Principal Data Center Engineer

hackajob is collaborating with Oracle to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. About the team
Principal Data Center Design Manager
Description
Evaluates scoped sites against Oracle's requirements for data centers. Collaborates with multidisciplinary internal and external teams to design the power, cooling, and air flow designs for the data center infrastructure. Conducts failure analyses and responds to emergencies as needed. Assesses data center infrastructure and evaluate plans provided by the Build and Engineering Services (BES) team.

Determines cooling requirements and architectural tradeoffs to ensure the white space design meets their requirements to manage variables such as heat, humidity, and air flow. Researches innovative new data center designs, materials, and/or methods. Responsibilities
Key
Responsibilities
Infrastructure Design and Development-Capacity Delivery:

• Delivers infrastructure capacity for Oracle Cloud.
• Contributes to collaboration with Site Selection,

Design & Construction, and DC Engineering Operations to ensure on-time
delivery of expansion capacity in OCI datacenters globally.

• Contributes to the delivery of capacity across

cloud offerings.

• Collaborates with hardware development teams to

enable and automate capacity planning tools, real-time observability, and
infrastructure monitoring services (e.g., through platform characterization).

Infrastructure Design and Development-Infrastructure Development

• Designs data center critical infrastructure for

Oracle Cloud.

• Collaborates with colocation providers and

internal stakeholders to deliver project design criteria and develop Basis of
Design.

• Partners with hardware development teams to drive

the design direction/definition of roadmap, and drive concepts onto roadmap and
into OCI fleet.

• Collaborates with the hardware development, data

center design, and construction teams to ensure seamless transition from
architecture to implementation.

• Develops and manages advanced cooling solutions.

Innovation

• Contributes to the research of new designs,

materials, and construction methods for data center equipment and related
components, including site and building.

• Participates in the identification of and monitors

the need for new tools to improve the quality of data and analytics.

• Contributes to the evaluation of new power and

advanced cooling technologies that enable the delivery of artificial
intelligence (AI) products and other technologies driving up density and
performance in data centers.

• Participates in influencing the development of

optimal components and solutions for future OCI fleet requirements by partners
(e.g., technology providers and design partners).

Innovation-Patent Generation

• Contributes to the identification of

opportunities to generate intellectual property to help strengthen OCI's
position as a leader in Cloud Computing.

Quality Assurance-Documentation

• Contributes to the review and maintenance of data

center infrastructure site documentation (e.g., floor plans, rack elevations,
cable matrices).

• Participates in reviewing and evaluating Requests

for Information (RFI), Requests for Proposals (RFP) and RFP, and Requests for
Qualification (RFQ) submittals.

• Contributes to the development of OCI data center

facilities requirements documentation.

Quality Assurance

• Evaluates products.
• Follows quality benchmarks for new sites,

regions, and/or deployments.

• Partners with colocation providers to ensure

requirements are met.

Quality Assurance-Standard Development/Maintenance

• Contributes to implementing updates to design

standards and specifications for consistency, maximum system reliability and
optimal facility utilization.

• Adheres to global data center infrastructure

standards.

• Follows whitespace design standards.

Thermal Management-Thermal Management Solutions

• Contributes to partnership cross-functionally

(e.g., data center design, construction, mechanical/electrical engineering
teams) to ensure the provision of optimized, scalable cooling solutions, as
well as thermal solutions optimized for the entire stack.

• Aligns with power and cooling standards (e.g.,

input voltage, rack density, heat rejection, power consumption) for OCI shapes
throughout data center fleet.
Thermal Management-Thermal Testing, Simulation, and Reviews:

• Contributes to the review of thermal simulation

models from partners to identify risks and improve efficiency.

Thermal Management-Thermal Design

• Aligns OCI thermal hardware design and data

center physical infrastructure with minimal oversight.

• Participates in collaboration with

multifunctional engineering groups to deliver hardware and data center sites
that meet the associated thermal specifications.

• Contributes to collaboration with firmware and

controls engineering teams to create robust thermal control and monitoring
systems.

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 . click apply for full job details