Oracle DBA Architect/Lead

Senior Infrastructure Architect / Database Service Delivery Lead

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Infrastructure Architect / Database Service Delivery Lead to lead enterprise-scale infrastructure and database service delivery across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.

The successful candidate will be responsible for infrastructure and database architecture, service delivery governance, operational excellence, cloud transformation, automation and stakeholder management.

The role requires strong hands‑on experience with Oracle databases, alongside broad expertise across enterprise database platforms, cloud infrastructure and ITIL service management.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Database Architecture

• Lead the architecture, design and continuous improvement of enterprise infrastructure and database environments.
• Provide technical leadership for Oracle database environments, including architecture, performance, availability and scalability.
• Define scalable and resilient architecture standards across on‑premises and cloud platforms.
• Provide technical direction across Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and DB2 environments.
• Design and implement High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), backup, replication and business continuity solutions.
• Lead database migration, upgrade, consolidation and transformation initiatives.
• Develop infrastructure and database roadmaps aligned with business and technology requirements.

Service Delivery & ITIL Governance

• Lead end‑to‑end service delivery across Incident, Problem, Change, Release and Service Request Management.
• Establish and maintain service delivery standards, SLA/KPI governance and operational processes.
• Lead major incident management and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities for critical production issues.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve service stability, availability and operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with security, audit and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate technical teams to identify and implement preventive and corrective actions.

Cloud & Transformation

• Lead cloud adoption and migration initiatives across Microsoft Azure and AWS environments.
• Support migration and modernisation of database workloads to cloud platforms.
• Develop hybrid and multi‑cloud infrastructure strategies.
• Drive infrastructure modernisation, automation and operational transformation.
• Identify opportunities to improve scalability, performance and cost efficiency.

Automation & DevOps

• Drive automation initiatives across infrastructure and database operations.
• Utilise tools such as Ansible, Python and Shell/Bash scripting to automate operational processes.
• Develop automated health checks, patching, incident remediation and recovery processes.
• Support CI/CD and automated deployment processes where applicable.

Stakeholder & Team Management

• Act as a senior technical point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Engage with senior management and technology leadership on infrastructure strategy, service performance and transformation initiatives.
• Lead and mentor infrastructure, database and engineering teams.
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams during major incidents, transformation projects and technical implementations.
• Conduct regular service reviews and recommend continuous improvement initiatives.

Technical Skills

Mandatory

• Oracle Database – strong enterprise‑level experience
• Oracle RAC
• Oracle ASM
• Oracle Data Guard
• Oracle GoldenGate
• Oracle database administration, architecture and performance management

Database Platforms

• Microsoft SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• DB2 LUW

Cloud Platforms

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure SQL
• AWS
• AWS RDS
• VMware

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

• Oracle RAC & ASM
• Oracle Data Guard
• Oracle GoldenGate
• SQL Server AlwaysOn
• Failover Clustering
• Log Shipping
• Database Mirroring
• PostgreSQL Streaming Replication

Automation & DevOps

• Ansible
• Python
• Shell / Bash Scripting
• CI/CD
• Infrastructure Automation
• Automated Incident Remediation

IT Service Management

• ServiceNow
• CA Service Desk
• HPSM
• ITIL Framework
• Incident Management
• Problem Management
• Change Man