Senior Oracle DBA – High Availability, RMAN, SC Cleared

Ferns IT Consultancy Ltd; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ferns IT Consultancy Ltd seeks an experienced Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) to manage and support business-critical Oracle database environments. The role involves installing, patching, upgrading, monitoring performance, and ensuring high availability.

You will handle RMAN backups, Data Guard, capacity planning, and security. The position requires SC clearance and the ability to work in secure IT environments. This is a permanent vacancy.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience administering Oracle databases in production environments.
• Proficient with Oracle 12c/19c+ and SQL/PLSQL.
• Experience with RMAN backups and Data Guard.
• Strong Linux/Unix and shell scripting skills.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, patch, upgrade and maintain Oracle databases.
• Monitor database availability, performance and capacity.
• Troubleshoot and resolve database and performance issues.
• Manage backups, restores and recovery using RMAN.
• Support Oracle Data Guard and high-availability environments.
• Perform SQL/PLSQL performance tuning and optimisation.
• Manage database security, users, roles and permissions.
• Perform database migrations, cloning and environment refreshes.
• Support production releases and disaster recovery activities.
• Maintain database documentation and operational procedures.

Skills

Oracle DBA

Data Guard

RMAN

Linux/Unix

SQL/PLSQL

Performance tuning

Shell scripting

Secure environments

Disaster recovery

Production support

Job description

Ferns IT Consultancy Ltd seeks an experienced Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) to manage and support business-critical Oracle database environments. The role involves installing, patching, upgrading, monitoring performance, and ensuring high availability.

You will handle RMAN backups, Data Guard, capacity planning, and security. The position requires SC clearance and the ability to work in secure IT environments. This is a permanent vacancy.