Senior Oracle Database Administrator

JR United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the cloud services sector is seeking a Senior Oracle Database Administrator to join their expanding Cloud DevOps team in Glasgow. The role involves automating and managing Oracle Database Autonomous Recovery Service, addressing complex cloud infrastructure challenges, and participating in an out-of-hours on-call rota. Ideal candidates will have robust experience with Oracle technologies and the ability to communicate effectively within a team.

Qualifications

• Technical expertise in Terraform, Oracle Database, RMAN, and Exadata.
• Prior SRE experience managing production cloud services.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Automate and improve Oracle Database Autonomous Recovery Service.
• Solve complex problems related to infrastructure cloud services.
• Participate in on-call rota for cloud operations team.

Skills

Terraform

Oracle Database

RMAN

Exadata

Python

Perl

Unix Shell

SQL

PL/SQL

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Senior Oracle Database Administrator, Glasgow

Client: Oracle

Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

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EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 4

Posted: 31.05.2025

Expiry Date: 15.07.2025

Job Description:

Oracle Database Administrator, UK

Requirement: British Passport holder and willingness to undergo UK Gov Security clearance

Are you a seasoned Site Reliability Engineer or Cloud DevOps guru?

Are you a backup, restore and recovery expert?

If you are, we are looking for you to join our exciting growing Cloud DevOps team.

Automate, problem solve, and work on improving the latest Oracle Cloud Service - Oracle Database Autonomous Recovery Service.

Solve complex problems related to infrastructure cloud services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence.

Our team is responsible for creating and managing Oracle Database Autonomous Recovery Service. Our mission is to provide industry-leading data protection services our customers need and depend on.

This exciting new cloud operations team works across a wide range of technologies and teams to deliver this new service. Our team ensures all components of our Recovery Cloud Services work seamlessly together.

We are constantly defining and developing end-to-end automation of complex workflows in the day-to-day management of the Recovery Service.

This team will keep you learning and on your toes, delivering mission-critical services that our customers depend on.

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Technical expertise with two or more areas:

• Terraform, Infrastructure as Code
• Oracle Database
• RMAN
• Exadata

Additionally, we are looking for motivated individuals with:

• Prior SRE experience managing production cloud services
• Prior experience in releasing and maintaining cloud services
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Production experience managing systems or database environments
• Experience with general-purpose systems languages such as Python, Perl, Unix Shell, and/or database languages SQL, PL/SQL

This position requires working an out-of-hours on-call rota. Otherwise, it will be a Mon-Fri role.