Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote or Saint Paul, Minnesota
Summary: Our client is seeking a senior-level Oracle Infrastructure consultant to address a critical infrastructure failure within their Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 environment running on Oracle VM. The consultant will be responsible for stabilizing the Oracle VM, protecting production, and avoiding a full bare-metal rebuild in a high-risk recovery scenario. This role requires deep hands-on expertise and strong judgment in production environments, particularly in no-backup situations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Diagnose and troubleshoot Oracle VM Manager and OVS failures
- Review system services, logs, and Oracle VM configuration to identify root cause
- Determine whether Oracle VM can be safely restarted or repaired
- Advise on risks and validate safe recovery actions in a no-backup scenario
- Enable safe migration on and off servers once OVM is operational
- Provide clear guidance on next steps to stabilize production
- Support the client via screen sharing and live walkthroughs
Key Skills:
- Senior-level hands-on experience with Oracle VM and Oracle VM Server
- Strong experience supporting Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 environments
- Proven background in infrastructure recovery and production issue response
- Comfort operating in high-risk, no-backup scenarios
- Deep understanding of virtualization failures and recovery paths
- Experience with legacy Oracle environments with long uptimes
Salary (Rate): £64.00 hourly
City: Saint Paul
Country: United States
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Description
Our client is running Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 within an Oracle VM (OVM) environment and is currently experiencing a critical infrastructure and virtualization failure following a hardware incident. They are seeking a senior-level Oracle Infrastructure consultant to stabilize Oracle VM, protect production, and avoid a full bare-metal rebuild. This is a high-risk recovery engagement with no current backup, requiring deep hands-on expertise and strong judgment in production environments.
Current Environment
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2
Oracle VM / Oracle VM Server (OVS) 3.4.6
WebLogic in use
MySQL running
Application and database tiers virtualized
Oracle VM Manager previously running with over 5 years of uptime
Key Responsibilities
Diagnose and troubleshoot Oracle VM Manager and OVS failures
Review system services, logs, and Oracle VM configuration to identify root cause
Determine whether Oracle VM can be safely restarted or repaired
Advise on risks and validate safe recovery actions in a no-backup scenario
Enable safe migration on and off servers once OVM is operational
Provide clear guidance on next steps to stabilize production
Support the client via screen sharing and live walkthroughs
Requirements
Senior-level hands-on experience with Oracle VM and Oracle VM Server
Strong experience supporting Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 environments
Proven background in infrastructure recovery and production issue response
Comfort operating in high-risk, no-backup scenarios
Deep understanding of virtualization failures and recovery paths
Experience with legacy Oracle environments with long uptimes
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