Principal Oracle Consultant

iStaff Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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Principal Professional Services Engineer | Enterprise Architecture | Remote (UK)

We’re adding a Principal Professional Services Engineer to a senior consulting team that partners with customers on complex infrastructure and cloud initiatives. This is not a support or operations role. Instead, you’ll be trusted to architect solutions, influence technical direction, and deliver outcomes across database platforms and modern cloud environments.

• Leading architecture and design efforts for enterprise‑scale database and infrastructure solutions
• Acting as a technical advisor to clients, translating business needs into scalable, resilient systems
• Designing high‑availability and performance‑driven environments across on‑prem and cloud platforms
• Collaborating with sales and delivery teams in a revenue‑driving consulting capacity
• Supporting implementations at an architectural level—
  without owning production support
• A seasoned Oracle professional (
  10+ years
  ) with strong infrastructure and architecture depth
• Experience owning full solution designs rather than isolated components
• Background in consulting or professional services (large consultancies or enterprise vendors preferred)
• Hands‑on exposure to platforms such as Oracle RAC, Exadata
  , and similar high‑performance systems
• Practical cloud experience (
  AWS, Azure, or GCP
  ) spanning multiple years
• Ability to script and automate using tools like Bash, Power Shell, Python, or Perl
• Strong client communication skills—you’re comfortable presenting, advising, and influencing

• Troubleshooting across networking and storage layers (DNS, firewalls, SAN/NFS performance)
• Working knowledge of other database technologies (Postgres, SQL Server, Mongo
  
  DB)
• Familiarity with data governance, masking, and regulatory frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA)
• Systems administration experience in Linux/UNIX or Windows environments
• Exposure to multi‑cloud or hybrid architectures
• Base salary up to £110,000
• 20% bonus
  , paid reliably each quarter
• Fully remote role with minimal travel (up to 10%)
• Strong benefits and long‑term career growth potential
• Preference for London‑based professionals, but open across the UK

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This role is ideal for engineers who want to stay technical while operating at a strategic, architectural level—without being tied to on‑call rotations or support queues.