Principal Data Center Commissioning Engineer

Oracle•Ashburn, VA

6d•$102,300 - $209,500

About The Position

Oracle is hiring a senior, multidisciplinary data center commissioning lead to support increased concurrent data center projects in the Ashburn, Virginia area. The role leads commissioning activities through Integrated Systems Testing (IST) and serves as the direct interface between Oracle and its data center partners to complete and test building systems, prepare facilities for service, and turn them over to operations. The engineer sets Oracle’s position on commissioning and works with delivery, construction, and colocation partners to achieve successful testing and turnover. The position calls for extensive experience reviewing designs and delivering mission-critical facilities, with professional qualifications in mechanical, controls, or electrical engineering and a commissioning focus. Travel may be up to two weeks per month; the candidate must live in or be willing to move to the Ashburn area.

Requirements

Professional qualifications in mechanical, controls, or electrical engineering, with a commissioning focus.
Extensive experience reviewing designs and delivering mission-critical facilities.
Expert operating knowledge of engineering systems, including advanced diagnostics and repairs.
Expert-level safe-work practices and the ability to evaluate others’ practices.
Ability to apply company processes, procedures, and industry standards to resolve engineering issues.
Ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines and with data center or colocation partners.
Expert communication skills, including technical writing and cross-functional SOP development.
Must live in or be willing to move to the Ashburn, Virginia area.
Willingness to travel up to two weeks per month.

Responsibilities

Oversee commissioning for multiple lease-provider projects and provide engineering leadership to ensure project quality and alignment with company expectations.
Apply expert knowledge of engineering systems, including advanced diagnostics and repairs, and use Oracle processes, procedures, and industry standards to resolve issues.
Apply and evaluate safe working practices, including lockout/tagout procedures and MDS.
Coordinate with other engineering disciplines and colocation-provider engineering teams to ensure systems are properly designed, specified, and installed for reliable operations.
Help identify and develop training programs, mentor junior team members, serve as a subject matter expert on multiple systems, and train others.
Provide expert input into contract administration, including contracts, change orders, cost forecasts, and related documentation.
Communicate effectively, contribute to cross-functional standard operating procedures, and prepare relevant technical writing.
Lead Oracle’s engagement with data center partners to commission electrical, controls, and mechanical systems, including primary and backup electrical plant, mechanical plant, life-safety and fire-suppression systems, and building monitoring and controls systems.
Review commissioning test procedures to verify that equipment, subsystems, and systems perform as intended against the basis of design, sequence of operations, and owner’s project requirements.
Contribute to Oracle design specifications to support the contracting of reliable, resilient, and efficient data centers.
Monitor project progress and communicate updates, expectations, performance trends, and anomalies to relevant stakeholders.