS framework to meet high-assurance compliance standards and isolate critical encryption keys.
- Bridged Microsoft Entra ID with OCI through an IDAM plan supporting Zero Trust, JIT access, and phishing-resistant MFA for privileged users.
- Designed OCI infrastructure modernization with Exadata X11M, secure Oracle CX-ORMB integration, and Terraform-based drift management for configuration integrity.
Cotton-On – Principal Cloud Architect
Jan 2023 – Dec 2024
- Requirement Gathering | Map business requirements to oracle solutions and present Oracle solutions to C-Level
- Guide partner team on solution, making sure the project is on time, review partner implementation, review OCI security checks
- Demos, workshops, presentations and POCs
- SR Escalation and Resolution, getting right people on board at the right time to resolve any customer issues with Integration for Oracle HCM and payroll.
- Successfully helped transform cotton-on’s on-prem migration to HCM Cloud and integration with their payroll system
Computershare - Principal Cloud Architect
Jan 2022 – September 2024
- Architect solutions involving Peoplesoft Migration to HCM and integration with their finance and payroll system.
- Work directly with CIO of shared services to provide solutions to integration challenges.
- Work with Computershare and OCI Security team to provide fool proof security to OCI Infrastructure
- Worked with Computershare global teams to collaborate development and implementation project
- Computershare successfully transformed their HCM Digital Transformation project across the Globe including Australia, US, UK and Germany
IDP Education – Principal Cloud Architect
Mar 2022 – Feb 2023
- Architect Oracle solutions around Oracle Analytics, Oracle ATP/ADW, Oracle Integration for their OBIEE lift and shift to OCI
- Successfully migrated along with Oracle consulting to save days of reporting and analytics time to few hours after the modernization.