Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineer

Job Description

Role:
Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Location :
Hybrid Blackpool/Newcastle Duration: 12-month contract

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with strong, recent hands‑on experience in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Oracle Exadata to join a high‑profile programme.

This is a senior technical role focused on:

• Leading and supporting Oracle-based infrastructure services in OCI and Exadata environments.
• Providing BAU operational support alongside complex design and problem‑solving.
• Acting as a technical SME and escalation point, including major incident management.
• Supporting team upskilling and knowledge sharing.
• Contributing to cloud and infrastructure strategy and delivery.

Candidates must demonstrate strong, recent experience (within last 5 years) in:

• Oracle & Database Technologies Oracle RDBMS (11.223ai)
  Oracle Exadata and Base Database in OCIOracle RAC, ASM, AFD, HANFS, TAFData Guard configuration and supportRMAN backup and recoveryOEM and OCI Database Management, Patching, upgrades, and high availability mission‑critical environments
  
  Cloud & Infrastructure Strong OCI experience (critical requirement)
  AWS experience (especially network segregation/security)
  Linux and/or AIX environments
  
  Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) including debugging
  
  Security & Dev Ops Network  segmentation in cloud environments
  
  Data encryption (in transit and at rest, Oracle-focused )OIDC authentication (Git Lab runners)
  Git repository management
  
  Data Migration & Tools Datapump, Golden Gate, ZDMigration testing in Oracle/AWS environmentsAdditional

• Oracle Multitenant, TDE, TLSExadata configuration and optimisation
  
  Supporting highly available enterprise database platforms

• Deep OCI + Exadata expertise (must‑have)
• Strong Oracle DBA/infrastructure background
• Ability to support BAU while contributing to design and strategic work
• Proven experience in enterprise-scale, mission‑critical