Job Description
governance of our Oracle database estate, with a specific focus on Oracle Exadata platforms. Based in our London office, this role is central to our mission to deliver high-performance, scalable, and secure database services to support critical business applications.
As a strategic and hands-on role, the Oracle Database Architect will shape our database infrastructure strategy, advise on Exadata performance tuning and capacity planning, and work closely with developers, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to ensure robust and future-proof database solutions.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:
Serve as the technical authority for the design, architecture, and performance of Oracle database platforms, with an emphasis on Exadata for Production workloads.
Deliver and maintain strategic roadmap for Trafigura’s use of Oracle technologies.
Lead the implementation, maintenance and optimisation of Oracle platforms, including smart scans, hybrid columnar compression, and storage indexes.
Define and enforce best practices around database performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and capacity planning.
Work collaboratively with application teams to align data architecture with application performance and scalability goals.
Design and review data models, physical schemas, and partitioning strategies for large-scale transactional and analytical systems.
Oversee database versioning, patching, and platform upgrades—ensuring minimal downtime and business disruption.
Provide architectural input into migration initiatives (e.g., incumbent to Oracle, or Oracle to alternative database offering, e.g. AWS Redshift).
Implement and enforce database security policies and compliance standards.
Collaborate with application architects, platform engineers, developers and business analysts to deliver consistent and resilient data services.
Correct budgeting for Oracle database technologies
Document technical designs, configurations, and operational procedures.
Specialist Knowledge:
Solid understanding of Oracle Exadata including configuration / patching.
Experience using OEM including installation, upgrades, administration and monitoring.
Hands-on experience deploying and managing Oracle RAC, Dataguard, ASM, RMAN, Performance Tuning, backup, restore, recovery, cloning, installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, security and troubleshooting.
Good understanding of programming languages such as Python, ksh, Ansible etc.
Very good understanding of Delphix and the deployment of virtual databases.
Experience managing positive outcomes in a outsource environment.
Vendor management including procurement and negotiation of license agreements.
Strong knowledge of security and compliance controls within Oracle database environments
Knowledge of database licensing models and optimisation strategies for enterprise cost control
Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or Oracle Certified Master (OCM) certification.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science; information technology or a related field.
Relevant Oracle certifications are highly desirable.
As a strategic and hands-on role, the Oracle Database Architect will shape our database infrastructure strategy, advise on Exadata performance tuning and capacity planning, and work closely with developers, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to ensure robust and future-proof database solutions.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:
Serve as the technical authority for the design, architecture, and performance of Oracle database platforms, with an emphasis on Exadata for Production workloads.
Deliver and maintain strategic roadmap for Trafigura’s use of Oracle technologies.
Lead the implementation, maintenance and optimisation of Oracle platforms, including smart scans, hybrid columnar compression, and storage indexes.
Define and enforce best practices around database performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and capacity planning.
Work collaboratively with application teams to align data architecture with application performance and scalability goals.
Design and review data models, physical schemas, and partitioning strategies for large-scale transactional and analytical systems.
Oversee database versioning, patching, and platform upgrades—ensuring minimal downtime and business disruption.
Provide architectural input into migration initiatives (e.g., incumbent to Oracle, or Oracle to alternative database offering, e.g. AWS Redshift).
Implement and enforce database security policies and compliance standards.
Collaborate with application architects, platform engineers, developers and business analysts to deliver consistent and resilient data services.
Correct budgeting for Oracle database technologies
Document technical designs, configurations, and operational procedures.
Specialist Knowledge:
Solid understanding of Oracle Exadata including configuration / patching.
Experience using OEM including installation, upgrades, administration and monitoring.
Hands-on experience deploying and managing Oracle RAC, Dataguard, ASM, RMAN, Performance Tuning, backup, restore, recovery, cloning, installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, security and troubleshooting.
Good understanding of programming languages such as Python, ksh, Ansible etc.
Very good understanding of Delphix and the deployment of virtual databases.
Experience managing positive outcomes in a outsource environment.
Vendor management including procurement and negotiation of license agreements.
Strong knowledge of security and compliance controls within Oracle database environments
Knowledge of database licensing models and optimisation strategies for enterprise cost control
Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) or Oracle Certified Master (OCM) certification.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science; information technology or a related field.
Relevant Oracle certifications are highly desirable.
💡 Quick Summary
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