Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineer

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.

Core Purpose of the Role

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

Essential Skills & Experience

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

Oracle & Database Technologies

Oracle RDBMS (11.223ai)

Oracle Exadata and Base Database in OCI

Oracle RAC, ASM, AFD, HANFS, TAF

Data Guard configuration and support

RMAN backup and recovery

OEM 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 & DevOps

Network segmentation in cloud environments

Data encryption (in transit and at rest, Oracle-focused preferred)

OIDC authentication (GitLab runners)

Git repository management

Data Migration & Tools

Datapump, GoldenGate, ZDM

Migration testing in Oracle/AWS environments

Additional Desirable Experience

Oracle Multitenant, TDE, TLS

Exadata configuration and optimisation

Supporting highly available enterprise database platforms

Key Requirements Summary

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 environments