Oracle Infrastructure Engineer

Role Overview

We're looking for an Oracle Infrastructure Engineer for a public sector organisation based in Blackpool or Newcastle (hybrid) on an initial 2-month contract, paying up to £700 per day (Inside IR35).

This is a hybrid role with an expectation to attend the office 3 days per week across the Blackpool or Newcastle locations.

The successful Senior Infrastructure Engineer will join an established infrastructure team, bringing deep hands‑on expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Exadata to support both BAU operational delivery and more complex design activity. You'll help upskill existing colleagues and take on day‑to‑day workload, freeing others to focus on strategic priorities.

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) at a senior level
• Oracle Exadata configuration and support
• Oracle Base Database (RDBMS 11.2 through to 23ai)
• Oracle RAC, including ASM, AFD, HANFS and TAF
• Dataguard set‑up and configuration
• RMAN Backup and Recovery
• Infrastructure as Code, specifically writing and debugging Terraform and Ansible
• Git repository management
• Linux and/or AIX operating system environments

• AWS public cloud technologies
• Network segregation within public cloud environments
• Transport encryption and database encryption options, including Oracle TDE and TLS
• Migration testing via Oracle and AWS tooling
• OEM and OCI Database Management tooling
• Patching and upgrade delivery
• Data migration tooling including Datapump, Golden Gate and ZDM
• Experience supporting highly available, mission‑critical database environments would be a bonus

You’ll need to hold or be eligible to obtain SC clearance for this role.