Senior Data Centre Engineer in Melbourne

Senior Data Centre Engineer in Melbourne

Melbourne Temporary 121500 - 148500 $ / year (est.) On-site
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Join a skilled team to design and support large-scale data centre environments.
  • Company: A leading enterprise focused on innovation and infrastructure excellence.
  • Benefits: Competitive pay, diverse workplace, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Other info: Diverse and inclusive environment encouraging applications from all backgrounds.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact on major infrastructure projects with cutting-edge technology.
  • Qualifications: Extensive experience in data centre engineering and strong troubleshooting skills.

The predicted salary is between 121500 - 148500 $ per year.

About the Organisation

Our client is a large and complex enterprise environment undergoing significant investment in its core infrastructure and data centre capabilities. With a strong focus on innovation, scalability, and operational excellence, they are delivering major infrastructure initiatives that support critical business services across multiple locations.

This is an opportunity to join a highly skilled team working on a large-scale data centre build project, leveraging modern networking technologies and enterprise-grade platforms.

About the Role

This is a specialist role suited to an engineer with deep data centre expertise rather than a generalist infrastructure background. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute immediately, bringing extensive hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting large-scale data centre environments. The position will primarily support the project, with some operational support responsibilities as required. Occasional after-hours work will also be required to support project delivery and infrastructure changes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide expertise across Cisco-based data centre environments and associated infrastructure platforms.
  • Assist with migration, deployment, and optimisation activities within data centre environments.
  • Perform troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex infrastructure issues.
  • Collaborate with project teams, infrastructure specialists, and operational support teams.
  • Contribute to documentation, technical standards, and operational procedures.
  • Ensure infrastructure solutions are reliable, scalable, secure, and aligned to best practice.

Required Skills / Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience working as a Data Centre Engineer within large enterprise environments.
  • Proven hands-on experience with:
    • Cisco ACI
    • Cisco Nexus (NX-OS)
    • VXLAN / EVPN
    • Nexus Dashboard
    • Cisco MDS SAN
    • Citrix NetScaler
  • Strong data centre networking design, implementation, and troubleshooting capability.
  • Experience delivering infrastructure projects within large and complex environments.

Desirable

  • Experience with any of the following technologies will be highly regarded:
    • NVIDIA / Cumulus Linux Switching
    • EVPN in Cumulus environments
    • BIND DNS
    • SmartOptics MUX solutions
    • AWS Networking

If you're a seasoned Data Centre specialist looking to play a key role in a major infrastructure program, we'd love to hear from you.

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Contact Details:

Experis Australia Pty Ltd. Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Senior Data Centre Engineer in Melbourne

Cisco ACI
Cisco Nexus (NX-OS)
VXLAN
EVPN
Nexus Dashboard
Cisco MDS SAN
Citrix NetScaler