Senior Data Center Facilities Engineer (ONSITE: SHACKELFORD, TEXAS)

Oracle; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 91,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a skilled Data Center Operations professional to maintain critical infrastructure and support on-site data center activities. You will contribute to monitoring SLAs, manage incidents, and collaborate with engineering and facilities teams to drive improvements.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience in data center operations, preventative maintenance, and CMMS proficiency, with a strong focus on safety and governance.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in operating data center critical infrastructure, critical facility operations, or related field.
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, or related field AND 4 years of experience in operating data center critical infrastructure, critical facility operations, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Independently manages work, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet requirements.
• Collaborates across teams to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives.
• Identifies and addresses standard and non-standard issues, escalating complex cases as needed.
• Documents critical changes and participates in change advisory board (CAB) meetings.

Skills

Preventative Maintenance

Risk Management

Permits to Work

CMMS

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Process Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Job Description

Contributes to tracking and monitoring ongoing Data Center critical infrastructure maintenance and repair for all service lines to pre-defined service level agreements (SLAs). Participates in managing incidents that impact Data Center infrastructure services and the proactive and timely resolution of such incidents. Supports on-site data centers operations in relation to the engineering infrastructure. Contributes to the creation and upkeep of best-in-class policies and procedures. Participates in training programs for newer members of the team.

Job Description

Contributes to tracking and monitoring ongoing Data Center critical infrastructure maintenance and repair for all service lines to pre-defined service level agreements (SLAs). Participates in managing incidents that impact Data Center infrastructure services and the proactive and timely resolution of such incidents. Supports on-site data centers operations in relation to the engineering infrastructure. Contributes to the creation and upkeep of best-in-class policies and procedures. Participates in training programs for newer members of the team.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Critical Environment Maintenance Support

• Contributes to tracking and monitoring ongoing critical infrastructure maintenance and repair for all service lines to pre-defined service level agreements (SLAs) to ensure service uptime is maintained to the highest standards and that faults are dealt with promptly.
• Employs working operating knowledge of engineering systems to engage in standard diagnostics and repairs, escalating blockers or obstacles when needed.
• Applies knowledge of Oracle processes, procedures, and industry standards to resolve routine issues.
• Identifies and shares opportunities for system-level enhancements.
• Participates in evaluating the suitability of components, processes, or action plans.

Incident Management and Operation Improvement

• Participates in managing incidents that impact data center critical infrastructure and timely resolution of such incidents.
• Contributes to collaboration with design, construction, commissioning, facility engineering, and data center operations teams to properly integrate the new engineering design systems to existing data center.
• Engages with operational optimization and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Ensures alignment of own work with safe working practices.
• Follows established emergency operations plans when responding to emergency incidents or abnormal events, escalating issues as needed.

Data Center Operations Management

• Supports on-site data centers operations in relation to the engineering infrastructure.
• Participates in communications to ensure that operational requirements and specifications are flagged, raised, and addressed by the appropriate team.
• Adheres to developed standards and policy through the review of documentation, participates in commissioning activities, design summits, and data center commissioning or reviews.
• Documents critical impacting changes and represents engineering in change advisory board (CAB) meetings.

Engineering Design, Leadership, and Governance

• Collaborates with senior team members and supports a project or other design and engineering initiatives.
• Supports project team members in delivering specific aspects of data centers for Oracle.
• Contributes to the development of policy documents by collaborating with team members.
• Contributes to the creation and upkeep of best-in-class policies and procedures. Helps prepare technical reports to document findings, communicate progress, and support project or design decision-making.

Training and Knowledge Sharing

• Participates in training programs for newer members of the team.

Additional Responsibilities (as Needed)

Colocation Vendor Management

• Provides input for effective contract administration, including supporting the generation and review of contracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and other pertinent documents.
• Helps ensure that adequate resources are available, such as spare parts, generator fuel, water, and consumables.
• Managing vendor and contractor scheduling and site access, contributes to the completion and execution of work per Oracle expectations and safe-working practices.

Core Responsibilities

Planning & Execution

• Independently manages work, monitoring timelines and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet requirements. Proactively prioritizes work and adapts to resource or timeline shifts, suggesting adjustments to maintain project efficiency.

Collaboration & Partnership

• Collaborates across teams to align on expectations and achieve shared objectives. Builds and maintains a comprehensive understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to build and support effective partnerships. Actively listens to diverse perspectives and asks questions to ensure understanding of others.

Problem Solving

• Independently identifies and addresses standard and non-standard issues in accordance with standard practices, escalating more complex issues as appropriate. Analyzes data and/or information from multiple sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors. Contributes to knowledge sharing and best practices.

Continuous Learning

• Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking to build knowledge and new skills and/or tools and staying current with industry trends and best practices. Seeks out and leverages feedback and training to improve skills. Contributes to a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing with team members.

Continuous Improvement

• Develops ideas and recommends updates to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within a team. Seeks input from team members on alternative approaches and methods for improving work.

Minimum Job Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

8 years of experience in operating data center critical infrastructure, critical facility operations, or related field

OR

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, or related field AND 4 years of experience in operating data center critical infrastructure, critical facility operations, or related field.

Job Skills

• Preventative Maintenance: Demonstrated ability to conduct preventative maintenance to ensure equipment/system reliability over time.
• Risk Management: Demonstrated ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks to ensure successful outcomes.
• Permits to Work: Demonstrated compliance management of permit-to-work processes and requirements for safe operations.
• Computerized Maintenance Management Software: Demonstrated proficiency in managing maintenance using CMMS tools.

Preferred Job Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

9 years of experience in operating data center critical infrastructure, critical facility operations, or related field

OR

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, or related field AND 5 years of experience in operating data center critical infrastructure, critical facility operations, or related field.

Co-location vendor management

1 year of experience working with operation and maintenance of building systems, uninterruptible power supply generators, cooling, building automation, and fire and life safety systems.

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: $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 - IC3

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