Remote Oracle DBA & Unix Administrator - Hands-on

IntaPeople; Mountain Ash; Remote; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

IntaPeople is seeking an experienced Oracle DBA / Unix Administrator to join a remote-first technical team. You will manage Oracle databases and Unix/Linux infrastructure, ensuring availability, security and performance across customer environments.

The role covers daily backups, recovery, patching, tuning, and automation with Bash scripting, plus collaboration with developers on schema design. Occasional travel to the South Wales office may be required.

Qualifications

• Solid commercial experience supporting enterprise Oracle databases, ideally 11g/19c or newer.
• Experience with Unix/Linux administration in enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with backup, recovery and performance tuning concepts.

Responsibilities

• Carry out daily checks across databases, backups, filesystems and tablespaces, identifying errors and capacity issues.
• Investigate failed services and other database or system issues.
• Manage Oracle backups and recovery using RMAN.
• Perform expdp/impdp schema refreshes, including full and data-only refreshes.
• Monitor and tune database performance, including SQL, long-running processes and SGA/PGA.
• Install, patch and upgrade Oracle database software and associated tools.
• Manage database users, roles, privileges and security policies.
• Support database deployments and work with developers on schema design and troubleshooting.
• Maintain and support Unix/Linux environments alongside the Oracle database estate.
• Automate routine tasks using Bash scripting and Windows batch scripting.

Skills

Oracle DBA

SQL/PLSQL

Unix/Linux admin

RMAN

Data Guard

RAC

ASM

Bash scripting

SSH

SFTP

Telnet

Batch scripting

TOAD

SQL Developer

DBeaver

Education

Oracle OCP or similar certification

Tools

TOAD

SQL Developer

DBeaver

Job description

IntaPeople is seeking an experienced Oracle DBA / Unix Administrator to join a remote-first technical team. You will manage Oracle databases and Unix/Linux infrastructure, ensuring availability, security and performance across customer environments.

The role covers daily backups, recovery, patching, tuning, and automation with Bash scripting, plus collaboration with developers on schema design. Occasional travel to the South Wales office may be required.