Oracle Database Administrator Rate - £500 - £575 Inside IR35 (Total to umbrella) Duration - 6 months Location - Remote working (Some requirement into Glasgow or Newcastle for workshops) A client of ours within the Financial Services space is looking for an experienced Oracle DBA consultant to join them on a 6 month initial contract with limited time on site in Glasgow or Newcastle (On site for workshops). You would be required to: Provide effective and proactive database support & maintenance for many of the bank's critical production services, which spans across multiple database technologies (predominately Oracle & SQL Server). Provide database administrative support and guidance in the shape of: Database lifecycle support (provisioning / deletion / patching / upgrading / migrating) Back-up and Recovery Monitoring and Alerting Change and Incident Management Troubleshooting and Problem Solving Tuning and Optimisation Disaster Recovery Collaborate with other teams and escalating where necessary to Lead Database Engineers to ensure operational issues are resolved within agreed SLAs. Required skills: A strong understanding and experience of database administration (across Oracle and SQL Server) Ability to troubleshoot Production issues in an analytical manner and make recommendations to resolve issues and/or deliver enhancements. Experience of undertaking database builds, patching, migrations and upgrades. Experience of High Availability and Disaster Recovery Methods including setup, troubleshooting and support - Oracle RAC, Oracle Restart, ASM, Oracle Data Guard & SQL Server Always on High Availability. Database Performance Tuning and Optimisation skills. Experience of using Oracle Enterprise Manager. Oracle / Red Hat Linux, Windows, AIX, and Solaris Operating System experience. To display collaborative behaviours and excellent verbal / written communication skills. ITIL Service Management awareness (Incident, Change & Problem Management processes).