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

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.

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.