Principal Data Center Facilities Engineer
Salary
$102k–$210k/ annually
Application completed on Oracle
About This Role
Tracks and monitors ongoing Data Center critical infrastructure maintenance and
repair for all service lines to pre-defined service level agreements (SLAs).
Manages incidents that impact Data Center infrastructure services and the
proactive and timely resolution of such incidents. Conducts site reviews and
assessments to evaluate suitability for data center builds. Acts as the
engineering representative on a wide range of moderately complex on-site
scenarios related to mission critical systems, operations, and functionality.
Provides engineering insight to ensure project or other design initiatives align
with company expectations. Contributes to the identification of training
programs for newer members of the team, acting as a subject matter expert with
many standard systems and trains others on the team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Responsibilities
Critical Environment Maintenance Support:
- Tracks and monitors ongoing critical environment 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 practical operating knowledge of engineering systems to lead standard
diagnostics and repairs, escalating blockers or obstacles when needed.
-Applies knowledge of Oracle processes, procedures, and industry standards to
resolve routine issues.
-Offers suggestions for system-level enhancements to reduce potential problems.
-Evaluates the suitability of components, processes, or action plans.
Incident Management and Operation Improvement:
- Manages incidents that impact data center infrastructure and the proactive and
timely resolution of such incidents.
-Collaborates with design, construction, commissioning, facility engineering,
and data center operations teams to integrate new engineering design systems to
existing data center.
-Proactively drives operational optimization and efficiency improvement
initiatives.
-Evaluates and ensures the safe working practices of others.
-Participates in post-incident reviews by supporting root cause analyses,
documenting lessons learned, and facilitating the execution of Corrective and
Preventive Action Plans (CAPAs) to mitigate recurrence and improve system
resilience.
-Follows established emergency operations plans when responding to emergency
incidents or abnormal events, stabilizing conditions and escalating critical
issues as needed.
Site Commissioning and Build:
-Participates in site reviews and assessments to evaluate suitability for data
center builds, gathering and analyzing technical, environmental, and
infrastructure data to inform decision-making.
-Prepares and/or reviews technical reports to document findings, support
recommendations, and communicate results to stakeholders.
-Participates in design reviews and commissioning activities to ensure alignment
with engineering standards and project requirements.
-Reviews mechanical simulations (e.g., computational fluid dynamics [CFD]
analyses) to assess airflow and thermal performance, identifying and
recommending necessary design adjustments to optimize system efficiency and
reliability, escalating as needed.
Data Center Operations Management:
-Supports and validates on-site data centers operations in relation to the
engineering infrastructure.
-Acts as the engineering representative on a wide range of moderately complex
on-site scenarios related to mission critical systems, operations, and
functionality.
-Engages 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, reviews 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.
-Provides engineering insight to ensure project or other design initiatives
align with company expectations.
-Coordinates with internal and external 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, participating in their review as necessary.
-Prepares technical reports to document findings, communicate progress, and
support project or design decision-making.
Training and Knowledge Sharing:
-Contributes to the identification of training programs for newer members of the
team.
-Acts as a subject matter expert with many standard systems and trains others on
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.
-Contributes to sourcing and ensuring that adequate resources are available,
such as spare parts, generator fuel, water, and consumables.
-Coordinates vendor and contractor scheduling and site access, contributes to
the execution and completion of work per Oracle expectations and safe-working
practices.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
-Manages and coordinates moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines and
deliverables to ensure timely completion and adherence to requirements for a
moderately-sized project or initiative. Efficiently delegates, monitors, and
prioritizes work across multiple projects, providing technical oversight and
adjusting plans to address shifts in resources or timelines.
Collaboration & Partnership:
-Collaborates across the organization to align on expectations and achieve
shared objectives. Leverages understanding of business leaders, stakeholders,
and/or customers to ensure proposed solutions meet their needs. Supports
inclusivity by actively seeking and listening to diverse perspectives, ensuring
others feel heard and respected.
Problem Solving:
-Identifies and addresses moderately complex issues by analyzing a wide range of
data and/or information to identify solutions in accordance with standard
practices. Proactively escalates unresolved or critical issues with a thorough
assessment and suggests potential solutions. Reviews, contributes to, and
documents problem solving strategies.
Continuous Learning:
-Pursues learning opportunities to expand knowledge and skills and/or tools in
new areas and stays abreast of the latest industry trends and best practices.
Proactively seeks and leverages ongoing feedback and training to improve skills.
Coaches and mentors junior team members, fostering continuous learning and
knowledge sharing within and across teams.
Continuous Improvement:
-Develops ideas, recommends updates, and/or collaborates on the implementation
of process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of
processes, protocols, and workflows across teams, and evaluates the impact on
key stakeholders. Solicits feedback from others on ideas for alternative
approaches and methods for continued improvement.
Performance and Development:
-Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate
interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.
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: $102,300 to $209,500 per annum. 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:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. 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.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. 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.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. 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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