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Director, Data Center Critical Infrastructure Execution

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Nashville, TNFull-time$146–306K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$146–306K/yr
Location
Nashville, TN
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Director leads a small team of senior data-center engineers and owns the operating model, priorities, and cross-functional execution for resolving critical power and cooling constraints affecting AI data-center capacity. The role works across design, construction, commissioning, operations, supply chain, vendors, and capacity-delivery organizations, and oversees evaluation of scoped sites against Oracle’s data-center requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Electric Power SystemsCooling SystemsSoftware Project ManagementTeam LeadershipRisk ManagementTechnical CommunicationCritical Power SystemsData Center Infrastructure ProgramsCommissioningIntegrated Systems TestingTurnoverLive-Site Change ManagementPeople LeadershipCross-Functional Program LeadershipExecutive CommunicationPE CertificationPMP CertificationMission-Critical Certifications

Qualifications

12+ Years ExperienceBachelor's in Engineering or Equivalent Practical Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Lead a high-impact execution team responsible for unblocking critical power and cooling constraints that affect AI data-center capacity delivery. This role owns the operating model, priorities, and cross-functional execution required to move complex infrastructure issues from identification through resolution. The Director will lead a small team of senior data-center engineers and work across design, construction, commissioning, operations, supply chain, vendors, and capacity-delivery organizations. Only Oracle brings together the data, infrastructure, applications, and expertise to power everything from industry innovations to life-saving care. And with AI embedded across our products and services, we help customers turn that promise into a better future for all. Discover your potential at a company leading the way in AI and cloud solutions that impact billions of lives. True innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing a workforce that promotes opportunities for all with competitive benefits that support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs. We’re committed to including people with disabilities at all stages of the employment process. If you require accessibility assistance or accommodation for a disability at any point, let us know by emailing [email protected] or by calling 1-888-404-2494 in the United States. Oracle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Oracle will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law. Oversees the execution of organizational strategy around evaluating scoped sites against Oracle’s requirements for data centers. 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: $146,300 to $306,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

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. As part of Oracle's onboarding process and consistent with applicable law, US-based employees are required to complete identity verification, which involves the collection and processing of their biometric information. Accommodations to this requirement may be granted following an individualized assessment.

  • Lead the critical-infrastructure execution team and set priorities based on capacity, schedule, cost, operational risk, and customer impact.

  • Drive resolution of complex power and cooling blockers across live and new-build data centers.

  • Establish a rigorous operating cadence for issue intake, root-cause analysis, decision-making, escalation, and closure.

  • Partner with facilities, construction, commissioning, design engineering, network, compute, procurement, and external vendors to recover schedules and deliver capacity.

  • Review major site risks, including electrical distribution, generator and UPS capacity, mechanical cooling capacity, controls, commissioning readiness, and turnover dependencies.

  • Develop clear executive updates that state the issue, business impact, decision required, owner, and recovery plan.

  • Build repeatable playbooks, lessons learned, and metrics to prevent repeat issues across the data-center fleet.

  • Manage and develop IC4 engineers; create a culture of technical rigor, ownership, urgency, and safe execution.

  • Influence senior stakeholders without direct authority and resolve competing priorities across teams.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in mission-critical facilities, data-center engineering, construction, commissioning, or operations.

  • Deep understanding of critical power and cooling systems, including utility infrastructure, generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, busway, chillers, cooling towers, pumps, CRAHs/CRACs, and controls.

  • Demonstrated experience delivering or recovering complex data-center infrastructure programs.

  • Strong understanding of commissioning, integrated systems testing, turnover, and live-site change management.

  • Proven people leadership and experience leading cross-functional programs in high-pressure environments.

  • Ability to communicate technical risks and recommendations clearly to executive audiences.

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent practical experience; PE, PMP, or mission-critical certifications are a plus.

How this job compares

Set against the 435 open Data Center Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$146–306K/yr
  • US median$146–242K/yr387 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $226K, is 12% above the US median midpoint ($201K) — in the middle half of Data Center Engineering salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 435 open Data Center Engineering jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience; Data Center Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 10 years at the median (302 postings).
Education
123 of the 435 open Data Center Engineering jobs (28%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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