Senior Data Center Operator (liquid cooling)

About the role

Oracle is seeking a skilled and highly motivated Data Center Operator to support the operation and maintenance of Oracle-owned liquid cooling and electrical infrastructure within several colocation leased data hall environments in Red Oak, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain Oracle-owned liquid cooling and electrical infrastructure within colocation leased data hall spaces.
• Support rack intake activities, including receiving, staging, inspecting, and preparing racks for deployment into liquid-cooled data halls.
• Aid in rack fill activities, including coordination of required infrastructure readiness, physical installation support, and operational checks.
• Connect racks to the Technology Cooling System, TCS, loop, following approved procedures, safety requirements, and quality standards.
• Operate, monitor, and maintain Cooling Distribution Units, CDUs, including routine inspections, operational checks, alarm response, and coordination of corrective actions.
• Support commissioning, startup, shutdown, isolation, and recovery activities for liquid cooling infrastructure.
• Perform routine inspections of mechanical, cooling, and electrical systems supporting Oracle infrastructure within leased data halls.
• Cover coordination with vendors for planned maintenance, corrective work, troubleshooting, equipment repairs, and incident response.
• Manage and respond to operational incidents, including triage, escalation, documentation, communication, and post-incident follow-up.
• Work closely with Oracle engineering, colocation providers, network, hardware, logistics, and vendor teams to support safe and timely data hall operations.
• Follow approved methods of procedures, standard operating procedures, emergency operating procedures, and change management requirements.
• Support root cause analysis efforts and help identify corrective actions for recurring issues or operational risks.
• Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, inspections, incidents, vendor work, rack deployments, and infrastructure changes.
• Identify safety, reliability, quality, and operational improvement opportunities within the data hall environment.
• Ensure all work is performed in accordance with Oracle safety policies, site requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Experience operating or maintaining data center, industrial, manufacturing, utility, central plant, or mission-critical facilities infrastructure.
• Hands-on knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems, such as cooling systems, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, CDUs, CRAHs, electrical distribution, UPS systems, PDUs, switchgear, or related infrastructure.
• Ability to follow technical procedures, safety protocols, change controls, and maintenance documentation.
• Experience supporting incident response, troubleshooting, escalation, and operational recovery.
• Ability to coordinate work with vendors, contractors, colocation providers, and internal technical teams.
• Comfortable working in active data hall environments around production IT equipment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and make sound operational decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to lift, carry, move, or assist with data center equipment as required by site procedures.
• Willingness to support on-call rotation.