Platform Owner

Lorien; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Salary up to £75,000 + up to 20% bonus

28 days holiday + bank holidays (buy/s

Life assurance (6x annual salary)

Pension with matched contributions

Ongoing training and development

Job summary

Lorien in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Platform Owner to lead the operation, evolution and continuous improvement of enterprise Oracle database platforms. You will coordinate engineering, support roadmaps and drive service improvements with hands-on technical expertise and stakeholder engagement.

The role focuses on Oracle Database, RAC, Data Guard, and Fusion Middleware across on-premise and cloud environments, with on-call and occasional weekend support.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with large-scale Oracle database platforms.
• Experience delivering database upgrades, transformations and cloud migrations.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Database, WebLogic and Fusion Middleware.
• Deep expertise in RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, OEM and ASM.
• Experience spanning on‑premise and cloud Oracle environments.
• Good stakeholder management and coordination across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to platform roadmaps, service enhancements and self-service adoption.
• Manage and improve platform technologies, tooling and operational processes.
• Support tooling assessments, renewals and lifecycle management.
• Act as liaison between users, engineering teams and Lead Platform Owner.
• Ensure platform services are efficient, scalable, and aligned with business needs.
• Support delivery of platform initiatives within governance frameworks.

Skills

Oracle Database

WebLogic

Fusion Middleware

RAC

Data Guard

RMAN

OEM

ASM

Performance tuning

PostgreSQL

MS SQL Server

DB2

On-call support

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, life cycle 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

Benefits

• 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