Australian Data Centre & AI Infrastructure Jobs
Curated job listings across Australia's data centre, AI infrastructure and critical facilities sector. Updated 30 October 2026.
18 roles across 10 companies. Next refresh: 6 November 2026.
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Electrical Systems Specialist
AirTrunk · Engineering · Sydney, NSW · Posted 27 October 2026
AirTrunk is hiring an electrical systems specialist on site in Sydney to lead high voltage switching operations across its SYD3 campus, reporting to the Associate Director for Electrical Systems. The listing asks the specialist to author high voltage switching instructions and then lead a peer review session to confirm the procedure is accurate, and to prepare or review methods of procedure for construction based electrical integration works with the general contractors. The low voltage network is also in scope, with generators, UPS including DC systems and busways named, along with design reviews for new projects in the Sydney region.
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Senior Director, Site Engineering
AirTrunk · Engineering · Sydney, NSW · Posted 26 October 2026
AirTrunk is recruiting a Senior Director for Site Engineering who is based on site in Sydney but leads a global team, reporting to the VP of Design and Engineering. The listing describes leading on site engineering through detailed design development and construction into commissioning readiness, with technical coordination across civil, structural and architectural works, mechanical, electrical and plumbing, and owner supplied equipment. It asks the role to set readiness expectations for energisation and start up and to drive one global handover standard to operations, covering test results, certificates, operation and maintenance manuals, training records and asset data.
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Data Centre Technician - NV1 Cleared/Eligible
Alliance SI · Operations · Canberra, ACT · Posted 27 October 2026
Alliance SI is hiring data centre technicians in Canberra for telecommunications, data centre and secure infrastructure projects, with a current NV1 clearance highly regarded and candidates without one expected to be willing and eligible to undertake the clearance process. The work is structured cabling and communications infrastructure in high density environments: Cat6A, fibre optics, MPO and MTP, equipment installation in racks and cabinets, and installation, termination and testing of copper and fibre. The listing asks for current ACMA registration, ideally with structured, coaxial and fibre optic endorsements, and advertises an hourly rate with rostered days off.
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Data Center Team Manager , Rack Lifecycle Team
Amazon Web Services · Operations · Melbourne, VIC · Posted 26 October 2026
AWS has named a Rack Lifecycle team in Melbourne and is hiring a manager to own its day to day execution at site level. The listing describes the full continuum from demand intake and rack landing, through late binding cabling, rack installation and handoff, to end of life decommissioning, and makes the manager the single accountable owner for every rack landing on time with no install blockers at handoff. The role leads a team of data centre technicians and has to clear blockers across permits, site access, facilities, power, cross connects and vendor dependencies.
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Expansion Transaction Manager , APAC Data Center Supply Solutions
Amazon Web Services · Commercial · Sydney, NSW · Posted 28 October 2026
AWS is hiring an expansion transaction manager in Sydney for its APAC Data Center Supply Solutions team, the group that procures data centre capacity and manages the region's critical infrastructure agreements. The listing covers transaction deal flow from deal inception to closure: validating internal stakeholder inputs, engaging vendors, preparing business cases for leadership approval and driving contract execution with legal partners. It also names site selection, supply plans and the drafting of master service agreements, master work orders, service orders and contract amendments, which places the role between AWS and the operators that build for it.
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Senior Rack Capacity Installation Engineer, Data Center Infrastructure Delivery
Amazon Web Services · Project Management · Melbourne, VIC · Posted 26 October 2026
AWS is advertising a senior rack capacity installation engineer in Melbourne for its Infrastructure Delivery team, which handles the scaling and physical deployment of new data centre infrastructure. The advert body is the same text AWS runs for its trainee network installation technician, asking for a motivated and enthusiastic trainee, but the requirements are a step up: two or more years in hardware repair, infrastructure cabling, network deployment or data centre operations, the ability to lead installs and guide less experienced technicians, and a Certificate IV or diploma in networking, IT or electrotechnology or equivalent experience. The listing is explicit about the physical side, with lifting or moving up to 18 kilograms, regular work at heights and from ladders or elevated work platforms, and a 24/7 primary response rotation.
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Data Centre Commissioning Lead - Mechanical
CDC Data Centres · Engineering · Brooklyn · Posted 23 October 2026
CDC Data Centres is hiring a commissioning manager to run its commissioning programs inside the company's own governance framework, covering projects from design review and factory acceptance through to completion, handover and operational readiness. The listing asks the role to work with the Development team on project specific commissioning plans and to coordinate customers, general contractors, independent commissioning agents and consultants, as well as arranging vendor training for the people who will operate the facilities. It wants a minimum of five years as a commissioning manager, names ACONEX, PROCORE and BIM as the channels to work through, and requires an Australian citizen with the ability to obtain an NV1 security clearance.
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Critical Facilities Engineer (HVAC)
Equinix · Operations · Port Melbourne, VIC · Posted 8 October 2026
Equinix is hiring a critical facilities engineer for mechanical and HVAC work at Port Melbourne, and the same advert says an electrical specialist is wanted at Derrimut. The job is scheduled maintenance plus ad hoc repair and troubleshooting across critical and non critical power systems, HVAC, building management systems, plumbing, fire control and suppression, including an on call roster where the engineer is first responder for site incidents outside working hours. The listing also asks for engineering scripts, meaning switching schedules, and safe switching practice, and for a critical spares register covering frequently used and long lead time parts.
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Infrastructure Automation Engineer, AI Cluster Commissioning
Firmus · AI Infrastructure · Sydney, NSW · Posted 30 September 2026
Firmus is hiring an infrastructure automation engineer for AI cluster commissioning in Sydney, and the listing leads with its hard requirements rather than the company pitch. It asks for five or more years developing software, automation platforms, operational tooling or infrastructure automation for large scale Linux, cloud, HPC or AI environments, with bash, Python and Ansible, plus a solid understanding of high performance GPU infrastructure and Linux server, network and storage configuration. The role is open only to candidates who already hold Australian working rights.
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Network Engineer, AI Cluster Commissioning
Firmus · AI Infrastructure · Melbourne, VIC · Posted 29 September 2026
Firmus is hiring a network engineer into its commissioning team in Melbourne to deploy, commission and configure the networks behind its AI infrastructure projects. The listing names 100, 200, 400 and 800 gigabit Ethernet interconnects, Ethernet fabrics and RDMA enabled transport layers, and asks for knowledge of RoCE optimisation protocols such as SHARP and CollNet with tools including ibstat, perfquery, ib_write_bw and nccl to watch fabric health, congestion and link errors. It also wants network as code, using Ansible, Netbox, bash and Python, with CI/CD pipelines for network changes.
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Platform Reliability Engineer
Firmus · Engineering · Melbourne, VIC · Posted 28 October 2026
Firmus is hiring a platform reliability engineer in Melbourne for AI FactoryOS Operations, the function that runs its proprietary operating system in production and owns the 24/7 reliability of that platform and of Firmus AI Cloud. The listing describes the post as Senior Platform Reliability Engineer for Fabric and Interconnect, owning the reliability of the GPU to GPU interconnect domains, the high performance fabrics carrying training and inference traffic, and the DPU based host networking that binds compute to the rest of the platform. Named duties include operating exabyte scale distributed filesystems and S3 compatible object storage to declared service levels, escalating to vendors such as VAST or WEKA with clear evidence, and running GPU fleet node health, fault handling and firmware currency.
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Data Centre | Level 5 Security Officer | NV1 Cleared
MSS Security · Security · Melbourne, VIC · Posted 23 October 2026
MSS Security is also hiring escort security officers at a high profile Melbourne data centre, advertised at level 5, for candidates who hold or are eligible to obtain an AGSVA NV1 clearance. The duties listed are verifying identification so only authorised people enter restricted areas, keeping continuous line of sight on visitors through secure areas, inspecting hand carried items to site procedure, and maintaining accurate visitor access logs. The advert asks for 24/7 availability on a rotating roster, a Victorian security licence and driver licence, first aid and CPR, and the ability to walk up to 15,000 steps per shift, and it offers clearance sponsorship with training and support for suitable candidates.
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Data Centre | Security Coordinator | NV1 Cleared
MSS Security · Security · Melbourne, VIC · Posted 23 October 2026
MSS Security is hiring an escort security coordinator at a data centre in Melbourne, supervising a team of escort security officers and the site's access procedures. The duties listed are verifying identification and access authorisations before visitors enter restricted areas, keeping visitors under continuous escort and within an officer's line of sight in secure areas, maintaining visitor access logs, and reporting on officer attendance and performance. It requires an Australian citizen willing to obtain an AGSVA NV1 clearance and a Victorian security licence, says sponsorship is available for suitable candidates who do not hold a clearance, and lists 100k plus superannuation.
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24/7 Data Centre Technician - Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders
NEXTDC · Operations · West Footscray, VIC · Posted 27 October 2026
NEXTDC is expanding its hyperscale data centre team at West Footscray in Melbourne and is hiring a 24/7 data centre technician, a role it says it highly encourages Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply for. The listing is written for a trades or technical background, ideally mechanical or electrical, with full on the job training across cooling infrastructure including CRAC units, chillers and HVAC, electrical distribution including UPS, generators and power distribution equipment, cabling, building monitoring and fire protection systems. The roster is a four, five and five rotation, with day shifts from 7am to 7pm and night shifts from 7pm to 7am, and the work includes remote hands requests such as rack power ups.
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Customer Service Agent
NEXTDC · Commercial · Darwin, NT · Posted 28 October 2026
NEXTDC is hiring a customer service agent at its Darwin facility as the first point of contact for customers and visitors on site. The listing combines front of house with concierge work: greeting visitors, running site inductions with the facilities team, taking facility phone calls, coordinating the logistics and documentation of deliveries, and auditing and replenishing critical facility stock. The working schedule is Monday to Friday, 7am to 3pm, and the agent gives first level resolution on requests before escalating to the right resolver group.
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Project Engineer - HV Infrastructure
STACK Infrastructure · Project Management · Melbourne, VIC · Posted 16 October 2026
STACK Infrastructure is also hiring a project engineer for high voltage infrastructure in Melbourne, inside its Power and Energy function, owning engineering workstreams from design through construction, commissioning and energisation. The listing names HV substations, transformers, switchgear, cables, protection and control, battery energy storage and associated infrastructure as the scope, and has the engineer coordinating EPC contractors, consultants and equipment manufacturers to get technical decisions made on time. It works alongside HV project managers, the Grid Connection Manager and the data centre engineering team, and asks for five or more years in HV engineering, substations, utilities, renewable energy or major electrical infrastructure projects.
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Senior Electrical Commissioning Manager (Australia)
STACK Infrastructure · Project Management · Truganina, VIC · Posted 26 October 2026
STACK Infrastructure is hiring a senior electrical commissioning manager into its Melbourne data centre team, responsible for the commissioning, start up and testing of mission critical equipment on Melbourne projects. The listing puts the external commissioning agent inside the job: the manager helps prepare the agent's request for proposal, takes part in the procurement and appointment, then oversees that consultant's scope, deliverables, quality and programme. It also asks for support on the development, review and approval of equipment, system, level 4 and level 5 test scripts, including integrated systems testing and load bank testing, and names LV and MV switchboards, modular switch rooms, PDUs, UPS, generators and transfer switches as the equipment in scope.
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Mechanical Commissioning Engineer - Mission Critical Facilities
Stantec Australia Pty Ltd · Operations · Melbourne, VIC · Posted 27 October 2026
Stantec is advertising for a mechanical commissioning engineer in Melbourne on mission critical facilities, in a commissioning group the listing says is built on communication, documentation and verification. The work described runs across the whole commissioning cycle: design reviews, commissioning scripts and reports, pre start up and start up procedures, standard operating procedures and methods of procedure, integrated system testing, load bank testing, and client site testing with training for on site staff. Stantec says it is ideally looking for someone with both electrical and mechanical commissioning experience but would consider either discipline, and the advert names air handling units, pumps, cooling towers, chillers, boilers, UPS, generators, switchgear and power distribution units as the systems under test.