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Sr Reliability Engineer Jobs in Tennessee (NOW HIRING)

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Nashville, TN · On-site

$55 - $73.25/hr

The successful candidate will serve as a senior technical authority, establish reliability ... Establish technical direction, engineering standards, and operational best practices across complex ...

Three or more years of experience in site reliability engineering, systems administration, infrastructure operations, DevOps, cloud operations, production support, or a related technical field.

Principal Site Reliability Engineer

Nashville, TN · On-site

$55 - $73.25/hr

The successful candidate will serve as a senior technical authority, establish reliability ... Establish technical direction, engineering standards, and operational best practices across complex ...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Nashville, TN · On-site

$55 - $73.25/hr

Production support, incident response, or SRE operational experience. * Knowledge of monitoring, alerting, centralized logging, observability, and reliability practices. Qualifications Disclaimer:

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How much do sr reliability engineer jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 8, 2026, the average hourly pay for sr reliability engineer in Tennessee is $58.46, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $48.22 and $70.05 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Sr Reliability Engineer vs Reliability Engineer?

AspectSr Reliability EngineerReliability Engineer
CredentialsBachelor's or higher in engineering, certifications like CRE or Six Sigma often preferredBachelor's degree in engineering or related field, similar certifications
Work EnvironmentTypically in manufacturing, energy, or tech industries focusing on system reliability and failure analysisSimilar industries, focusing on designing, testing, and improving product or system reliability
Employer UsageUsed in companies seeking experienced engineers to lead reliability projectsUsed for entry to mid-level roles focused on reliability assessments

The main difference is experience level and responsibility. Sr Reliability Engineers often lead projects and have more advanced certifications, while Reliability Engineers focus on supporting reliability tasks. Both roles require similar credentials and work in comparable environments, but the senior role involves more leadership and strategic planning.

How does a Sr Reliability Engineer typically collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system reliability?

As a Sr Reliability Engineer, you will regularly work alongside operations, development, and QA teams to identify potential reliability risks and implement solutions. This often involves facilitating root cause analyses after incidents, sharing best practices, and leading reliability-focused design reviews. Effective communication and the ability to translate complex technical findings into actionable recommendations are key, as your insights directly influence infrastructure and product decisions. This collaborative approach helps foster a culture of reliability across the organization.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Sr Reliability Engineer?

To thrive as a Sr Reliability Engineer, you need expertise in reliability engineering principles, root cause analysis, and a relevant engineering degree, often with several years of industry experience. Familiarity with reliability software (such as ReliaSoft or Minitab), maintenance management systems, and certifications like Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) are commonly required. Strong problem-solving abilities, proactive communication, and leadership skills help you drive reliability initiatives and collaborate across teams. These competencies are vital to ensure equipment uptime, reduce failures, and improve operational efficiency in complex industrial environments.

What does a Sr Reliability Engineer do?

A Sr Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring that products, systems, or processes operate reliably and efficiently over their expected lifecycle. They analyze failure data, develop reliability test plans, and implement strategies to predict and prevent failures. Their role often involves collaborating with design, manufacturing, and maintenance teams to improve product quality and reduce downtime. Additionally, they may use reliability modeling tools and statistical techniques to assess risk and recommend improvements. This position typically requires advanced engineering knowledge and experience in reliability engineering principles.
Infographic showing various Sr Reliability Engineer job openings in Tennessee as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 92% Full Time, 2% Part Time, and 6% Contract. Highlights an 87% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $121,603 per year, or $58.5 per hour.

Senior Manager, Reliability Engineering- (Nashville, TN - onsite)

Oracle

Nashville, TN

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 24 days ago


Oracle rating

8.7

Company rating: 8.7 out of 10

Based on 151 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

55th of 242 rated software companies


Job description

>>This position will be full-time on-site at Oracle's offices located in Nashville, TN.<<  Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle's relocation policies.

As Senior Manager - Reliability Engineering, you will lead the teams, methods, and programs responsible for improving the availability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance of mission-critical facilities infrastructure across OCI's data center portfolio. This role sets the direction for reliability engineering practices across electrical, mechanical, and controls domains, with a strong focus on analytics, predictive maintenance, risk reduction, and standardized reliability methods.

You will lead engineers and analysts who partner closely with site operations, design, construction, commissioning, and automation teams to identify reliability risks, improve maintenance strategies, strengthen incident learning, and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained. This role translates operational data and engineering analysis into portfolio-level standards, priorities, and decisions that protect uptime and support long-term capacity growth.

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.

Disclaimer:
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: $126,200 to $264,100 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 - M3


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead reliability engineering and analytics teams supporting multiple sites, regions, or infrastructure programs across mission-critical facilities environments. 

  • Define and standardize reliability engineering methods, including FMEA, RCA, RCM, critical assessment, defect elimination, and continuous improvement practices. 

  • Establish reliability programs for electrical, mechanical, and controls systems that improve asset health, reduce repeat failures, and strengthen operational resilience. 

  • Oversee deployment and effective use of monitoring, alarming, analytics, and automation tools that support predictive maintenance, asset performance visibility, and reliability decision-making. 

  • Define, track, and report portfolio reliability of KPIs, trends, risks, and corrective action status to executive leadership and global operations stakeholders. 

  • Ensure corrective actions from incidents, failure analyses, audits, and trend reviews are implemented, verified for effectiveness, and sustained over time. 

  • Partner with site operations teams to improve maintenance programs, troubleshooting rigor, failure response, operational readiness, and procedure quality. 

  • Guide reliability input into commissioning, acceptance testing, operational handover, major maintenance, retrofits, and equipment lifecycle planning. 

  • Drive structured analysis of asset utilization, failure history, equipment health, remaining useful life, spare parts strategy, and end-of-life risk. 

  • Partner with design, construction, and procurement teams to improve reliability, maintainability, standardization, and total cost of ownership in new and existing infrastructure. 

  • Develop engineers and analysts through coaching, technical review, prioritization discipline, and data-driven problem solving. 

  • Build strong operating rhythms across the team, ensuring priorities, escalation paths, portfolio visibility, and follow-through are clear and consistent. 

Ideal Candidate Profile

  • 10+ years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, critical facilities, manufacturing, utilities, industrial operations, or other uptime-critical environments; data center experience preferred, but adjacent industry experience is highly relevant. 

  • 2-4+ years of experience leading engineers, analysts, or technical programs across multiple sites, business units, or complex infrastructure environments. 

  • Strong background in reliability frameworks, structured root cause analysis, maintenance strategy, asset lifecycle planning, and operational risk reduction. 

  • Experience working cross-functionally with operations, design, construction, commissioning, and vendor partners. 

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, OR relevant industry experience

Skills and Competencies

  • Strong technical leadership and ability to influence engineering, operations, and business stakeholders. 

  • Strong analytical judgment and ability to translate reliability data into practical decisions, priorities, and executive-level recommendations. 

  • Deep familiarity with RCA rigor, FMEA/FMECA, reliability metrics, maintenance optimization, and continuous improvement methods. 

  • Ability to connect site-level issues to portfolio-wide patterns, risks, and opportunities. 

  • Clear communicator who can explain technical tradeoffs, operational risk, and recommended actions to mixed audiences. 

  • Strong organizational discipline, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment. 

Preferred Skills

  • Experience in hyperscale data centers or other mission-critical environments supporting electrical distribution, mechanical cooling systems, controls/automation platforms, and integrated facility operations. 

  • Experience with predictive maintenance programs, condition-based monitoring, failure trend analysis, and asset health modeling. 

  • Familiarity with reliability, availability, and maintainability analysis; maintenance strategy development; spare parts optimization; and lifecycle cost evaluation. 

  • Experience supporting or governing commissioning, operational acceptance, maintenance of program design, and system readiness for new or modified installations. 

  • Working knowledge of monitoring and analytics platforms, CMMS/EAM systems, DCIM, EPMS/BMS data, and automation tools used to improve facility reliability. 

  • Experience building KPI dashboards and reporting frameworks for senior operations or executive leadership. 

  • Knowledge of reliability practices across electrical, mechanical, and controls systems, even if prior domain depth is strongest in one area. 

Preferred Credentials / Certifications

  • Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) preferred. 

  • Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) preferred. 

  • ASQ, SMRP, or equivalent reliability and quality certifications are a plus. 

  • Data center or critical environment credentials such as Uptime Institute training/certifications are a plus where relevant to the role. 

  • OEM, controls, analytics, or condition-monitoring training relevant to critical infrastructure reliability programs is a plus. 

  • Advanced training in FMEA, RCA, Lean, Six Sigma, or structured problem-solving methodologies is a plus. 

Eligibility and Location Requirements
This position requires U.S. citizenship and is located onsite in Nashville, TN. Relocation assistance may be available in accordance with Oracle's relocation policies.

Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure?

Global impact at scale: Contribute directly to how mission-critical OCI data centers operate across regions and continents, influencing infrastructure reliability, security, sustainability, and long-term capacity growth.

Technically rigorous environment: Work alongside experienced engineers, automation specialists, and compliance teams in a rapidly scaling hyperscale cloud infrastructure, where disciplined execution and technical depth matter.

Culture built on operational excellence: Join an organization that values safety, process rigor, clear accountability, and continuous improvement as foundational to protecting uptime and customer trust.

Long-term career development: Benefit from internal mobility, role-based technical training, and development opportunities designed for professionals building long-term careers in cloud infrastructure and facilities operations.

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