Systems and Data Centre Engineer

Job No.: 679884

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time 

Duration: Fixed-term appointment until 31 December 2026

Remuneration: $106,789 - $117,128 pa HEW Level 07 (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
• Join our inclusive, collaborative community
• Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them

The Opportunity

Monash University is seeking an experienced and high-performing Systems and Data Centre Engineer responsible for the physical implementation, operational management, and ongoing maintenance of Monash University's data centre infrastructure. This role focuses on the hands-on delivery of data centre services, including racking, cabling, stacking, and physical asset management. This role is pivotal in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of our physical data centre environment, which supports both advanced research computing and critical enterprise services.

You will be responsible for the delivery and management of the data centre environment, including:

• Design and optimisation of physical layouts within the data centre for power, cooling, space, and connectivity.
• Build-out and maintenance of data centre infrastructure required for new infrastructure, including data centre capacity upgrades and hardware migrations.
• Design, implement, and perform hands-on data centre operations, including the physical installation, racking, stacking, and cabling of servers, storage devices, network equipment, and other hardware.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, network engineers, and other technical teams to support their hardware deployment and maintenance requirements.
• Ensuring compliance with Monash University's technical, operational, and security standards across all systems.

To excel in this role, you should possess:

• Extensive and deep expertise in hands-on data centre operations, including physical installation, racking, stacking, and decommissioning of IT hardware.
• Significant experience with structured cabling systems (copper and fibre), including installation, termination, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Experience in managing and maintaining liquid cooling infrastructure, including Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs), and water-cooled server racks in data center environments.
• Solid understanding of data centre physical infrastructure best practices, including airflow management, power distribution (PDUs), and space utilisation.
• Understanding of data centre power and cooling infrastructure (e.g., UPS, generators, CRAC units) at an operational level.
• Practical experience with data centre tools such as cable testers, labelling systems, and DCIM (Data Centre Infrastructure Management) software is desirable.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills, with the capacity to work collaboratively across diverse teams.

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.

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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

To Apply

For instructions on how to apply, please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'. Your application must address the Key Selection Criteria.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Enquiries: Joseph Pineda, Infrastructure Delivery Lead, joseph.pineda@monash.edu  

Position Description: Systems and Data Centre Engineer

Applications Close: Tuesday 17 June 2025, 11:55pm AEST