The Global Physical Security (GPS) Data Center Systems Team manages the technology enabling GPS Operations to protect data center property, assets, and infrastructure across Oracle-owned and third-party co-location facilities. Oracle is seeking a highly experienced and multi-talented Director of Data Center Security Systems to lead implementation and operations for hyperscale data center security systems. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical ownership-diving deep into systems, integrations, processes, and data-while building and mentoring a high-performing team. Initial focus includes directing security systems strategy and delivery for new hyperscale builds and establishing production support capabilities across the Oracle Hyperscale portfolio.
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Program Leadership and Ownership
Provide operational direction and oversight to maintain GPS strategic initiatives for data center security, ensuring consistent service reliability, scalability, and compliance. Own physical security systems (ACS, VMS, IDS, biometrics, key management) and their integrations with enterprise IT (network, identity, logging/monitoring, ticketing). Manage the Data Center Security Systems Support Team, including sourcing, onboarding, and performance of contracted staff; set and report on SLAs/OKRs and service quality KPIs. Provide project/program management for greenfield and brownfield deployments; lead design reviews, risk assessments, change management, and cutover planning; take a hands-on role in critical delivery tasks. Mentor and develop team members; establish runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge bases; drive a culture of automation, security-by-design, and continuous improvement. Deliver operational metrics, service ticket analytics, root-cause analyses, and executive-ready reporting. Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, managing budgets, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions; oversee vendor invoicing and payment schedules. Partner across Oracle Lines of Business (e.g., DC Ops, Network, Identity, Legal, Compliance, Audit, Procurement) to ensure service quality and compliance.
Hands-on Technical Leadership
Configure and optimize large-scale physical security platforms: Lenel OnGuard, Milestone VMS, AXIS cameras; drive standardization, hardening, and high availability across sites. Lead integrations with enterprise identity and access (e.g., IDCS/Okta/Azure AD) for role-based access, privileged access controls, and lifecycle automation; enforce least-privilege and zero-trust principles at the physical/logical boundary. Oversee networking for security systems in coordination with IT: VLAN design, segmentation/microsegmentation, firewall policies, VPN, QoS, multicast, and resilience across WAN/SD-WAN. Implement observability and health monitoring for security systems: dashboards, metrics, logs, and traces; integrate with SIEM/SOAR for alerting, correlation, and incident workflows. Drive automation for provisioning, configuration, and compliance using Infrastructure-as-Code and scripting (e.g., Terraform/Ansible where applicable, PowerShell, Python, Bash); maintain version-controlled configurations and CI/CD-driven change processes for repeatable deployments. Lead system hardening, patch/upgrade programs, certificate and key management, and backup/DR for ACS/VMS/IDS infrastructure; ensure performance and capacity planning for hyperscale growth. Provide advanced technical support and escalation for Lenel/Milestone programming, API integrations, SDK use, and custom workflows in Security Operations Centers (SOCs).
Security, Risk, and Compliance
Ensure physical security control effectiveness and audit readiness aligned to SSAE 18/SOC, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI, and internal Oracle policies; coordinate evidence collection and control mapping. Maintain policies, standards, and procedures; conduct periodic control testing, gap assessments, and corrective action plans. Integrate physical security event data into enterprise SIEM; support threat detection, incident response, and post-incident reviews; reduce false positives via tuning and analytics. Ensure data protection for video and access control records: retention policies, encryption, secure storage, and privacy-by-design.
Service Management and Reliability
Run continuous Alarm Reduction and System Health programs; set SLOs/error budgets; execute resilience testing and disaster recovery exercises. Oversee lifecycle management for hardware/software (controllers, cameras, sensors, servers, OS, databases), including standard images, golden configurations, and compatibility matrices. Vendor, Construction, and Field Operations Manage 3rd-party service providers and systems integrators: scopes of work, quality standards, SLAs, performance reviews, and safety/compliance. Lead design and commissioning for new builds: requirements, drawings/specs, acceptance testing (FAT/SAT), as-builts, and turnover to operations. Perform additional functions as directed by the VP, Global DC Ops & Systems to meet business objectives.
QUALIFICATIONS
Managerial 15+ years' experience in Information Technology and/or Security Systems, with extensive management experience in corporate or hyperscale data center environments. Proven ability to operate as a hands-on director: setting strategy and roadmaps while personally engaging in configuration, troubleshooting, data analysis, and incident leadership. Demonstrated success in service and support management, project/program management, and team leadership/mentorship. Experience leading cross-functional initiatives with network, identity, infrastructure, and compliance teams in high-availability, multi-site environments. Excellent communication skills, including executive-level reporting and clear technical documentation; strong stakeholder management across cultures and time zones. Self-motivated, innovative, and effective both independently and in teams.
Technical Deep knowledge of data center physical security solutions; strong experience with intruder detection, biometrics, and locking hardware. Hands-on expertise with:
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