Senior Director, Data Center Operations
Saline, MIFull-time$170–355K/yrPosted 3w agoStill listed 5 days ago
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure seeks an operations leader to build and lead the operating model for a large North American data center site and an organization of approximately 250 people. The role spans deployment and production operations, with a focus on scalable systems, automation, productivity, reliability, inventory management, and cross-functional lifecycle improvements.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN SALINE, MI
About the business
At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for enterprises as a diverse team of creators and inventors. We operate with the speed and attitude of a start-up, combined with the scale and customer focus of one of the world's leading enterprise technology companies.
As OCI continues to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure footprint, the scale and complexity of our data center operations are increasing significantly. We are looking for an exceptional operations leader to build and lead the operating model required to support this growth across one of our large north America data center sites. This position will build and lead an organization of approximately 250 people
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. Senior Director, Data Center Operations PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION IS LOCATED IN DONA ANA, NEW MEXICO About the business At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for enterprises as a diverse team of creators and inventors. We operate with the speed and attitude of a start-up, combined with the scale and customer focus of one of the world's leading enterprise technology companies. As OCI continues to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure footprint, the scale and complexity of our data center operations are increasing significantly. We are looking for an exceptional operations leader to build and lead the operating model required to support this growth across one of our large north America data center sites. This position will build and lead an organization of approximately 250 people 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: $169,800 to $355,400 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:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- 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.
- 11 paid holidays
- 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.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- 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.Career Level - M5
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Own and lead large-scale data center operations across one of Oracle's North America 'Go Big' sites, spanning deployment and ongoing production operations.
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Build the operating model, systems, processes, and organizational capabilities required to run an increasingly large and complex data center footprint.
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Create a highly scalable operations environment where growth is enabled through better systems, automation, processes, tooling, and operating mechanisms - not simply through incremental headcount.
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Establish operating mechanisms that improve throughput, productivity, quality, reliability, and speed across the organization.
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Oversee technician organizations responsible for hardware deployment, break/fix activities, GPU rack installation, compute infrastructure connectivity, and customer deployment.
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Develop and drive the NPI process strategy, ensuring new infrastructure products, technologies, and deployment models can be introduced consistently and at scale.
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Establish world-class spare parts and inventory management capabilities that ensure required hardware is available where and when it is needed without creating unnecessary operational cost or complexity.
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Apply a strong software and automation mindset to data center operations, identifying opportunities to remove manual work, automate repeatable processes, and use systems and data to drive better operational decisions.
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Partner closely with engineering, infrastructure, supply chain, construction, deployment, capacity planning, and other cross-functional organizations to improve the end-to-end data center lifecycle.
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Develop the leadership bench and organizational capabilities required to support Oracle's continued infrastructure growth. What you'll bring
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Significant experience leading large-scale, people-intensive operations in data centers, cloud infrastructure, fulfillment, logistics, manufacturing, or another highly complex operational environment.
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Proven experience operating at hyperscale and building systems that allow organizations to grow significantly without increasing headcount proportionally.
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Demonstrated ability to design operating models that manage work, capacity, throughput, productivity, quality, and performance systematically rather than relying primarily on organizational hierarchy or additional staffing.
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A strong systems and software mindset, with a track record of using automation, tooling, data, and process engineering to improve operational performance.
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Deep experience building repeatable operating mechanisms and scalable processes across multiple sites or large distributed organizations.
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Strong understanding of data center hardware operations, including hardware deployment, break/fix, compute infrastructure, GPU rack deployment, inventory, spare parts, and repair operations.
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Technical depth sufficient to engage effectively with engineering and infrastructure teams and understand the operational implications of evolving compute and GPU architectures.
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Experience managing infrastructure through multiple stages of its lifecycle, from deployment and introduction of new technology through steady-state operations, repair, replacement, and retirement.
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Experience developing or scaling new product introduction (NPI) processes in a complex infrastructure or hardware environment.
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Ability to distinguish between problems that require additional resources and problems that should be solved through better systems, processes, automation, or organizational design.
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Bias for action and strong focus on measurable results. Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment characterized by significant growth, technical complexity, and rapidly evolving business requirements.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,225 open Data Center Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$170–355K/yr
- Michigan median$135–264K/yr22 salary ranges
- US median$126–264K/yr958 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $263K, is 30% above the Michigan median midpoint ($203K) — in the top quarter of Data Center Operations salary ranges in Michigan.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 28 open Data Center Operations jobs in Michigan and 1,225 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Data Center Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (881 postings).
- Education
- 177 of the 1,225 open Data Center Operations jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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