Data Centre Technician

As a Data Centre Technician you will support the Facility Management team in the day-to-day operation of the data centre delivering high-quality electrical and mechanical maintenance whilemaintaininga strong focus on safety uptime and customer service. 

Working within a 24/7 operational environment you will play a key role in ensuring all critical infrastructure systems aremaintainedto the highest standards and perform reliably. 

What you will do: 

• Assess and manage risks across OH&S security and critical facility systems ensuring operationsremainwithin the approved NEXTDC risk profile 

• Apply the NEXTDC Risk Management Framework toidentify analyse and mitigate risks feeding insights back to Engineering to improve design and operations 

• Ensure best-practice installation of customer infrastructure including power monitoring rack security and environmental controls 

• Monitor and diagnose system performance via BMS and related platforms performing fault finding to minimise MTTR 

• Support continuous improvement of data hall monitoring (temperature humidity alarms power) alongside Facility Management 

• Follow all established frameworks policies and procedures for safe and compliant facility operations 

• Promote and support training to ensure compliance with relevant OH&S legislation and operational standards 

• Maintain strong working knowledge of critical systems to act as a technical point of reference 

• Assistwith customer equipment handling deliveries and assembly asrequired 

• Produce operational reports with recommendations to improve performance and reliability 

• Participate in team activities and ongoing professional development 

• Engage in regular development discussions aligned with company competency frameworks 

• Participate in a rotating on-call roster to support 24/7 operations 

• Supportadditionaltasks as directed by the Facility or Services Manager 

Qualifications :

• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills with the ability to manage stakeholder expectations 

• Clear written and verbal communication with the ability to explain technical concepts effectively 

• Strong planning organisational and problem-solving skills 

• Solid understanding of data centre operations including rack management IT installations cooling and power systems 

• Willingness to buildexpertisein high-density power and advanced cooling technologies 

• Proficient in Microsoft Office with exposure to BMS and other service platforms desirable 

• Relevant electricalmechanicalor related trade qualifications (desirable). 

• Working knowledge of ITIL principles 

Additional Information :

• Be part of factories of the future as we build the infrastructure to support the digital economy AI and cloud.  
• Inclusive diverse and values-driven working culture 
• Awesome employee benefits (gifted share options NEXTDC days volunteer days professional development holistic wellbeing and mental health programs and more) 
• Great opportunities to progress within our company (grow as we grow) 

Our mission is to continue building a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents the communities in which we operate.

Make NEXTDC your next move. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time