Lead Principal Data Center Facilities Engineer

Oracle; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

Oracle is seeking an experienced engineering SME to oversee data center delivery processes, maintenance, and repair of critical infrastructure across global sites. You will lead change management, governance, and operational excellence with autonomy to improve reliability, safety, and efficiency.

You will serve as the principal escalation point for complex electrical, mechanical, and controls issues, influence multi-year planning, harmonize practices across regions and vendors, and engage in

Responsibilities

• Define and govern enterprise standards for preventive and predictive maintenance across electrical, mechanical, liquid to chip, and life-safety systems; ensure consistent execution and documentation across all sites.
• Lead advanced diagnostics for systemic reliability issues; drive remediation programs that eliminate recurring failure modes and materially improve site availability and energy efficiency.
• Set performance targets and reliability KPIs; establish dashboards and audits to validate adherence to SLAs and regulatory requirements.
• Lead high-severity incident response across regions; coordinate rapid stabilization, stakeholder communications, and executive updates; ensure durable corrective and preventive actions are implemented at scale.
• Institutionalize standardized root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies and CAPA governance; track cross-site action closure and effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain enterprise emergency operations plans; run simulation exercises and implement continuous improvements based on lessons learned.
• Lead technical oversight for site assessments, design reviews, uptime requirements, commissioning strategy, and integrated systems testing on high-priority builds and retrofits.
• Approve commissioning documentation and acceptance criteria; validate performance against design intent, reliability targets, and maintainability standards before handover.
• Drive cross-functional alignment (design, construction, commissioning, operations) to integrate new systems with existing infrastructure and tooling.
• Serve as principal SME for complex and novel scenarios in operations of mission-critical systems (power, cooling, BAS, fire/life safety); leads CAB process for change management and operational readiness for upgrades and expansion.
• Govern operational procedures, MOP/SOP/EOP standards, and access controls; ensure safe work practices and audit readiness across all facilities.
• Align operations with capacity, performance, and sustainability objectives; oversee optimization initiatives that reduce PUE, improve utilization, and control operating costs.
• Provides SME technical support for contract negotiations including generation and review of contracts, change orders and due diligence validation.
• Define and maintain best-in-class policies, technical standards, and playbooks; chair engineering review boards and the process for high-risk changes.
• Provide senior engineering guidance for complex design challenges, lifecycle strategies, and modernization roadmaps.
• Prepare and review technical reports and business cases that guide investment decisions and long-horizon planning.
• Define competency standards and training curricula for facilities teams and partners; mentor senior engineers and lead cross-site knowledge-sharing forums.
• Develop and deliver advanced training on complex systems, incident response, and change management; certify proficiency for high-risk procedures.
• Publish lessons learned and best practices from RCAs, commissioning, and optimization programs to uplift global operational maturity.
• Spearheads collaboration with design, facility engineering, and operations teams to validate designs, influence decision-making, and ensure tenant improvement works alignment with operations objectives.
• Set organizational vendor strategy and performance expectations; oversee selection, onboarding, and governance for colocation partners and critical service providers.
• Ensure contract compliance, safety adherence, and availability of critical spares, consumables, and fuel; direct the most complex escalations and joint remediation for systemic issues.

Job description

Job Description

Serves as the engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all data center delivery process related to maintenance and repair of critical infrastructure from liquid to chip. Leads and executes the needed efforts related to change management, administration and performing maintenance and repair in mission critical environments. Focus on representing needs of consultation for deployment for new delivery/capacity. Operates with the highest autonomy to drive reliability, safety, compliance, and efficiency across global sites, setting standards and governance for design, operations, maintenance, commissioning, and change management. Serves as the principal engineering escalation point for novel and complex and ambiguous issues spanning electrical, mechanical, and controls systems; formulates advanced, scalable solutions that reduce risk and elevate service uptime, cost efficiency, and operational maturity. Influences multi-year planning and portfolio decisions across design, construction, commissioning, and operations; harmonizes practices across regions and vendors, and represents the function in executive discussions and post-incident reviews.

Job Description

Serves as the engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all data center delivery process related to maintenance and repair of critical infrastructure from liquid to chip. Leads and executes the needed efforts related to change management, administration and performing maintenance and repair in mission critical environments. Focus on representing needs of consultation for deployment for new delivery/capacity. Operates with the highest autonomy to drive reliability, safety, compliance, and efficiency across global sites, setting standards and governance for design, operations, maintenance, commissioning, and change management. Serves as the principal engineering escalation point for novel and complex and ambiguous issues spanning electrical, mechanical, and controls systems; formulates advanced, scalable solutions that reduce risk and elevate service uptime, cost efficiency, and operational maturity. Influences multi-year planning and portfolio decisions across design, construction, commissioning, and operations; harmonizes practices across regions and vendors, and represents the function in executive discussions and post-incident reviews.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Critical Environment Maintenance Support

• Define and govern enterprise standards for preventive and predictive maintenance across electrical, mechanical, liquid to chip, and life-safety systems; ensure consistent execution and documentation across all sites.
• Lead advanced diagnostics for systemic reliability issues; drive remediation programs that eliminate recurring failure modes and materially improve site availability and energy efficiency.
• Set performance targets and reliability KPIs; establish dashboards and audits to validate adherence to SLAs and regulatory requirements.

Incident Management and Operation Improvement

• Lead high-severity incident response across regions; coordinate rapid stabilization, stakeholder communications, and executive updates; ensure durable corrective and preventive actions are implemented at scale.
• Institutionalize standardized root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies and CAPA governance; track cross-site action closure and effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain enterprise emergency operations plans; run simulation exercises and implement continuous improvements based on lessons learned.

Site Commissioning and Build

• Lead technical oversight for site assessments, design reviews, uptime requirements, commissioning strategy, and integrated systems testing on high-priority builds and retrofits.
• Approve commissioning documentation and acceptance criteria; validate performance against design intent, reliability targets, and maintainability standards before handover.
• Drive cross-functional alignment (design, construction, commissioning, operations) to integrate new systems with existing infrastructure and tooling.

Data Center Operations Management

• Serve as principal SME for complex and novel scenarios in operations of mission-critical systems (power, cooling, BAS, fire/life safety); leads CAB process for change management and operational readiness for upgrades and expansion.

Govern operational procedures, MOP/SOP/EOP standards, and access controls; ensure safe work practices and audit readiness across all facilities.

Align operations with capacity, performance, and sustainability objectives; oversee optimization initiatives that reduce PUE, improve utilization, and control operating costs.

Provides SME technical support for contract negotiations including generation and review of contracts, change orders and due diligence validation.

Engineering Design, Leadership, and Governance

• Define and maintain best-in-class policies, technical standards, and playbooks; chair engineering review boards and the process for high-risk changes.

Provide senior engineering guidance for complex design challenges, lifecycle strategies, and modernization roadmaps (e.g., controls upgrades, UPS/generator strategies, cooling transformations).

Prepare and review technical reports and business cases that guide investment decisions and long-horizon planning.

Training and Knowledge Sharing

• Define competency standards and training curricula for facilities teams and partners; mentor senior engineers and lead cross-site knowledge-sharing forums.

Develop and deliver advanced training on complex systems, incident response, and change management; certify proficiency for high-risk procedures.

Publish lessons learned and best practices from RCAs, commissioning, and optimization programs to uplift global operational maturity.

Additional Responsibilities (as Needed)

Colocation Vendor Management

• Spearheads collaboration with design, facility engineering, and operations teams to validate fdesigns, influence decision-making, and ensure tenant improvement works alignment with operations objectives.

Set organizational vendor strategy and performance expectations; oversee selection, onboarding, and governance for colocation partners and critical service providers.

Ensure contract compliance, safety adherence, and availability of critical spares, consumables, and fuel; direct the most complex escalations and joint remediation for systemic issues.

Use performance analytics and SLAs to drive continuous improvement and cost optimization with vendors across the Organization.

Core Responsibilities

Collaboration & Partnership

• Influences cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to gain alignment on strategic objectives. Fosters partnerships with key business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers, identifying opportunities for expanding partnerships and promoting long-term organizational success. Champions transparency and inclusivity by actively seeking, listening to, and incorporating diverse perspectives.

Continuous Improvement

• Drives implementation of ideas that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across the department. Seeks and integrates diverse feedback on approaches and methods for continued improvement to enhance efficiencies and ensure changes align with organizational goals.

Planning & Execution

• Manages and provides direction on timelines and budgets for critical high-impact projects, ensuring timely completion and adherence to requirements. Anticipates and plans for shifts in resources or timelines based on changing business priorities, ensuring optimal outcomes.

Problem Solving

• Leads specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts, serving as an escalation point for highly complex issues. Guides others to leverage innovative data-driven techniques to address ambiguous or novel issues, identify root causes, and implement solutions that prevent future issues.

Continuous Learning

• Leverages deep industry knowledge and expertise within a specialty area to serve as a thought leader within the organization. Maintains and evolves expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards, ensuring the organization remains current with best practices. Champions continuous learning, promoting professional development across teams. Applies new knowledge to drive advancement and mentors others to do the same.

Qualifications

Disclaimer

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: $126,200 - $264,100 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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.

As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.

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