Oracle Database Consultant

Orange Business; Oslo; On-site; NOK 850,000 - 1,150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Modern Oslo office

Professional development

Competitive compensation

People-oriented culture

Global experts

Job summary

Orange Business in Oslo seeks an experienced Oracle Database Consultant to design, operate and optimize mission-critical Oracle database platforms for private and public sector customers, with additional experience in MySQL, PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server.

You will ensure high availability, security and performance across the full lifecycle, mentor colleagues, lead initiatives and collaborate with customers, project teams and infrastructure specialists.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience as a Database Administrator or Consultant.
• Strong Oracle Database administration expertise in production environments.
• Experience with Linux/Unix and scripting for automation.
• Good understanding of database security, compliance and hardening.

Responsibilities

• Resolve complex incidents and lead root cause investigations.
• Design, review and implement customer change requests and upgrades.
• Administer and optimize Oracle environments, including performance tuning and backup/recovery.
• Manage Oracle High Availability solutions such as Data Guard and GoldenGate.
• Collaborate with customers and project teams on technical transformations.
• Conduct health checks and drive automation and standardization.
• Mentor junior colleagues and contribute to service development.

Skills

Oracle DBA

Data Guard

RMAN

SQL optimization

Performance tuning

Linux/Unix

Scripting (Shell/Python)

Automation tooling (Ansible/Terraform)

Customer-facing

Tools

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Shell

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Orange Business is looking for an experienced Oracle Database Consultant to join our Database Department in Oslo, delivering and operating mission-critical database services for private and public sector customers across Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server and related technologies, with a main focus on Oracle environments supporting some of Norway’s and Sweden’s most business-critical systems.

In this role, you will design, operate, maintain and improve Oracle database platforms for internal and external customers, ensuring high availability, performance, security and compliance across the full database lifecycle, from architecture, installation, configuration, patching and upgrades to backup and recovery, tuning, troubleshooting, automation and operational excellence.

We are looking for a customer-focused consultant with strong technical expertise, excellent communication skills and the ability to own complex challenges, mentor colleagues, lead technical initiatives and drive improvements in close collaboration with customers, project teams, architects and infrastructure specialists.

Your key areas of responsibility as a Oracle Database Consultant:

• Resolve complex incidents, own problem management activities and lead root cause investigations in line with agreed procedures and SLAs.
• Design, review and implement customer change requests, database improvements, installations, migrations, upgrades, patching and maintenance activities.
• Administer and optimize Oracle Database environments, including performance tuning, capacity management, backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions.
• Manage Oracle High Availability solutions such as Data Guard, GoldenGate and related technologies.
• Collaborate with customers, architects, project managers and internal technical teams on projects, service improvements and technical transformations.
• Conduct health checks, proactive assessments and technical reviews while driving automation, standardization and operational efficiency.
• Ensure database security best practices, vulnerability remediation, CVE follow-up and compliance across environments.
• Mentor junior colleagues, share knowledge and contribute to service development and strategic improvements within the database practice.

As an ideal candidate you have:

You are structured, service-minded and passionate about high-quality solutions, with strong analytical skills, excellent communication abilities and extensive experience in enterprise database environments.

Moreover, you should have:

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience as a Database Administrator, Database Consultant or equivalent.
• Strong Oracle Database administration expertise in production environments, including Oracle Database 12c, 19c and newer versions, Data Guard, RMAN, Oracle Enterprise Manager, performance tuning, SQL optimization, patching and upgrades.
• Experience with Linux/Unix, scripting and automation tools such as Shell, Python, Ansible, Terraform or similar.
• Good understanding of database security, compliance and hardening practices.
• Experience from cloud, hosting or managed services environments is an advantage, and additional database technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server are beneficial.
• Strong customer-facing skills and experience working directly with enterprise customers.
• Fluent Norwegian and English, both written and spoken.

Security requirements

Due to the nature of some of our customer engagements, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain Norwegian security clearance. A background check may therefore be conducted as part of the recruitment process.

What we offer you:

• A permanent position based in Oslo, Norway, with access to a modern and collaborative office environment.
• Opportunities to work with business-critical systems and leading-edge database technologies.
• A highly skilled community of experts and architects.
• Professional development, certifications, and continuous learning opportunities.
• An open, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• We may work with tomorrow’s technology, but at our core we are a people-oriented organization
• A community of experts - as Digital Natives, we put innovation at the heart of our expertise
• Read more about the benefits we offer here

About Orange Business:

Orange Business is a leading network and digital integrator company with 30 000 experts located in offices in 65 countries worldwide, and part of the Orange Group.

We combine our history as a telco operator with the rigor of a network and connectivity expert and the agility of a global digital solutions integrator. Our joint mission is to help innovate, drive and lead them in their digital transformation challenges and business strategies in key digital domains, including Cloud, Customer Experience, and Data & AI. As an agile and fast-moving digital business partner, the business line offers trusted end-to-end solutions and products that help businesses in a wide range of industries in the private and public sector transform their operations, enhance customer experience, and drive growth.

With our digital expertise, we are a strategic partner of Orange Business objectives to be a leading network and digital integrator with our team as a key growth engine.

The process:

We screen applications on an ongoing basis, with the aim of conducting conversations and interviews as we receive them.