Senior Linux, AIX & Oracle DBA – Banking Location: London (Hybrid) Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term Contract Salary: Competitive + excellent benefits

We’re working with an international banking organisation looking to hire a Senior Linux, AIX & Oracle Database Administrator to join their infrastructure team.

This is a hands-on role supporting mission-critical banking and finance platforms, with a particular focus on Oracle environments, Linux/AIX administration, and core banking systems.

The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the stability, performance, security and scalability of critical platforms within a highly regulated environment.

The role

• Administer and optimise Oracle databases within critical banking platforms
• Manage and maintain Linux (RHEL/Oracle Linux) and AIX environments
• Perform upgrades, patching, tuning and performance optimisation across infrastructure and database layers
• Support backup, recovery and disaster recovery processes using RMAN and Data Guard
• Work closely with application and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot production issues
• Automate routine administration tasks through scripting and tooling
• Ensure compliance with security, governance and regulatory standards
• Participate in incident response and on-call support for production systems

What we’re looking for

• Strong experience in Oracle DBA administration, including RAC, ASM and performance tuning
• Solid hands-on Linux and AIX administration experience
• Experience supporting Oracle environments within banking or financial services
• Strong SQL, PL/SQL and Unix scripting capability
• Experience with shell scripting and automation tools
• Understanding of enterprise monitoring and logging tools
• Familiarity with ITIL environments and change management processes
• Strong troubleshooting and stakeholder communication skills

Highly desirable

• Experience supporting Oracle Flexcube environments
• Exposure to Oracle ERP platforms
• Experience within highly regulated financial environments

Why apply

• Join a well-established banking environment supporting critical systems
• Work across complex Oracle and infrastructure platforms
• High-impact role within a stable, enterprise environment
• Long-term contract opportunity with strong project exposure