Platform Owner

Lorien; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance (6x annual salary)

Pension with matched contributions

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Hybrid working 1–2 days/week

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Lorien is seeking an experienced Platform Owner to oversee enterprise Oracle database platforms, driving upgrades, cloud migrations, and platform improvements. The role blends hands-on technical work with strong stakeholder engagement across platform engineering and business teams.

Key focus areas include managing RAC/Data Guard/RMAN-based environments, Oracle performance tuning, and ensuring security and scalability across on‑prem and cloud deployments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting large-scale Oracle database platforms and delivering major upgrade/migration initiatives.
• Strong technical expertise across Oracle Database, WebLogic, and Fusion Middleware.
• Deep knowledge of RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, OEM, ASM and Oracle performance tuning.
• Experience managing Oracle databases across on-prem and cloud.
• Stakeholder coordination across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Supports platform roadmaps, service enhancements, and self-service adoption for cross‑team work.
• Assists in management and continuous improvement of platform technologies and tooling.
• Contributes to platform lifecycle management and optimisation initiatives.
• Acts as liaison between users, platform engineering, and Lead Platform Owner.
• Ensures platform services are scalable, secure, and aligned with business needs.
• Supports delivery of platform initiatives within governance frameworks.

Skills

Oracle Database

WebLogic

Fusion Middleware

RAC

Data Guard

RMAN

OEM

ASM

Oracle performance tuning

Cloud migration

On-call support

Tools

Oracle WebLogic Server

Oracle OEM

Fusion Middleware

RMAN

ASM

Job description

Our client, a leading UK financial services organisation, is seeking an experienced Platform Owner to support the operation, evolution, and continuous improvement of critical enterprise database platforms. You will play a key role in managing platform services, coordinating engineering activities, supporting platform roadmaps, and driving service improvements. This role offers a blend of hands-on technical expertise and stakeholder engagement, making it ideal for someone with strong Oracle platform experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports the delivery of platform value by contributing to platform roadmaps, service enhancements, and the adoption of self-service capabilities that enable Product, Project, and Portfolio teams to work more effectively.
• Assists in the management and continuous improvement of platform technologies, tooling, and operational processes.
• Contributes to tooling assessments, renewals, lifecycle management activities, and ongoing platform optimisation initiatives.
• Acts as a key liaison between platform users, the platform engineering team, and the Lead Platform Owner, ensuring effective communication and coordination across stakeholders.
• Plays a key role in ensuring platform services remain efficient, scalable, secure, and aligned with business needs.
• Supports the successful delivery of platform-related initiatives while working within established architectural governance and approval frameworks.

Experience Required

• Proven experience supporting large-scale Oracle database platforms and delivering major database upgrade, transformation, and cloud migration initiatives within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong technical expertise across Oracle Database, WebLogic, and Fusion Middleware technologies.
• Deep knowledge of RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, OEM, ASM, and Oracle performance tuning.
• Experience managing Oracle database environments across both on-premise and cloud infrastructures.
• Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate activity across multiple teams.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or DB2 would be advantageous.
• Available for on-call (approximate 1 in every 8 weeks) and ad-hoc weekend support
• Salary up to £75,000 + up to 20% bonus
• Hybrid working: 1 to 2 days a week
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell)
• Life assurance (6x annual salary)
• Personal pension with matched contributions
• Ongoing training and opportunities for development