Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Hybrid Working – Blackpool or Newcastle (60% onsite)
Initial 2-Month Contract
Up to £700 per day (Inside IR35)
Active SC Clearance Required
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer with deep expertise in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Exadata to join a large-scale enterprise data platform environment.
This is an opportunity to work within a highly skilled infrastructure team supporting mission-critical services, delivering cloud-based database solutions, driving automation initiatives, and providing technical leadership across complex Oracle environments.
The role requires a hands-on engineer who can balance strategic technical input with day-to-day operational delivery, supporting both ongoing platform development and business-as-usual activities.
What You'll Be Doing
Leading the design, implementation and support of enterprise infrastructure services.
Providing expert technical guidance across Oracle database and cloud technologies.
Supporting and enhancing mission-critical Oracle platforms.
Acting as a senior escalation point for complex technical issues and major incidents.
Working closely with senior stakeholders to influence infrastructure strategy and roadmap planning.
Mentoring engineers and helping develop technical capability across the wider team.
Driving automation through Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools.
Supporting migration, upgrade and modernisation initiatives.
Ensuring infrastructure services meet security, resilience and compliance requirements.
Essential Skills & Experience
Oracle & Database Technologies
* Strong recent experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
* Oracle RAC administration and support.
* Oracle Data Guard configuration and management.
* RMAN Backup and Recovery.
* Oracle RDBMS experience from 11.2 through to 23ai.
* Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) and OCI Database Management.
* Patching and upgrade experience.
* Experience supporting highly available, business-critical database environments.
Exadata
* Hands-on Exadata administration and configuration experience.
* OCI Base Database and Exadata deployment experience.
Cloud & Automation
* Strong Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) knowledge.
* AWS experience.
* Terraform development and troubleshooting.
* Ansible automation and support.
* Git version control and repository management.
Security & Infrastructure
* Network segregation within cloud environments.
* Database and transport encryption technologies.
* Secure authentication implementation, including OIDC.
* Experience operating within secure and regulated environments.
Migration & Data Platform Tooling
* Oracle Data Pump.
* Oracle GoldenGate.
* Oracle Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM).
* Migration testing across Oracle and cloud platforms.
Operating Systems
* Linux administration.
* AIX experience.
What We're Looking For
You will be a technically strong infrastructure specialist with a proven track record of supporting and improving enterprise-scale Oracle environments. You'll be comfortable working across operational support, technical leadership and solution design while collaborating with engineers, stakeholders and suppliers.
The ideal candidate will combine deep Oracle expertise with strong cloud, automation and infrastructure engineering skills, bringing valuable experience that supports both immediate delivery needs and longer-term platform development.
Requirements
Active SC Clearance is essential.
Ability to work onsite in Blackpool or Newcastle approximately 60% of the time.
Available for an initial 2-month contract engagement.
Rate: Up to £700 per day (Inside IR35) plus approved travel and accommodation expenses where applicable.
If you're an experienced OCI and Exadata specialist looking