Des McCrory
Executive Summary
Dynamic OCI Infrastructure Architect with a proven track record of designing secure, high-performance, durable Oracle Cloud environments for diverse clients, providing savings through optimal infrastructure costs and pay for what you use Oracle licensing. Expert in cloud migrations, identity management, security, networks, storage, landing zones, automation, ensuring compliance with top frameworks and reducing vulnerabilities across hybrid cloud integrations. Accomplished leader in Oracle database, high availability and disaster recovery strategies, optimising resource allocation and minimising downtime, with a focus on seamless cloud migrations.
It was a pleasure working with Des on a highly complex OCI project, which involved managing numerous complex systems and vendors. Des's dedication, expertise, and collaborative spirit were instrumental in our success. Not only did Des meet our objectives, but Des also adeptly addressed the client's concerns and shifted their perspective about OCI. Des's efforts have built significant confidence and trust, paving the way for us to continue as a trusted advisor. Thank you for your exceptional commitment and it is always a pleasure working with you! Khalil Hussaini - Project Manager
Key Skills
- Enterprise Solution Architecture
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- OCI Tenancy and Landing Zone Configuration
- Data Centre Modernisation
- Cloud Migration Architecture (OCI, Azure, AWS, GCP)
- High Availability & Full Stack DR Design
- Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Integration
- Networks & Security
- Identity Access Management
- Virtualisation/Hyperscale/HCL
- Oracle database (RAC, ASM, ADG, Exadata, ODA)
- Linux, Unix, Windows
- Terraform, Ansible, Bash
- Observability, Monitoring and Governance
Experience
Federal Government Science Agency / Enterprise Solutions Architect
Delivered compliant conceptual design for a petabyte-scale public cloud data hub on a hybrid infrastructure architecture aligned to IRAP/ISM/PSPF, including a cloud cost management and operating model
Brand Retail Group of Companies / Cloud & Infrastructure Technical Lead
Designed, built and secured a multi-region OCI tenancy featuring, Entra ID federated IAM, Hub and spoke network design, SIEM, VSS and EDR services, redundant Fast Connect, and regional Exadata Cloud Services. Successfully Migrated business critical retail and financial systems and databases from on-premises data centres (Exadata) to OCI Compute and Exadata Cloud services, with a multi-layer testing strategy, minimal IT impact and transparent to business users.
Federal Government Health Agency / Cloud & Infrastructure Architect
Designed and demonstrated a secure, highly available, high performance and DR-ready “Oracle Database @ Azure” architecture, meeting strict Health security and compliance standards Resulting in a multi-million-dollar cost saving opportunity for the agency through the proposed multi-cloud, shared services Oracle model.
State Government Finance Dept / Cloud & Infrastructure Technical Lead
Designed and implemented secure, cross-regional OCI environment. Migrated a State Government’s shared services ERP (EBS) from on-premises to OCI utilising E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Automation for deployment, cloning and patching. Provided EBS SSO and lifecycle management, federated to IAM and Entra ID. Implemented management for and integration between EBS and Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC).
Public Insurance Company / Cloud & Infrastructure Technical Lead
Designed and implemented secure, cross-regional OCI environment aligned to APRA/ISO-IEC 27001:2022/ASD Essential Eight controls for Peoplesoft migration and upgrade. Utilisied Peoplesoft on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Automation for deployment, cloning and patching. Provided redundant Fast Connect, and regional Full Stack DR architecture.
Federal Government Science Agency / Enterprise Solutions Architect
Delivered compliant conceptual design for a petabyte-scale public cloud data hub on a hybrid infrastructure architecture aligned to IRAP/ISM/PSPF, including a cloud cost management and operating model
Brand Retail Group of Companies / Cloud & Infrastructure Technical Lead
Designed, built and secured a multi-region OCI tenancy featuring, Entra ID federated IAM, Hub and spoke network design, SIEM, VSS and EDR services, redundant Fast Connect, and regional Exadata Cloud Services. Successfully Migrated business critical retail and financial systems and databases from on-premises data centres (Exadata) to OCI Compute and Exadata Cloud services, with a multi-layer testing strategy, minimal IT impact and transparent to business users.
Federal Government Health Agency / Cloud & Infrastructure Architect
Designed and demonstrated a secure, highly available, high performance and DR-ready “Oracle Database @ Azure” architecture, meeting strict Health security and compliance standards Resulting in a multi-million-dollar cost saving opportunity for the agency through the proposed multi-cloud, shared services Oracle model.
State Government Finance Dept / Cloud & Infrastructure Technical Lead
Designed and implemented secure, cross-regional OCI environment. Migrated a State Government’s shared services ERP (EBS) from on-premises to OCI utilising E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Automation for deployment, cloning and patching. Provided EBS SSO and lifecycle management, federated to IAM and Entra ID. Implemented management for and integration between EBS and Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC).
Public Insurance Company / Cloud & Infrastructure Technical Lead
Designed and implemented secure, cross-regional OCI environment aligned to APRA/ISO-IEC 27001:2022/ASD Essential Eight controls for Peoplesoft migration and upgrade. Utilisied Peoplesoft on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Automation for deployment, cloning and patching. Provided redundant Fast Connect, and regional Full Stack DR architecture.