Senior Data Center Reliability & Infrastructure 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

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