Senior Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

The Role

This position requires a highly technical engineer with strong recent experience across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Exadata, Oracle database technologies and cloud-based infrastructure automation. Alongside project delivery, you will also provide BAU operational support to ensure critical services remain secure, resilient and performant.

Key Responsibilities

* Design, support and optimise Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments.

* Manage and maintain Oracle databases including RAC, Data Guard and RMAN Backup & Recovery.

* Support Exadata and Base Database deployments within OCI.

* Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible.

* Perform database patching, upgrades, migration testing and environment optimisation.

* Configure and maintain highly available Oracle database environments.

* Implement and maintain security controls including network segregation, encryption and secure authentication.

* Manage repositories using Git and support CI/CD delivery practices.

* Support database migration activities using Data Pump, GoldenGate and Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM).

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Essential Experience

* Strong recent experience (within the last five years) working with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

* Hands-on experience with Exadata and OCI database services.

* Oracle Database administration experience across Oracle 11.2 through to 23ai.

* Expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, AFD, HANFS and TAF.

* Data Guard setup, configuration and administration.

* RMAN Backup and Recovery.

* Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) and OCI Database Management.

* Database patching, upgrades and lifecycle management.

* Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical environments.

* Linux and/or AIX operating system experience.

* Experience with AWS cloud technologies would be beneficial.

Desirable Experience

* Oracle Multitenant

* Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

* TLS implementation

* GoldenGate

* Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM)

* OIDC authentication for GitLab runners

Interested?

If you wish to apply, please send:

* Your latest CV - Availability / notice period

* Confirmation of your OCI and Exadata experience

* Your required day rate