Oracle Batch Developer

Role: Oracle Batch Developer

Location: UK Remote but occasional client site visits in either Newcastle or Manchester

Duration: 6 Months

Day rate: £510 Umbrella Only

Candidates are required to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Batch Developer to support a major Government department operating a highly integrated, mission-critical Oracle 19c OLTP environment. This role supports backend workloads that underpin essential business processes across multiple government departments and local authorities.

You will play a key role in maintaining, optimising, and modernising the batch processing estate, ensuring the performance, reliability, and stability of a system that supports thousands of users and vital public services.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimise Pro*C, PL/SQL, and shell script-based batch processes.
• Support a high-volume OLTP environment across custom Oracle applications and Oracle E-Business Suite.
• Analyse and modernise legacy code, working within multi-disciplinary teams to understand requirements, propose technical options, and prototype solution approaches.
• Deliver robust, performant code and conduct performance testing in high-volume, transaction-driven environments.
• Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of a mission-critical platform used across numerous government functions.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Pro*C
• PL/SQL
• Shell scripting (bash/ksh)
• Experience developing and supporting batch workloads and high-volume OLTP systems within Oracle custom or Oracle Apps/EBS environments.
• Proven analytical capability, including:
• Legacy code analysis
• Working with multidisciplinary teams
• Providing technical input into solution design
• Rapid prototyping of solution approaches
• Ability to deliver highly performant, resilient, and maintainable code.
• Experience with performance testing in demanding, high-transaction environments.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Oracle encryption, key management, and DBMS_CRYPTO.
• Exposure to containerising workloads and migrating services to AWS EKS.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in GitLab.
• Knowledge of AWS services.
• Operational experience with:
• Autosys (job scheduling)
• Dynatrace (observability)
• Prometheus (monitoring)