Lead Oracle Database Administrator

Searchability NS&D; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client is a major UK public sector organisation modernising digital services. You will lead Oracle database administration in AWS, with emphasis on stability, security, and automation.

You will guide Senior DBAs, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and help transition to a DevOps operating model. Strong Oracle E-Business Suite R12 and WebLogic skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Expert Oracle DBA with deep experience in large, mission-critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain stable, secure and highly available Oracle databases.
• Upgrade and migrate Oracle environments; optimise performance.
• Drive automation and DevOps practices for the database estate.

Skills

Oracle DBA expertise

AWS experience

SQL tuning

PL/SQL upgrades

E-Business Suite R12

SOA/WebLogic/Portal/IAM

CI/CD

DevOps automation

Mentoring/knowledge transfer

Flyway

Automation of DB admin

RMAN/OEM

CloudFormation

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

Job description

• Remote UK – Occasional travel may be required for workshops or meetings, but unlikely to be any regular travel.
• Long-term contract until February 2028
• Oracle, AWS & DevOps – help modernise critical government digital services

ABOUT THE CLIENT:

Our client is a major UK public sector organisation responsible for delivering essential digital services. Its technology teams are undertaking an ambitious modernisation programme, moving towards a true DevOps operating model with greater automation, improved monitoring and faster, more reliable delivery. Due to this transformation, they are looking for an experienced Principal Oracle DBA to join their specialist database team.

THE PRINCIPAL ORACLE DBA ROLE:

As a Principal Oracle DBA, you will work within a specialist DBA team supporting and modernising critical Oracle database environments hosted in AWS. You will provide technical leadership and guidance to Senior DBAs while helping drive the transition towards a more automated DevOps operating model.

You will be responsible for maintaining stable, secure and highly available databases while supporting upgrades, migrations, performance optimisation and automation. The environment supports a range of Oracle technologies, including Oracle E-Business Suite R12, SOA, WebLogic, Portal, IAM, OHS and APEX.

You will also contribute to CI/CD, infrastructure automation, monitoring and alerting, scripting and continuous improvement across the database estate.

PRINCIPAL ORACLE DBA ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Expert-level Oracle DBA experience
• Strong AWS experience, particularly EC2, RDS, Lambda and S3
• Expert Oracle SQL tuning – execution plans, indexes, hints and optimiser behaviour
• Strong PL/SQL application upgrade and migration experience
• Expert experience with Oracle E-Business Suite R12
• Experience with SOA, WebLogic, Portal and IAM
• Experience with EBS Concurrent Managers
• WebLogic clustering and JVM tuning
• Oracle installation, patching and upgrades
• RMAN and OEM experience
• Experience creating and using AWS CloudFormation templates
• Strong CI/CD and continuous delivery/deployment experience
• Excellent mentoring, coaching and knowledge-transfer skills
• Flyway or similar database version-control tooling
• Experience automating database administration and operational processes