Principal Data Center Engineer

Oracle•Nashville, TN

About The Position

This role focuses on the design, development, and delivery of infrastructure capacity for Oracle Cloud (OCI). The Principal Data Center Engineer will collaborate with various teams, including Site Selection, Design & Construction, and DC Engineering Operations, to ensure timely delivery of expansion capacity in OCI datacenters globally. The position involves designing critical data center infrastructure, partnering with colocation providers and hardware development teams, and driving the definition of roadmaps and concepts for the OCI fleet. Innovation is a key aspect, with contributions to research on new designs, materials, and construction methods, as well as evaluating new power and advanced cooling technologies to support AI products and high-density computing. The role also includes ensuring quality through documentation, reviewing RFIs/RFPs/RFQs, and maintaining design standards. Thermal management is crucial, involving the development of optimized cooling solutions, thermal simulation reviews, and aligning hardware design with physical infrastructure to meet thermal specifications. Core responsibilities include managing moderately complex tasks, monitoring timelines, collaborating across the organization, problem-solving, continuous learning, driving process improvements, and contributing to talent development through interviews and hiring recommendations.

Requirements

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.
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.
Contributes to the identification of opportunities to generate intellectual property to help strengthen OCI’s position as a leader in Cloud Computing.
Contributes to the review and maintenance of data center infrastructure site documentation.
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.
Evaluates products.
Follows quality benchmarks for new sites, regions, and/or deployments.
Partners with colocation providers to ensure requirements are met.
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.
Contributes to partnership cross-functionally 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 for OCI shapes throughout data center fleet.
Contributes to the review of thermal simulation models from partners to identify risks and improve efficiency.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.
Contributes to the identification of opportunities to generate intellectual property to help strengthen OCI’s position as a leader in Cloud Computing.
Contributes to the review and maintenance of data center infrastructure site documentation.
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.
Evaluates products.
Follows quality benchmarks for new sites, regions, and/or deployments.
Partners with colocation providers to ensure requirements are met.
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.
Contributes to partnership cross-functionally 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 for OCI shapes throughout data center fleet.
Contributes to the review of thermal simulation models from partners to identify risks and improve efficiency.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.