Senior Data Hall Designer
Oracle · Nashville, TN, United States ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Design
Key Responsibilities
White Space and Infrastructure Design:
-Leads the planning, design, and optimization of data center white space, including rack layout, hot/cold aisle containment, power distribution, cable pathways, and build phases.
-Creates and maintains detailed white space documentation such as room layouts, rack elevations, bill of materials, and structured cabling designs.
-Develops design standards and Basis of Design (BoD) documents to guide internal and partner teams in delivering consistent white space fit-outs.
-Develops low voltage structured cabling system designs to support scalable, high-performance compute, storage, and network systems.
-Reviews new site layouts and proposed fit-out designs and failover configurations, to ensure compliance with standards.
Cross-Functional Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:
-Collaborates with colocation providers, developers, and internal teams (e.g., facilities, construction, operations) to gather, translate, and implement requirements into executable white space designs.
-Interfaces with multidisciplinary engineering functions (e.g., Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire, Controls) to ensure robust integration and reliable system performance.
-Leads project coordination meetings to align on scope, timelines, and critical design updates.
-Leverages relationship with technology partners (e.g., network, compute, carrier) to locate information and resources.
Project and Program Leadership:
-Contributes to white space design initiatives and related engineering projects from concept through execution independently.
-Leads internal and external project team members, including contractors and vendors, during design, fit-out, and commissioning phases.
-Ensures project deliverables align with company expectations, standards, and schedules.
-Provides expertise and guidance in contract administration, including review of change orders, cost forecasts, and engineering documentation.
-Provides mentorship and training to junior engineers and new team members to build organizational capability.
Operations Support and Site Validation:
-Travels to new and existing data centers to conduct on-site design validation, commissioning, and engineering analysis.
-Acts as a subject matter expert for mission-critical systems, validating integration with ongoing operations.
-Provides engineering support during live events and incident investigations to ensure rapid resolution and operational continuity.
-Ensures all documentation is effectively captured, stored and shared with operations and field engineering teams.
Standards Development and Governance:
-Executes and contributes to the evolution of global data center infrastructure standards, policies, and procedures.
-Reviews and develops documentation for standards adherence, commissioning protocols, and system testing.
-Participates in design summits, policy reviews, and commissioning activities to ensure continuous improvement.
Technical Innovation and Engineering Excellence:
-Researches and evaluates new designs, materials, and construction methods for mission-critical systems in data centers.
-Develops and tests engineering solutions using advanced modeling, component testing, and engineering principles.
-Creates and validates digitized data center models to support design integrity and capacity planning.
-Evaluates the reliability and performance of components, systems, and installation methods used in production environments, providing feedback to team on maintenance changes as needed.
-Leads internal engineering seminars, training programs, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Network Expertise:
-Collaborates with networking teams on network-related efforts (e.g., building fabrics).
Automation:
-Partners with software engineering team to design data into digital systems for automation.
-Coordinates design data to work with internal systems and databases.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
-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.
Collaboration & Partnership:
-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.
Problem Solving:
-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.
Continuous Learning:
-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.
Continuous Improvement:
-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.
Performance and Development:
-Contributes to the talent development pipeline by participating in candidate interviews, assessing candidates, and providing hiring recommendations.
Key
Responsibilities
White Space and Infrastructure Design:
-Assists in the planning, design, and optimization
of data center white space, including rack layout, hot/cold aisle containment,
power distribution, cable pathways, and build phases.
-Maintains detailed white space documentation such
as room layouts, rack elevations, bill of materials, and structured cabling
designs.
-Supports the development of design standards and
drafts Basis of Design (BoD) documents to help internal and partner teams
deliver consistent white space fit-outs.
-Develops low voltage structured cabling systems
to support scalable, high-performance compute, storage, and network systems
under guidance.
-Reviews new site layouts and proposed fit-out
designs, ensuring compliance with standards and providing feedback for
improvements.
Cross-Functional Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:
-Collaborates with colocation providers,
developers, and internal teams (e.g., facilities, construction, operations) to
assist in gathering, translating, and implementing requirements into executable
white space designs.
-Coordinates with multidisciplinary engineering
functions (e.g., Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire, Controls) to support
robust integration and ensure reliable system performance.
-Participates in project coordination meetings to
align on scope, timelines, and critical design updates, providing input and
feedback as needed.
-Builds relationship with technology partners
(e.g., network, compute, carrier) to locate information and resources.
Project and Program Leadership:
-Contributes to white space design initiatives and
related engineering projects from concept through execution with minimal
guidance.
-Collaborates with internal and external project
team members, including contractors and vendors, during design, fit-out, and
commissioning phases.
-Assists in ensuring project deliverables align
with company expectations, standards, and schedules.
-Supports contract administration tasks, including
review of change orders, cost forecasts, and engineering documentation.
-Receives mentorship from senior team members to
contribute to building organizational capability.
Operations Support and Site Validation:
-Assists with on-site design validation,
commissioning, and engineering analysis at new and existing data centers.
-Supports the validation and integration of
mission-critical systems with ongoing operations.
-Provides engineering support during live events
and incident investigations to ensure timely resolution and operational
continuity, independently.
-Gathers information to draft and maintain all
relevant documentation is captured, stored, and shared with operations and
field engineering teams.
Standards Development and Governance:
-Assists in the creation and evolution of global
data center infrastructure standards, policies, and procedures with minimal
guidance.
-Contributes to the development of documentation
for standards adherence, commissioning protocols, and system testing.
-Supports other team members in engaging in design
summits, policy reviews, and commissioning activities to contribute to
continuous improvement.
Technical Innovation and Engineering Excellence:
-Maintains current designs, materials, and
construction methods for mission-critical systems in data centers.
-Supports the development and testing of
engineering solutions using standard modeling, component testing, and
engineering principles.
-Helps create and validate digitized data center
models to support design integrity and capacity planning.
-Maintains the reliability and performance of
components, systems, and installation methods used in production environments.
-Participates in internal engineering seminars,
training programs, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Network Expertise:
-Contributes to collaboration with networking
teams on network-related efforts (e.g., building fabrics).
Automation:
-Supports partnership with software engineering
team to design data into digital systems for automation.
-Assists with coordinating design data to work
with internal systems and databases.
Core Responsibilities
Planning & Execution:
-Independently manages work, monitoring timelines
and deliverables to ensure projects or initiatives stay on track and meet
requirements. Proactively prioritizes work and adapts to resource or timeline
shifts, suggesting adjustments to maintain project efficiency.
Collaboration & Partnership:
-Collaborates across teams to align on
expectations and achieve shared objectives. Builds and maintains a
comprehensive understanding of business, stakeholder, and/or customer needs to
build and support effective partnerships. Actively listens to diverse
perspectives and asks questions to ensure understanding of others.
Problem Solving:
-Independently identifies and addresses standard
and non-standard issues in accordance with standard practices, escalating more
complex issues as appropriate. Analyzes data and/or information from multiple
sources to troubleshoot standard and non-standard errors. Contributes to
knowledge sharing and best practices.
Continuous Learning:
-Embraces continuous learning by actively seeking
to build knowledge and new skills and/or tools, and staying current with
industry trends and best practices. Seeks out and leverages feedback and
training to improve skills. Contributes to a culture of continuous learning and
knowledge sharing with team members.
Continuous Improvement:
-Develops ideas and recommends updates to increase
the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows within
a team. Seeks input from team members on alternative approaches and methods for
improving work.
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: $102,300 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
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.