Senior Exadata Oracle DBA - Remote/Hybrid Contract

HCL Technologies Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a proactive Exadata specialist to lead production support for high‑performance Oracle databases in a global 24x7 environment. The role focuses on Exadata health checks, migrations, resource management, and patching/upgrades, with strong emphasis on automation and scripting.

You will work across Solaris/Linux/AIX, collaborate with offshore teams, and engage in performance tuning, backup/recovery, and data migration using RMAN and Data Pump, while supporting a

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of Oracle DBA production support with Exadata.
• Demonstrable experience managing high-performance databases in production.
• Experience with Exadata on OCI or Oracle Cloud@Customer.
• Strong automation and scripting skills (Python/Ansible).
• Experience with CRS/GRID Infrastructure and Dataguard.

Responsibilities

• Perform Exadata health checks, migrations, and resource management.
• Handle patching/ upgrades and performance tuning for Exadata environments.
• Conduct backup and recovery using RMAN, datapump and export/import.
• Manage databases with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control.
• Support a 24x7 global operations model and coordinate with offshore teams.

Skills

Exadata platform

Oracle RAC

Oracle ASM

Dataguard

Oracle Cloud OCI

Ansible

Python

Shell scripting

Troubleshooting

Grid Control

ITIL Change Mgmt

Performance tuning

24x7 support

Offshore coordination

Offshore vendors

Tools

Ansible

Python

RMAN

Data Pump

Export/Import

OEM Grid Control

Job description

HCL Technologies Limited is seeking a proactive Exadata specialist to lead production support for high‑performance Oracle databases in a global 24x7 environment. The role focuses on Exadata health checks, migrations, resource management, and patching/upgrades, with strong emphasis on automation and scripting.

You will work across Solaris/Linux/AIX, collaborate with offshore teams, and engage in performance tuning, backup/recovery, and data migration using RMAN and Data Pump, while supporting a