Data Center Counsel

Oracle • Nashville, TN

5d

About The Position

Oracle’s Data Center and Networking Legal Team provides legal support for complex data center arrangements, including colocation, build-to-suit leases, networking, and power and energy transactions with data center providers. The team works with Oracle executives to review, shape, and implement initiatives affecting data center development, including power and energy requirements, site selection, land use, permitting, and zoning.

The successful candidate will partner with attorneys and cross-functional teams—including business leaders, engineering, real estate, construction, energy procurement, sustainability, and government affairs—to support Oracle’s cloud infrastructure growth. The position is suited to an attorney who enjoys solving complex challenges and working at the intersection of technology, infrastructure, and sustainability.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
• 6–10+ years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, government agency, or in-house legal department.
• Demonstrated track record advising clients on complex infrastructure financing or transactional matters.
• Strong legal research, analytical, drafting, and counseling skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to explain complex legal issues to non-lawyers.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with networking and fiber agreements.
• Experience with data center colocation arrangements and contracts.
• Experience with data center leasing and build-to-suit agreements.
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure financing.
• Experience at the 12+ year level for the posted IC5 Managing Counsel position; one level lower, Sr. Corporate Counsel, will also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support for complex data center arrangements, including colocation, build-to-suit leases, networking, and power and energy transactions with data center providers.
• Work with Oracle executives to review, shape, and implement initiatives impacting data center development, including power and energy requirements, site selection, land use, permitting, and zoning.
• Partner with attorneys, business leaders, engineering, real estate, construction, energy procurement, sustainability, and government affairs teams to support Oracle’s cloud infrastructure growth.
• Develop internal guidance, templates, and best practices to support consistent legal advice across Oracle’s expanding data center portfolio.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits.
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match.
• Flexible or accrued vacation, depending on employee eligibility and position.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Financial planning and group legal benefits.
• Voluntary benefits, including auto, homeowner, and pet insurance.
• May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree