Job Description
Company Description
For over 29 years, Version 1 has partnered with leading global brands to deliver digital, cloud, and enterprise application solutions that drive business success. We are proud to be recognised as:
- Oracle Innovation Partner of the Year 2023 (EMEA)
- Microsoft Global Partner of the Year (Modernising Applications)
- AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year (EMEA)
- One of the Best Workplaces for Women in the UK & Ireland (2023)
With 3,700+ people and revenues exceeding €347m/£302m, Version 1 is a market leader in Oracle, Microsoft, and AWS consulting services – and one of the fastest-growing digital consultancies in Europe.
Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Lead Oracle Fusion Cloud Integration & Extension Consultant to play a pivotal role in the delivery of complex, high‑impact Oracle Fusion programmes within the UK public sector.
For this role SC Clearance required (or eligibility to obtain)
This is a hands‑on technical leadership role for a seasoned Oracle professional who can operate confidently at architect level, while still driving delivery, solving problems, and setting the technical standard on programme‑critical integrations and extensions.
You will bring 15+ years of Oracle delivery experience, with deep expertise across:
- Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)
- OCI‑native integration architecture
- Fusion extensions using VBCS (primary) and APEX (desirable)
You’ll work on large‑scale, multi‑system environments, defining and delivering enterprise‑grade integration and extension frameworks that are secure, scalable, reusable, and aligned to OCI best practice.
Why This Role?
- Lead mission‑critical Oracle Fusion programmes in regulated, high‑assurance environments
- Operate as a design authority across integration and extension workstreams
- Influence architecture, standards, and delivery approach from day one
- Balance strategic architecture ownership with meaningful hands‑on delivery
- Work with senior client stakeholders and shape long‑term technical direction
What You’ll Be Doing
Integration Architecture & Delivery (Primary Focus)
- Own the end‑to‑end architecture, design, and delivery of integrations between Oracle Fusion (ERP, HCM, EPM) and enterprise platforms using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)
- Define and implement enterprise integration frameworks, including:
- Canonical data models
- Reusable integration patterns and accelerators
- API‑led and event‑driven architectures
- Batch and real‑time orchestration models
- Build and optimise:
- App‑driven orchestrations
- Scheduled and streaming integrations
- REST / SOAP services and file‑based interfaces
- Establish robust error handling, observability, and recovery using:
- OIC tracking and insight tools
- OCI Logging Analytics
- Custom monitoring and alerting dashboards
- Design secure, compliant integration architectures leveraging:
- OCI Vault
- OAuth2 and certificate‑based authentication
- Private endpoints and connectivity agents
- Drive performance optimisation through parallelism, payload tuning, and bulk processing strategies
OCI Architecture & PaaS Engineering
- Design and deliver end‑to‑end OCI architectures supporting integrations and extensions, including:
- VCNs, subnets, NSGs, and security lists
- OCI API Gateway for secure API exposure
- OCI Functions for event‑driven processing
- Object Storage for staging, decoupling, and resilience
- Autonomous Database (ATP / ADW) for integration persistence
- Create reference architectures and reusable blueprints
- Ensure solutions align with security, compliance, and UK public sector standards
Fusion Extensions (VBCS Primary | APEX Optional)
- Lead the design and delivery of Fusion extensions using Visual Builder Cloud Service (VBCS), including:
- Custom UI extensions
- Embedded and standalone applications
- Process‑driven and user‑centric solutions
- Define extension frameworks and governance, covering:
- UI and UX standards
- OIC ↔ VBCS integration patterns
- Authentication, authorisation, and role‑based access
- Collaborate closely with functional teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions
- (Desirable) Deliver lightweight extensions using Oracle APEX where appropriate, such as:
- Rapid applications
- Operational dashboards
- Data‑driven workflows
Frameworks, Standards & Reusability
- Create and evolve reusable accelerators, including:
- OIC templates and patterns
- Error‑handling and observability frameworks
- Logging, monitoring, and audit standards
- CI/CD pipelines for OIC and VBCS
- Define development standards and governance controls
- Champion automation‑first and reusable engineering practices
DevOps & CI/CD Enablement
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using:
- Visual Builder Studio (VBS)
- Git‑based source control
- Jenkins and / or OCI DevOps
- Enable automated deployment and environment promotion for:
- OIC integrations
- VBCS applications
- Drive release management, configuration control, and deployment governance
Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as technical lead across integration and extension workstreams
- Engage directly with senior client stakeholders, architects, programme leadership, and security teams
- Provide design authority, assurance, and technical leadership
- Mentor delivery teams and uphold high engineering standards
- Contribute to solution shaping, bid support, and architectural strategy
Data & Reporting Alignment (Secondary)
- Align integration outputs with reporting and analytics platforms such as:
- BICC, BI Publisher (BIP), FDI, Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)
- Ensure data lineage, reconciliation, and traceability
- Support integration‑enabled reporting pipelines
Qualifications
Essential Experience:
- 15+ years of Oracle technical delivery experience
- Extensive, hands‑on expertise with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)
- Proven track record designing enterprise integration architectures
- Strong OCI architecture experience (networking, security, PaaS services)
- Hands‑on delivery of VBCS extensions for Oracle Fusion (essential)
- Strong technical knowledge of:
- REST / SOAP APIs
- XSLT / XPath transformations
- Event‑driven architectures
- Experience integrating Fusion with enterprise platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, SAP, Workday, Azure)
- Deep understanding of:
- Fusion data models
- FBDI, HDL, and BICC interfaces
- Experience delivering secure integration patterns (OAuth2, Vault, certificates)
- Strong CI/CD and DevOps experience
- Comfortable operating in client‑facing leadership roles
- Experience in UK public sector or regulated environments
Desirable:
- Oracle APEX development experience
- Exposure to:
- Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC)
- Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI)
- Oracle Process Automation (OPA)
- Oracle certifications (OIC Specialist, OCI Architect)
- Knowledge of UK Government security frameworks (NCSC CAF, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus)
Additional Information
Why Version 1
- Be part of a global Oracle practice of 700+ specialists
- Over 500+ certified professionals across the entire Oracle ecosystem
- Work on large-scale, multi-pillar enterprise Oracle Cloud programmes
- Work with ahigh-performing, collaborative Oracle practice
- Oracle Innovation Partner of the Year 2023 (EMEA)
- We provide end-to-end Oracle business transformation services, including consulting and advisory services, implementation, integration and managed services
- Our expertise in OCI enables us to deliver scalable, flexible, and high performance cloud solutions to the unique needs of our clients
- Join an award-winning consultancy recognised for innovation and delivery excellence
- Clear career progression, strong leadership support, and genuine investment in your growth
- A culture that values expertise, autonomy, and doing things properly
- Strong career progression & mentorship through our Strength in Balance and leadership programmes, including quarterly Pathways Career Development reviews.
- Significant training budget for certifications and further education.
- Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & Call-Out recognition platform celebrating achievement.
- Moments that matter & enhanced maternity/paternity leave policies to support your journey.
- Active ESG & CSR initiatives, allowing you to give back through fundraising, volunteering, and diversity, inclusion & belonging programmes.
Benefits include:
- Quarterly performance-related profit share
- Hybrid / Remote working flexibility
- Pension, private healthcare, life assurance cover
- Certified Great Place to Work for 10+ years running
This is hybrid based with occasional travel to your nearest base office.
Malti Sharma, Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant – Enterprise Applications (Oracle Cloud - ERP, HCM, EPM)
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We are an equal opportunities employer. Please refer to our Diversity & Inclusion statement located at: Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Version 1 Careers
Please note: We have an internal recruitment team and do not accept agency candidates. If you want to join the team here at Version 1, get in touch with us directly!
