Instructional Designer – Data Center Critical Facilities Training

Oracle; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 91,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Oracle in Nashville, TN invites an Instructional Designer to build and scale training for critical facilities operations across multiple data center campuses. You will partner with technical SMEs, operations, and engineering to transform complex information into structured curricula, assessments, and hands-on learning solutions.

You will lead the development of role-based programs, ensure measurable outcomes, and support LMS administration, documentation, and governance as Oracle expands its

Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing technical, operational, or workforce training programs.
• Knowledge of adult-learning principles and instructional design methodologies.
• Experience creating instructor-led, digital, virtual, or blended learning solutions.
• Experience developing assessments and measuring learning effectiveness.
• Strong writing, editing, facilitation, and visual-communication skills.
• Ability to learn complex technical concepts and convert them into clear instruction.
• Ability to collaborate with SMEs and clarify technical content.
• Strong project-management, organization, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Proficiency with common learning-development, presentation, and content-authoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop role-based curricula and qualification pathways for critical facilities operations personnel.
• Partner with technical SMEs to analyze job tasks, performance requirements, knowledge gaps, and training needs.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, practical learning experiences for adult learners.
• Develop instructor-led, virtual, digital, blended, and hands-on learning solutions.
• Create course outlines, facilitator guides, participant materials, job aids, technical references, and performance-support tools.
• Develop written assessments, practical evaluations, knowledge checks, and qualification criteria.
• Apply instructional design methodologies to ensure training is measurable and aligned with outcomes.
• Support training for new-site launches, commissioning, equipment turnover, onboarding, remediation, and development.
• Maintain curriculum governance, version control, review cycles, and standardized templates.
• Incorporate lessons learned and updates into training revisions.
• Coordinate pilot delivery, collect performance data, and improve programs based on results.
• Support learning management system administration, course assignment, completion tracking, and reporting.
• Manage multiple concurrent development projects and deadlines.
• Help establish common instructional design standards for the Training Center of Excellence.

Skills

Curriculum design

Adult learning

Instructional design

Assessments

Writing & editing

Complex concepts

SME collaboration

Project management

Multitasking

Content authoring tools

Education

Instructional design degree

Tools

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

Job Description

This role will partner with technical subject matter experts, Operations, Engineering, Commissioning, and other stakeholders to transform complex technical information into structured curricula, qualification pathways, assessments, instructor‑led courses, digital learning, and performance‑support tools. Because the organization is in an early stage of development, this position will have significant influence over how training standards, learning processes, and workforce development programs are established and scale across multiple data center campuses.

• Success Measures Success in this role will be demonstrated through: Delivery of high-quality curricula aligned with operational and launch milestones. Consistent use of standardized learning materials across supported campuses. Reduced time required to develop, review, and release priority training. Improved learner readiness, first-pass assessment results, and time-to-qualification. Effective collaboration between Training, technical SMEs, and Operations. Timely integration of lessons learned, equipment changes, and operational requirements. Development of scalable programs that strengthen internal technical capability and help reduce long-term reliance on external vendors.
• Work Model This role is part of a centralized Training Center of Excellence based in Nashville, TN and supports multiple data center campuses. Periodic travel may be required to conduct needs assessments, observe job performance, support pilot delivery, collaborate with site stakeholders, and evaluate training effectiveness.
• Opportunity and Impact This is an opportunity to help build a technical training organization from the ground up. The Instructional Designer will play a central role in defining how Oracle develops, qualifies, and advances its critical facilities workforce—creating learning programs that directly influence site readiness, operational consistency, employee capability, and the long-term maturity of the data center operations organization.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop role‑based curricula and qualification pathways for critical facilities operations personnel.
• Partner with technical SMEs to analyze job tasks, performance requirements, knowledge gaps, and training needs.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, practical learning experiences for adult learners.
• Develop instructor‑led, virtual, digital, blended, and hands‑on learning solutions.
• Create course outlines, facilitator guides, participant materials, job aids, technical references, and performance‑support tools.
• Develop written assessments, practical evaluations, knowledge checks, and qualification criteria.
• Apply instructional design methodologies to ensure training is measurable, repeatable, and aligned with operational outcomes.
• Support training required for new‑site launches, commissioning, equipment turnover, employee onboarding, remediation, and continuing development.
• Maintain curriculum governance, version control, review cycles, and standardized templates.
• Incorporate operational lessons learned, procedure changes, equipment updates, and learner feedback into training revisions.
• Coordinate pilot delivery, collect performance data, and improve programs based on measurable results.
• Support learning management system administration, course assignment, completion tracking, and reporting as needed.
• Manage multiple concurrent development projects while balancing launch dates, operational priorities, and stakeholder requirements.
• Help establish common instructional design standards and development processes for the Training Center of Excellence

Required Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing technical, operational, or workforce training programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of adult‑learning principles and instructional design methodologies.
• Experience creating instructor‑led, digital, virtual, or blended learning solutions.
• Experience developing assessments and measuring learning effectiveness.
• Strong writing, editing, facilitation, and visual‑communication skills.
• Ability to learn complex technical concepts and convert them into clear, structured instruction.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with SMEs and challenge or clarify technical content when needed.
• Strong project‑management, organization, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Proficiency with common learning‑development, presentation, and content‑authoring tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting data centers, critical facilities, utilities, manufacturing, engineering, aviation,
• energy, or another technically complex operating environment.
• Experience developing competency‑based qualification or certification programs.
• Experience creating practical performance evaluations and hands‑on training materials.
• Familiarity with learning management systems, curriculum governance, and training analytics.
• Experience supporting new‑site launches, workforce ramps, or rapidly growing organizations.
• Relevant degree or professional certification in instructional design, education, organizational development, learning technology, or a related field.

Qualifications

Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client‑facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $91,400 - $187,000 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non‑overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

Career Level - IC4

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