Senior Oracle DBA – RMAN, Data Guard & HA

Ferns IT Consultancy Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ferns IT Consultancy Ltd seeks an experienced Oracle Database Administrator to manage and support critical Oracle environments. You will install, patch, monitor, and tune databases, ensuring high availability and robust backups using RMAN.

You will also handle security, migrations, and disaster recovery activities while maintaining clear documentation for operations and support teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive Oracle DBA experience in production environments.
• Proficient in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL.
• Experience with RMAN backups and Data Guard.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, patch, upgrade and maintain Oracle databases.
• Monitor availability, performance and capacity of databases.
• 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 migrations, cloning and environment refreshes.
• Support production releases and disaster recovery activities.
• Maintain database documentation and operational procedures.

Skills

Oracle DBA experience

Oracle 12c/19c

SQL & PL/SQL

RMAN backup & recovery

Oracle Data Guard

Performance tuning

Linux/Unix scripting

Production environments

RAC/ASM/OEM

Tools

RMAN

Job description

Ferns IT Consultancy Ltd seeks an experienced Oracle Database Administrator to manage and support critical Oracle environments. You will install, patch, monitor, and tune databases, ensuring high availability and robust backups using RMAN.

You will also handle security, migrations, and disaster recovery activities while maintaining clear documentation for operations and support teams.