Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) | Contract Opportunity

Melbourne (Preferred) | Hybrid Working | Initial 6-Month Contract | Immediate Start Available

We are partnering with a leading enterprise organisation undertaking a significant technology transformation and are seeking an experienced Oracle Database Administrator (DBA) to join their team on a contract basis.

While the role offers hybrid flexibility, our client is ideally seeking a Melbourne-based consultant who can collaborate closely with local stakeholders and project teams when required.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a complex enterprise environment, supporting critical Oracle platforms while contributing to ongoing optimisation, resilience, and modernisation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor and maintain Oracle database environments across development, test, and production.
• Perform database installation, configuration, upgrades, patching and migrations.
• Manage backup and recovery processes using RMAN and Oracle recovery tools.
• Monitor database performance and implement tuning and optimisation strategies.
• Support high availability and disaster recovery solutions including Oracle Data Guard.
• Maintain database security, user access controls and compliance standards.
• Investigate and resolve database incidents, outages and performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application and project teams to support business-critical initiatives.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as an Oracle DBA within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Oracle Database 12c, 19c and/or 21c.
• Demonstrated expertise across:
  • Oracle RAC
  • Oracle Data Guard
  • RMAN
  • ASM (Automatic Storage Management)
  • Database performance tuning and optimisation
• Experience performing database upgrades, migrations and patching activities.
• Strong understanding of backup, recovery and disaster recovery practices.
• Experience supporting Oracle databases on Linux platforms.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and stakeholder engagement skills.

Nice to Have

• Exposure to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Experience supporting Exadata environments.
• Scripting and automation experience using Shell, Python or Ansible.
• Experience within utilities, financial services, government or other complex regulated environments.

What's on Offer

• Initial 6-month contract with strong extension potential.
• Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale technology initiatives.
• Hybrid working environment with flexibility.
• High-performing and collaborative technology team.
• Competitive market rates.

If you're an experienced Oracle DBA looking for your next contract engagement and would like to be part of a major technology transformation, we'd welcome a confidential discussion.

Melbourne-based candidates will be highly regarded, although exceptional interstate candidates may also be considered.