Data Center Deployment Readiness Lead

Oracle; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle seeks a Deployment Readiness Engineer to bridge program management, engineering, LVVs, and Data Center Build teams. You will own upfront technical reviews, validate BOMs, rack layouts, and dependencies, and drive readiness for field deployment.

The role requires coordinating with multiple stakeholders, tracking milestones, and mitigating risks to ensure on-time capacity delivery across complex data-center projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience with data center, telecommunications, or low-voltage deployments.
• 5+ years of structured cabling infrastructure experience, including copper and optical fiber.
• Ability to review and validate deployment documentation (cut sheets, patching matrices/schedules, BOMs, rack layouts, hardware requirements).
• Knowledge of network infrastructure, connectivity, networking layers, and testing/validation methodologies.
• Experience coordinating or managing low-voltage vendors and contractors in complex deployment environments.
• Strong project-management skills, including scoping, scheduling, dependency management, resource planning, risk management, and critical-path management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate technical issues and risks to stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently while coordinating across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Ingest new data center build and capacity deployment projects and drive them through deployment readiness.
• Conduct comprehensive technical reviews of project requirements before field execution.
• Validate hardware requirements, BOMs, cut sheets/patching documentation, rack layouts, and associated deployment requirements.
• Identify technical gaps, omissions, inconsistencies, and dependencies early to prevent delays.
• Review project scope, schedules, milestones, resources, and critical-path activities to confirm execution readiness.
• Coordinate RFQ activities and vendor engagement required to support deployment.
• Develop and coordinate early-access plans to maximize deployment readiness and accelerate capacity delivery.
• Ensure required materials, documentation, resources, and dependencies are validated before handoff to field engineering teams.
• Serve as a central coordination point throughout the deployment lifecycle from intake to field handoff.
• Partner with Data Center Build, Technical Program Managers, Delivery teams, Automation teams, and stakeholders to align scope and execution.
• Attend project meetings and translate decisions into guidance for field engineering stakeholders.
• Track milestones, deliverables, risks, and blockers across multiple projects.
• Identify schedule risks and drive mitigation plans before delays.
• Escalate issues with clear impact assessments and resolutions.
• Maintain clear communication regarding status, risks, decisions, and changes.
• Review Design Change Requests for impact and coordinate implementation across teams.
• Evaluate time-bound impacts of changes on materials and schedules.
• Ensure revised requirements are communicated to responsible teams.
• Coordinate closely with LV vendors to meet scope and quality expectations.
• Support RFQ, planning, readiness, and execution activities with vendors.
• Conduct vendor reviews to assess progress and risks and drive corrective actions.

Skills

Data center deployments

Structured cabling

Project management

Vendor coordination

Technical review

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Documentation review

Job description

Oracle seeks a Deployment Readiness Engineer to bridge program management, engineering, LVVs, and Data Center Build teams. You will own upfront technical reviews, validate BOMs, rack layouts, and dependencies, and drive readiness for field deployment.

The role requires coordinating with multiple stakeholders, tracking milestones, and mitigating risks to ensure on-time capacity delivery across complex data-center projects.