Data Centre Project Engineer: Cabling & P2P Deployment

Northbridge IT Recruitment Propr; Sydney; On-site; AUD 148,000 - 221,000; Part time

Job summary

Northbridge IT Recruitment Propr – Sydney NSW is seeking a Data Centre Project Engineer / Network Deployment Planner for a 12-month contract. The role focuses on structured cabling design within data centre environments, including fibre and copper connectivity, P2P documentation, and rack elevations.

You will bridge design teams and site contractors, develop cabling schedules, verify installations, and update as-built documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in structured cabling, data centre deployments, telecommunications engineering or network infrastructure planning.
• Strong experience in fibre optic and copper cabling infrastructure.
• Experience with P2P schedules, port mapping, patching diagrams and rack elevations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with complex formulas (XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, FILTER, UNIQUE).
• Ability to manage large Excel workbooks with thousands of connectivity records.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed Excel-based P2P cabling schedules, mapping A-end and B-end connections, ports, cable types and lengths.
• Produce rack elevations, patching diagrams, cable routing plans and Rack Build Instructions.
• Document fibre and copper connectivity, including single-mode, multimode, LC, MPO, DAC and AOC cabling.
• Validate cable lengths, pathways, rack layouts and cable management requirements.
• Develop cable labelling schedules and port identification standards.
• Update documentation to reflect design changes, equipment relocations and port reallocations.
• Liaise with network architects, project managers, site engineers and structured cabling contractors.
• Verify completed installations and incorporate onsite changes into final as-built documentation.

Skills

Structured cabling

Data centre deployments

Telecommunications engineering

Network infrastructure planning

Excel advanced

P2P schedules

Rack elevations

Fibre optic cabling

Copper cabling

Documentation

Tools

NetBox

DCIM platforms

Cable labelling software

VBA automation

Job description

Northbridge IT Recruitment Propr – Sydney NSW is seeking a Data Centre Project Engineer / Network Deployment Planner for a 12-month contract. The role focuses on structured cabling design within data centre environments, including fibre and copper connectivity, P2P documentation, and rack elevations.

You will bridge design teams and site contractors, develop cabling schedules, verify installations, and update as-built documentation.