Oracle Application Database Administrator
Posted 1 day ago by Lorien
£500 Per day
Inside
Onsite
Kensington, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Oracle Systems Admin Manager role at the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea involves leading the governance and operational management of the Oracle Fusion platform. The position requires a strong focus on system performance, security, and continuous improvement, while also providing technical leadership and managing incidents. The successful candidate will oversee service delivery and stakeholder communication, ensuring high service performance across the organization. This is a critical role within a high-profile local authority project.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead strategic governance, configuration, and optimisation of the Oracle Fusion platform
- Ensure system performance, scalability, resilience, and high availability
- Oversee incident, problem, change, and release management in line with ITIL best practices
- Implement proactive monitoring across logs, metrics, and alerts to prevent system failures
- Manage external managed service providers and ensure SLA compliance
- Provide senior stakeholder communication, escalation management, and reporting
- Ensure robust documentation, configuration management, and system governance
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing system administration team
- Produce strategic performance and incident reporting to inform senior leadership
Key Skills:
- Strong Oracle Fusion HCM experience, particularly transitioning to Oracle Absence Case Management solutions for statutory absences
- Local Authority / Public Sector experience
- Proven experience leading Oracle platform governance, system administration, and service delivery
- Strong stakeholder management and leadership capability
Salary (Rate): £500 per day
City: Kensington
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Oracle Systems Admin Manager – Contract
Location: Kensington, London (Onsite 2–3 days per week)
Duration: 3 months
Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35)
Client: Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Role Overview
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) is seeking an experienced Oracle Systems Admin Manager to lead the governance, performance, stability, and operational management of the Oracle Fusion platform. This is a critical role ensuring the reliability, security, and continuous improvement of core enterprise systems. The successful candidate will act as the Oracle System Administration Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing technical leadership, managing incidents and change, overseeing suppliers, and ensuring high service performance across the organisation.
Key Requirements (Essential)
- Strong Oracle Fusion HCM experience , particularly transitioning to Oracle Absence Case Management solutions for statutory absences
- Local Authority / Public Sector experience
- Proven experience leading Oracle platform governance, system administration, and service delivery
- Strong stakeholder management and leadership capability
Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategic governance, configuration, and optimisation of the Oracle Fusion platform
- Ensure system performance, scalability, resilience, and high availability
- Oversee incident, problem, change, and release management in line with ITIL best practices
- Implement proactive monitoring across logs, metrics, and alerts to prevent system failures
- Manage external managed service providers and ensure SLA compliance
- Provide senior stakeholder communication, escalation management, and reporting
- Ensure robust documentation, configuration management, and system governance
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing system administration team
- Produce strategic performance and incident reporting to inform senior leadership
Why Apply?
- High-profile Local Authority project
- Competitive contract rate
- Opportunity to lead enterprise-scale Oracle operations
- Work within a collaborative and forward-thinking digital environment