Intermediate Oracle DBA

Intermediate Oracle Database Administrator (Oracle DBA)

Employment Type: 6-Month Contract

Location: Johannesburg or Cape Town (Hybrid)

Work Model: Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office

Start Date: As soon as possible

We are looking for an experienced Intermediate Oracle Database Administrator (Oracle DBA) to join our team on a 6-month contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for the administration, maintenance, optimisation, and support of Oracle database environments, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and reliability across business-critical systems.

This role requires a proactive individual who can work independently while collaborating with infrastructure, development, and application support teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain Oracle Database environments.
  • Perform routine database administration, monitoring, tuning, and optimisation.
  • Monitor database health, storage, and performance to ensure maximum uptime.
  • Manage database backups, restores, and disaster recovery procedures using RMAN.
  • Perform database patching and version upgrades in line with change management processes.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve database performance issues, incidents, and outages.
  • Implement and maintain database security, user access, roles, and privileges.
  • Monitor database capacity and perform storage planning.
  • Develop and maintain database maintenance scripts and automation where applicable.
  • Support application deployments requiring database changes.
  • Work closely with Development, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams during releases.
  • Ensure database environments comply with security and governance standards.
  • Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
  • Participate in after-hours support or standby when required.
Qualifications
  • Relevant Degree, Diploma, or National Certificate in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Oracle Database Administration certification will be advantageous.
Experience
  • 3–5 years' experience as an Oracle Database Administrator.
  • Experience administering Oracle Database 12c, 19c or later.
  • Experience working in medium to large enterprise environments.
  • Experience with production support and high-availability database environments.
  • Experience performing Oracle database migrations and upgrades.
  • Exposure to Linux/Unix operating systems.
Technical Skills
  • Oracle Database Administration
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)
  • RMAN Backup and Recovery
  • Oracle Data Guard
  • Oracle RAC (advantageous)
  • Performance Tuning and Query Optimisation
  • SQL and PL/SQL
  • Database Security Administration
  • Oracle ASM
  • Linux/Unix Administration
  • Shell Scripting
  • Database Monitoring Tools
  • Backup and Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Change Management Processes
  • Incident and Problem Management
Nice-to-Have Experience
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
  • Experience with DevOps environments
  • Automation using Ansible or similar tools
  • Experience with ITIL environments
  • Financial Services, Telecommunications, or Enterprise environments
Competencies
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent troubleshooting ability
  • High attention to detail
  • Ability to prioritise multiple tasks
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to work independently and within a team
  • Good documentation skills
  • Adaptable and able to perform under pressure
Preferred Candidate Profile The ideal candidate is an experienced Oracle DBA who is passionate about maintaining secure, high-performing, and highly available database environments. They are comfortable supporting critical production systems, enjoy troubleshooting complex database issues, and thrive in collaborative enterprise environments.
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