Oracle Database Administrator

Oracle DBA Contractor – 6 months contract (inside IR35) – Hybrid in Central Edinburgh

Evolve IT Recruitment is working with a highly respected financial services organisation seeking an experienced Oracle DBA to join a critical technology function supporting large-scale, business-critical platforms. This is a hands-on role where you’ll take ownership of core Oracle environments, ensuring performance, stability, and security across a complex hybrid estate spanning on-prem and cloud. You’ll be joining a team at the centre of key technology initiatives, including cloud adoption, platform modernisation, and DevOps-driven database delivery.

What you’ll be doing

- Managing and optimising enterprise Oracle database platforms

- Ensuring availability, resilience, and performance of production systems

- Delivering upgrades, patching, backup and recovery (RMAN) and tuning

- Supporting advanced Oracle technologies including Data Guard, RAC and OEM

- Contributing to cloud transformation projects across OCI and Azure

- Working closely with engineering teams on automation, CI/CD, and DevOps pipelines

- Supporting incident, problem and change processes in a regulated environment

Essential experience

- Strong experience as an Oracle DBA in enterprise production environments

- Deep knowledge of Oracle 19c (and ideally newer versions)

- Solid experience across Data Guard, RMAN, SQL and PL/SQL

- Exposure to cloud platforms, ideally OCI and/or Azure

- Linux and scripting experience

- Strong troubleshooting ability and a proactive approach to system stability

Desirable skills

- Experience supporting SQL Server alongside Oracle

- Exposure to Azure SQL / Managed Instance environments

- Knowledge of RAC, Exadata or APEX

- Background in financial services or similarly regulated environments

If that sounds of interest then please get in touch, we are shortlisting for the role over the next 48 hours.