Oracle DBA / Unix Admin

Salary: £40,000 - 43,000 per year

Requirements:

• Solid commercial experience supporting enterprise Oracle databases, ideally Oracle 11g, 19c, or newer
• Strong Unix/Linux administration skills
• Strong Oracle DBA experience, including SQL and PL/SQL
• Experience with Oracle internal packages, including XDBADMIN
• Experience with RMAN backup and recovery
• Experience with Data Guard, RAC, and ASM
• Knowledge of Dbvisit would be useful
• Strong Linux/Unix skills, ideally Red Hat, Oracle Enterprise Linux, AIX, or Solaris
• Good understanding of Unix filesystems including ext3, ext4, and ZFS
• Experience with logical volumes, mounting, and SMB
• Experience with SSH, SFTP, and Telnet
• Experience with SSH key generation and public key authentication
• Experience with Bash shell scripting, including tools such as expect
• Experience with Windows batch scripting and PuTTY/Plink
• Experience with tools such as TOAD, SQL Developer, or DBeaver
• Oracle OCP or similar database certification would be beneficial

Responsibilities:

• Carry out daily checks across databases, backups, filesystems, and tablespaces, identifying errors and capacity issues
• Investigate failed services, runaway processes, and other database or system issues
• Manage Oracle backups and recovery using RMAN
• Perform expdp/impdp schema refreshes, including full and data-only refreshes
• Monitor and tune database performance, including SQL, long-running processes, and SGA/PGA
• Install, patch, and upgrade Oracle database software and associated tools
• Manage database users, roles, privileges, and security policies
• Support database deployments and work with developers on schema design and troubleshooting
• Maintain and support Unix/Linux environments alongside the Oracle database estate
• Automate routine tasks using Bash/Unix scripting and Windows batch scripting

Technologies:

• Bash
• Support
• Linux
• Oracle
• SQL
• Security
• SMB
• Unix
• Windows

More:

We are working exclusively with a long-standing client who has started looking for an experienced Oracle DBA / Unix Administrator due to increased workload and client wins. You will join an established technical team supporting customer Oracle database environments and the underlying Unix/Linux infrastructure. The role offers a salary of £40,000 - £43,000 and is a hybrid position, ideally 2-3 days per week in the office. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working across both Oracle databases and Unix/Linux environments rather than a DBA role focused purely on database administration.

last updated 38 week of 2026