Oracle Batch Developer

Posted 1 day 12 hours ago by Experis - ManpowerGroup

£510 Daily
Permanent
Full Time
Other
London, City, United Kingdom, EC4M 9AD
Job Description

Role: Oracle Batch Developer

Location: UK Remote but occasional client site visits in either Newcastle or Manchester

Duration: 6 Months

Day rate: £510 Umbrella Only

Candidates are required to have been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Oracle Batch Developer to support a major Government department operating a highly integrated, mission-critical Oracle 19c OLTP environment. This role supports backend workloads that underpin essential business processes across multiple government departments and local authorities.

You will play a key role in maintaining, optimising, and modernising the batch processing estate, ensuring the performance, reliability, and stability of a system that supports thousands of users and vital public services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop, maintain, and optimise Pro C, PL/SQL, and shell script-based batch processes.
  • Support a high-volume OLTP environment across custom Oracle applications and Oracle E-Business Suite.
  • Analyse and modernise legacy code, working within multi-disciplinary teams to understand requirements, propose technical options, and prototype solution approaches.
  • Deliver robust, performant code and conduct performance testing in high-volume, transaction-driven environments.
  • Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of a mission-critical platform used across numerous government functions.
Essential Skills & Experience
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • Pro C
    • PL/SQL
    • Shell scripting (bash/ksh)
  • Experience developing and supporting batch workloads and high-volume OLTP systems within Oracle custom or Oracle Apps/EBS environments.
  • Proven analytical capability, including:
    • Legacy code analysis
    • Working with multidisciplinary teams
    • Providing technical input into solution design
    • Rapid prototyping of solution approaches
  • Ability to deliver highly performant, resilient, and maintainable code.
  • Experience with performance testing in demanding, high-transaction environments.
Desirable Skills
  • Experience with Oracle encryption, key management, and DBMS_CRYPTO.
  • Exposure to containerising workloads and migrating services to AWS EKS.
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in GitLab.
  • Knowledge of AWS services.
  • Operational experience with:
    • Autosys (job scheduling)
    • Dynatrace (observability)
    • Prometheus (monitoring)