The team, position & mission:
Orange Business is looking for an experienced Oracle Database Consultant to join our Database Department in Oslo, delivering and operating mission-critical database services for private and public sector customers across Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server and related technologies, with a main focus on Oracle environments supporting some of Norway’s and Sweden’s most business-critical systems.
In this role, you will design, operate, maintain and improve Oracle database platforms for internal and external customers, ensuring high availability, performance, security and compliance across the full database lifecycle, from architecture, installation, configuration, patching and upgrades to backup and recovery, tuning, troubleshooting, automation and operational excellence.
We are looking for a customer-focused consultant with strong technical expertise, excellent communication skills and the ability to own complex challenges, mentor colleagues, lead technical initiatives and drive improvements in close collaboration with customers, project teams, architects and infrastructure specialists.
Your key areas of responsibility as a Oracle Database Consultant:
Resolve complex incidents, own problem management activities and lead root cause investigations in line with agreed procedures and SLAs.
Design, review and implement customer change requests, database improvements, installations, migrations, upgrades, patching and maintenance activities.
Administer and optimize Oracle Database environments, including performance tuning, capacity management, backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions.
Manage Oracle High Availability solutions such as Data Guard, GoldenGate and related technologies.
Collaborate with customers, architects, project managers and internal technical teams on projects, service improvements and technical transformations.
Conduct health checks, proactive assessments and technical reviews while driving automation, standardization and operational efficiency.
Ensure database security best practices, vulnerability remediation, CVE follow-up and compliance across environments.
Mentor junior colleagues, share knowledge and contribute to service development and strategic improvements within the database practice.
As an ideal candidate you have:
You are structured, service-minded and passionate about high-quality solutions, with strong analytical skills, excellent communication abilities and extensive experience in enterprise database environments.
Moreover, you should have:
Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience as a Database Administrator, Database Consultant or equivalent.
Strong Oracle Database administration expertise in production environments, including Oracle Database 12c, 19c and newer versions, Data Guard, RMAN, Oracle Enterprise Manager, performance tuning, SQL optimization, patching and upgrades.
Experience with Linux/Unix, scripting and automation tools such as Shell, Python, Ansible, Terraform or similar.
Good understanding of database security, compliance and hardening practices.
Experience from cloud, hosting or managed services environments is an advantage, and additional database technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server are beneficial.
Strong customer-facing skills and experience working directly with enterprise customers.
Fluent Norwegian and English, both written and spoken.
Security requirements
Due to the nature of some of our customer engagements, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain Norwegian security clearance. A background check may therefore be conducted as part of the recruitment process.
What we offer you:
A permanent position based in Oslo, Norway, with access to a modern and collaborative office environment.
Opportunities to work with business-critical systems and leading-edge database technologies.
A highly skilled community of experts and architects.
Professional development, certifications, and continuous learning opportunities.
An open, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
Competitive compensation and benefits package.
We may work with tomorrow’s technology, but at our core we are a people-oriented organization
A community of experts - as Digital Natives, we put innovation at the heart of our expertise
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About Orange Business:
Orange Business is a leading network and digital integrator company with 30 000 experts located in offices in 65 countries worldwide, and part of the Orange Group.
We combine our history as a telco operator with the rigor of a network and connectivity expert and the agility of a global digital solutions integrator. Our joint mission is to help innovate, drive and lead them in their digital transformation challenges and business strategies in key digital domains, including Cloud, Customer Experience, and Data & AI. As an agile and fast-moving digital business partner, the business line offers trusted end-to-end solutions and products that help businesses in a wide range of industries in the private and public sector transform their operations, enhance customer experience, and drive growth.
With our digital expertise, we are a strategic partner of Orange Business objectives to be a leading network and digital integrator with our team as a key growth engine.
The process:
We screen applications on an ongoing basis, with the aim of conducting conversations and interviews as we receive them.
Interested but feel that you don't match the criteria 100%? We encourage you to apply anyway! We believe in the potential of diverse skill sets, perspectives and individuality. We want to encourage everyone to be their authentic selves and your unique capabilities may align perfectly with our team's needs! Your perfect match might be the next job we are announcing, so why not have a head start and apply now!
Are you interested to read more about Orange Business? Visit our Website or follow our LinkedIn account.
At Orange Business, our ambition is to become the leading european Network and Digital Integrator by leveraging our proven expertise in next-generation connectivity solutions, the cloud and cybersecurity.
Our 30,000 women and men are present in 65 countries, where every voice counts. Together, we are driven by the same determination and the same team spirit, to build the digital solutions of today and tomorrow and create a positive impact for our customers, for their employees and for the planet.
We offer exciting opportunities through innovative projects in data and digital, cloud, AI, cybersecurity, IoT, or digital workspace and big data.
Join us and be part of this adventure!
