Technical Delivery Lead - Oracle database Migration to GCP

QCA – Technical Delivery Lead – Database Migration (Oracle)

About Us:

ClearRoute is an engineering consultancy bridging Quality Engineering, Cloud Platforms and Developer Experience. We help enterprises reliably bring high-impact digital products to market faster, cheaper, and safer, working with technology leaders facing complex business challenges.

We take as much pride in our people, culture and work-life balance as we do in making better software. We’re not just making better software. We’re making the making of software better. Collaborative, entrepreneurial and dedicated to problem solving, we bring the step change our customer need to sustain innovation. Our values challenge us to do the best we can for ClearRoute, our customers and most importantly our team. This is an opportunity for you to build the organisation from the ground up, use your voice to drive change and help transform organisations and problem domains.

Role:

We are currently recruiting for a Technical Delivery Lead for an Oracle database Migration to GCP. The role is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end execution of the migration project, ensuring systems are successfully moved to Google Cloud Platform on time and within scope. The role is a hands-on delivery leadership role focused on driving complex, multi-team cloud migration with strong emphasis on stakeholder management, risk control, and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery working with a multi-vendor team including a cloud engineer, junior cloud engineer, DBA and 3rd party testing.

• Manage tight migration schedules, tracking progress and resolving blockers rapidly

• Coordinate external dependencies across application teams, security teams, DBAs, and infrastructure stakeholders

• Liaise with application owners to align on migration windows, cutover readiness, and acceptance criteria

• Manage scope carefully — protecting the migration blueprint while handling change requests and emerging risk

• Report progress and escalate issues back to the programme leadership group

• Run stand-ups, sprint planning, and governance checkpoints across both teams

• Maintain risk and dependency logs; proactively chase down resolution

• Facilitate cutover planning and support go-live coordination

• Facilitate transition to BAU support team.

Required Skills & Experience:

Must Have:

• Proven delivery management experience on cloud migration programmes, specifically migrating an Oracle database to Cloud (ideally GCP)

• Experience managing multiple parallel workstreams or teams simultaneously

• Strong stakeholder management — comfortable working across technical and non-technical audiences

• Demonstrated ability to manage scope and schedule pressure in a complex enterprise environment

• Familiarity with Oracle database workloads and the concepts around database migration (ZDM, GoldenGate, or similar tooling)

• Experience coordinating cutovers and managing cutover risk

• Strong risk and dependency management discipline

Nice to Haves

• Hands-on background in cloud or database encgineering (helps with credibility and technical conversations)

• Experience with GCP

• Familiarity with Oracle ZDM or GoldenGate migration tooling

• Experience in retail environment.

• Agile or SAFe delivery experience

• GCP or cloud certifications

At ClearRoute, we believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes, and inclusion creates the conditions for everyone to thrive. We are proud to have built a family friendly working environment and have many employees who have caring responsibilities alongside work. We welcome applications from people who require flexibility and will be happy to discuss needs on an individual basis.

We are committed to fostering a culture where all team members feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We celebrate individuality and our differences and understand that some differences may mean that you require changes made to the interview process. We are happy to cater to your needs to make the interview accessible, if this is something you require please let us know by emailing us at [email protected]