>>This position will be full-time on-site at Oracle's data center site in Shackelford County, near Abilene, TX. Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle’s relocation policies.<<
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) powers Oracle’s global cloud services through highly available, large-scale, enterprise-grade data center environments. The Data Center Infrastructure Operations / Facilities team plays a critical role in sustaining OCI’s performance, security, and operational resilience by ensuring infrastructure systems operate reliably at scale. You will join a technically rigorous organization with a culture grounded in operational excellence, disciplined processes, and continuous improvement, where infrastructure reliability, safety, and execution quality are foundational to delivering cloud services worldwide.
The Director of Power Operations is responsible for leading the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of power generation and delivery assets supporting OCI’s energy resilience strategy. This role provides operational leadership across power plants, ensuring high availability, regulatory compliance, and optimized lifecycle performance of generation assets.
The Director will lead plant operations teams while partnering closely with construction, maintenance, engineering, and site operations organizations to ensure generation capacity meets the reliability requirements of OCI’s data center infrastructure. The role also supports fuel procurement strategy, power purchase agreements (PPAs), and coordination with power providers/stakeholders and regulators to ensure long-term operational stability.
Internal Responsibilities
Plant Operations Leadership
Build, develop, and cultivate relationships that lead to high-performing plant operations teams responsible for power operations, maintenance coordination, and plant reliability.
Establish operational standards, procedures, and framework to ensure optimal resiliency and reliability, manage risks, and maintain up-time of data center assets.
Drive a culture of operational excellence, compliance, safety, and accountability across all generation sites.
Reliability & Performance
Monitor plant performance, availability, heat rate, and operational KPIs to drive continuous improvement.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Collaborate closely with operations, construction, and maintenance teams to support commissioning, startup, and integration of new power assets to ensure on time delivery and optimal operational configurations and design.
Fuel & Commercial Management
