Lead Oracle Applications Engineer

SSCL; Gosport; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Excellent pension

Medical insurance

Job summary

Sopra Steria in Gosport is recruiting a Lead Software Engineer to lead Oracle-based applications, drive CI/CD pipelines and ensure high-availability systems supporting critical public sector pensions programs.

You will mentor engineers, implement DevOps practices, and oversee patches, upgrades and performance improvements across Azure-enabled environments.

Qualifications

• Strong Oracle Applications experience.
• Extensive SQL/RDBMS knowledge for data analysis.
• Proven production support and incident management.
• Hands-on Azure DevOps CI/CD experience (YAML and Classic).
• Scripting and automation with PowerShell and T-SQL.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, support and maintenance of Oracle-based business applications.
• Drive production support, incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Manage application releases, deployments and change activities.
• Design and maintain Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (YAML and Classic).
• Automate build, test and deployment processes.
• Support application patching, upgrades and environment management.
• Work with complex datasets to deliver reporting and data fixes.
• Enhance monitoring, logging and automation capabilities.

Skills

Oracle Applications

SQL

Leadership

Scripting

Problem solving

Tools

Azure DevOps

PowerShell

Job description

Lead the Engineering Behind Critical Public Sector Pension Systems. Are you an experienced Software Engineer with strong Oracle Applications expertise and a passion for building resilient, business-critical systems? We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in the delivery and ongoing support of the Pensions Compensation Programme (DBS). You'll lead the development, support, and enhancement of the Equiniti application suite, ensuring stability, performance, and continuous improvement across a complex, high-availability environment. This is an opportunity to combine hands‑on technical leadership with modern DevOps practices while making a real impact on systems that support vital pension and compensation services. You'll be joining a team responsible for delivering and supporting mission‑critical applications within a secure and technically challenging environment. You'll have the opportunity to shape engineering best practice, drive automation, and influence the future direction of key services while working with modern tooling and technologies.

What you will be doing:

• Leading the development, support and maintenance of Oracle-based business applications.
• Driving production support, incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Managing application releases, deployments and change activities.
• Designing and maintaining Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines (YAML and Classic).
• Automating build, test and deployment processes.
• Supporting application patching, upgrades and environment management.
• Working with complex datasets to deliver reporting, analysis and data fixes.
• Enhancing monitoring, logging and automation capabilities.
• Ensuring system stability, availability and performance across multiple environments.
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring within the engineering team.

What you will bring:

• Strong Oracle Applications experience.
• Extensive knowledge of RDBMS and SQL for data analysis and reporting.
• Proven experience supporting and maintaining production applications.
• Hands‑on Azure DevOps CI/CD experience (YAML and Classic pipelines).
• Experience with release management, deployments and application patching.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (PowerShell and T‑SQL).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, SDLC and version control.
• Experience working in high-availability, business-critical environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem‑solving skills.

It would be great if you had:

• Knowledge of WPS Pensions and Compensation systems.
• Experience with ServiceNow, Dimensions and DIP File Share.
• Familiarity with Compendia, Touch and Compose.
• Understanding of Privileged Access Management (PAM) and security controls.
• Existing DV or SC clearance.

• Salary: Up to £65,000
• Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, which can also be taken as cash.
• Benefits include 25 days holiday, with the option to purchase up to an additional 10 days per year, AXA medical insurance, 6% pension contribution and life assurance at 4x salary.

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid: Gosport

Security Clearance Level: Eligible for SC and DV Clearance

Sopra Sterias Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients.

The work we do makes a real difference to the clients goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment.

We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other.

We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UKs most complex safety- and security-critical markets.