We are looking for a Senior Oracle DBA for a 12-month contract. Your current role
Manage enterprise databases supporting business-critical applications across production, development, and testing environments. This includes database design, proactive administration, performance optimisation, backup and recovery, capacity planning, and security management.

Key Responsibilities

- Administer and manage enterprise Oracle databases on engineered systems (e.g., Exadata) across production and non-production environments.
- Analyse, monitor, automate, and optimise database performance and reliability.
- Design, implement, and manage database backup and recovery strategies.
- Administer database replication, high availability, and failover solutions (e.g., Data Guard).
- Monitor system capacity and performance, ensuring scalability and stability.
- Ensure all activities adhere to organisational standards, policies, and procedures.
- Provide third-level (L3) support for incidents, problems, and service requests.
- Support and collaborate with Level 2 support teams and Level 3 development teams.
- Contribute to broader infrastructure responsibilities, including:
- Linux/Unix system administration
- Storage management
- Middleware administration (e.g., Oracle Forms, Reports, ODI, OAS, ORDS)
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call support rotation.

What you'll need to succeed
Technical Skills and Experience

- Extensive experience with
Oracle Databases




in enterprise environments.
- Strong expertise in:
- Oracle 19c
- Real Application Clusters (RAC)
- Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
- Oracle Data Guard
- Familiarity with monitoring tools such as
Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).

Performance Optimisation
- Proven ability to analyse and optimise database performance.
- Strong skills in:
- SQL tuning
- Index optimisation
- Resource management

Backup, Recovery & Security
- Experience designing and implementing robust backup and recovery solutions.
- Strong understanding of database security, including:
- Access control
- Encryption
- Auditing

Automation & Scripting
- Experience automating database administration tasks using:
- SQL / PL-SQL
- Shell scripting (Linux/Unix)
- Familiarity with enterprise scheduling and automation tools (e.g., Autosys or equivalent).

Problem-Solving & Communication
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to manage incidents and problems in complex environments.
- Effective communication and collaboration with technical teams and stakeholders.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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