Senior Oracle Developer

Senior Oracle Developer
Location: Glasgow
Working Pattern: Hybrid, 2 to 3 days per week onsite
Client: Financial Services
Duration: 01 July 2026 to December 2026
Rate: Up to £300 per day inside IR35

Key Responsibilities
* Design, develop, test, and maintain Oracle database solutions.
* Develop and enhance Oracle SQL and PL/SQL code, including stored procedures, packages, functions, triggers, and views.
* Analyse business and technical requirements and translate them into robust database solutions.
* Support the maintenance and improvement of existing Oracle-based applications and data processes.
* investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve database and application-related issues.
* Perform SQL query optimisation and database performance tuning.
* Support data migration, data cleansing, and data transformation activities where required.
* Work closely with business analysts, developers, testers, infrastructure teams, and project stakeholders.
* Produce and maintain technical documentation, including design notes, support documentation, and code specifications.
* Ensure development work follows agreed standards, governance, and change control processes.
* Support testing, defect resolution, release activities, and production implementation.
* Provide technical guidance and support to other members of the team where required.

Essential Skills and Experience

* Strong commercial experience as an Oracle Developer or Senior Oracle Developer.
* Excellent Oracle SQL and PL/SQL development skills.
* Experience developing stored procedures, packages, functions, triggers, views, and complex queries.
* Strong understanding of relational database design and data modelling principles.
* Proven experience in performance tuning and query optimisation.
* Ability to analyse and troubleshoot complex database issues.
* Experience working with large-scale or business-critical systems.
* Good understanding of software development life cycle practices.
* Experience working in structured project or service delivery environments.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Ability to work independently and take ownership of assigned development tasks.

Desirable Skills
* Experience working in public sector, financial services, education, or similarly regulated environments.
* Experience supporting Legacy Oracle applications
* Knowledge of Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Oracle APEX, ODI, or other Oracle development tools.
* Experience with Unix/Linux Scripting.
* Experience with data migration, ETL, or batch processing.
* Experience using source control tools such as Git, SVN, or similar.
* Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
* Previous experience working in an outsourced IT services or client delivery environment.