📍 Location: London (Canary Wharf)
⏳ Duration: 12-Month Contract
💼 Workstream: Finance / Operations Reporting Modernisation
Are you an experienced Solution Architect / Lead Engineer with deep expertise in Oracle Analytics, Python, and legacy Access modernization? We are looking for a hands-on Lead Architect to drive the end-to-end migration and modernization of an enterprise Microsoft Access & Oracle reporting environment into a modern Oracle Analytics Server (OAS), BI Publisher, and Python-driven automation architecture.
Role Overview
In this role, you will lead the assessment, design, build, and deployment of a replacement reporting framework for a legacy MS Access/VBA application. You will work across data layer engineering, OAS/BI Publisher builds, Python ETL/automation, and stakeholder engagement within a financial services / enterprise environment.
🔑 Key Responsibilities
Discovery & Assessment: Inventory legacy MS Access databases (.mdb/.accdb), linked tables, pass-through queries, macros, and VBA logic to define target-state architecture.
Oracle DB Engineering: Develop and tune complex Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, views, materialized views, and stored procedures. Analyze execution plans, AWR/ASH evidence, and TEMP/PGA usage for high-volume workloads.
OAS & BI Publisher: Build interactive OAS dashboards, analyses, and BI Publisher data models, layouts, bursting, and automated schedules.
Python Automation: Design production-grade Python scripts (pandas, oracledb, SQLAlchemy, openpyxl, etc.) to replace Access macros, automate extraction, and deliver automated report packs.
Testing & Delivery: Conduct parallel runs, complete data reconciliation, establish rollback plans, and deliver production runbooks and team support handovers.🎯 Required Experience & Skills
8+ years of Oracle DB development and SQL performance tuning.
5+ years in OAS / OBIEE and BI Publisher development.
5+ years in Python development for data extraction, transformation, and reporting automation.
3+ years migrating legacy Microsoft Access / VBA applications.
Strong experience in Financial Services or highly regulated enterprise environments preferred.
Experience with DevOps concepts, Git, CI/CD, and enterprise schedulers (e.g., Control-M, Autosys).How to Apply
If you are a seasoned Solution Architect / Lead Engineer ready to take ownership of an enterprise reporting modernization project, apply now or drop a message directly! (url removed)
Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
Salary description
£500.00 - £505.00 per day