About this role
Salary: £60,000 - 60,000 per year
Requirements
- Solid commercial experience administering Oracle databases in a production environment, preferably within an infrastructure or database operations team.
- Experience with Oracle Database administration, preferably Oracle 19c or later.
- Experience with backup and recovery, performance tuning, monitoring, patching and database maintenance.
- Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).
- Experience administering or supporting Oracle WebLogic.
- Experience with Linux operating systems and shell scripting.
- Experience with high-availability and disaster recovery technologies, ideally Oracle Data Guard or RAC.
- Knowledge of database security, troubleshooting and operational support.
- Experience with Oracle Engineered Systems, virtualised infrastructure or automation tooling is beneficial but not essential.
- A proactive approach to maintaining production systems and the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and maintain Oracle databases to support availability, performance, capacity and security across production and non-production environments.
- Manage database backups, restores, recovery procedures and disaster recovery processes, including regular testing.
- Investigate and resolve database performance issues, carrying out tuning and optimisation as needed.
- Support database patching, upgrades, migrations and environment refreshes.
- Administer and maintain Oracle Enterprise Manager and support Oracle WebLogic environments.
- Work with the development team to support applications built using Oracle APEX and PL/SQL.
- Support high-availability and disaster recovery arrangements across the organisations infrastructure.
- Use Linux shell scripting and automation to improve routine administration and operational processes.
- Contribute to database security, access controls and compliance requirements in a regulated environment.
Technologies
- Apex
- Support
- Linux
- Oracle
- SQL
- Security
More
We are recruiting two experienced Oracle Database Administrators for an established financial services organisation in Cheshire that is investing in and developing its internal technology platforms. The organisation operates a predominantly on-premises Oracle environment supporting business-critical banking applications and systems. Youll join an established, relatively small and collaborative IT team, working with DBAs, infrastructure engineers and application developers across a varied Oracle environment.
The role is based in Northwich and offers hybrid working: three days per week in the office and two from home, with new starters generally expected to spend more time onsite during their first three months. The salary is up to £60,000, with a discretionary annual bonus, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service) and additional benefits. There is ongoing investment in the technology estate and opportunities to develop your technical skills and work with experienced colleagues.
Previous financial services experience is not required, and there is scope to develop knowledge of the organisations Oracle technologies and infrastructure. Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
last updated 46 week of 2026