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Architect - Data Center Networking
**Job Description**
This person will own the end-to-end hardware lifecycle, with a focus on customer initializations. Proactively identifies and champions initiatives that optimize data center build, install, networking, provisioning, and component replacement processes. Ensures seamless hardware deployment and management across diverse clusters. Serves as an in-and-out specialist known for rethinking and automating workflows, advocating for precise KPIs, and driving measurable improvements in cost-efficiency, including ambitious goals for reducing dollar-to-megawatt ratios.
**Responsibilities**
- Own and optimize all Oracle hardware operations, including in Data Center's globally.
- Lead and automate processes for hardware build, installation, networking, provisioning, and repair (e.g., hard drive replacement) across all clusters.
- Oversee customer infrastructure onboarding, ensuring efficient initialization for large customers and partners.
- Monitor, measure, and drive improvements in hardware-related KPIs, with an emphasis on operational efficiency and cost reduction (e.g., dollar-to-megawatt ratio).
- Identify opportunities to rethink and modernize established processes, champion automation and workflow optimization.
- Act as a mentor and technical authority for regional leads, embedding best practices and deep operational insight.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to establish and refine metrics, streamline interfaces, and ensure scalable, resilient hardware support.
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement, challenging the status quo while ensuring world-class reliability and scalability.
Must-Have Qualifications
- Deep operational understanding of hardware infrastructure, including hyperscale and GPU environments.
- Technical leadership experience in large-scale or distributed organizations.
- Proven ability to manage and optimize multiple hardware operations simultaneously.
- Experience driving cost and power efficiency, with demonstrated success influencing metrics such as dollar-to-megawatt ratios.
- Strong automation skills and familiarity with defining, selecting, and executing data-driven KPIs.
- Expertise in hardware build, networking, provisioning, component replacement, and cluster management.
- Preferred Skills
- Hands-on programming or scripting experience (Java, Python, or C++)
- Familiarity with concepts of data durability, storage, and hyperscale infrastructure.
- Innovative, entrepreneurial approach to process transformation and automation.
- Advanced analytics and operations management experience.
Disclaimer:
**Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.**
**Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only**
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $251,600 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.
Career Level - IC5
**About Us**
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 accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com 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.
This person will own the end-to-end hardware lifecycle, with a focus on customer initializations. Proactively identifies and champions initiatives that optimize data center build, install, networking, provisioning, and component replacement processes. Ensures seamless hardware deployment and management across diverse clusters. Serves as an in-and-out specialist known for rethinking and automating workflows, advocating for precise KPIs, and driving measurable improvements in cost-efficiency, including ambitious goals for reducing dollar-to-megawatt ratios.
**Responsibilities**
- Own and optimize all Oracle hardware operations, including in Data Center's globally.
- Lead and automate processes for hardware build, installation, networking, provisioning, and repair (e.g., hard drive replacement) across all clusters.
- Oversee customer infrastructure onboarding, ensuring efficient initialization for large customers and partners.
- Monitor, measure, and drive improvements in hardware-related KPIs, with an emphasis on operational efficiency and cost reduction (e.g., dollar-to-megawatt ratio).
- Identify opportunities to rethink and modernize established processes, champion automation and workflow optimization.
- Act as a mentor and technical authority for regional leads, embedding best practices and deep operational insight.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to establish and refine metrics, streamline interfaces, and ensure scalable, resilient hardware support.
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement, challenging the status quo while ensuring world-class reliability and scalability.
Must-Have Qualifications
- Deep operational understanding of hardware infrastructure, including hyperscale and GPU environments.
- Technical leadership experience in large-scale or distributed organizations.
- Proven ability to manage and optimize multiple hardware operations simultaneously.
- Experience driving cost and power efficiency, with demonstrated success influencing metrics such as dollar-to-megawatt ratios.
- Strong automation skills and familiarity with defining, selecting, and executing data-driven KPIs.
- Expertise in hardware build, networking, provisioning, component replacement, and cluster management.
- Preferred Skills
- Hands-on programming or scripting experience (Java, Python, or C++)
- Familiarity with concepts of data durability, storage, and hyperscale infrastructure.
- Innovative, entrepreneurial approach to process transformation and automation.
- Advanced analytics and operations management experience.
Disclaimer:
**Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.**
**Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only**
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $251,600 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.
Career Level - IC5
**About Us**
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 accommodation-request_mb@oracle.com 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.
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