Infrastructure Engineer – Data Centres & ICT Projects

Paxus Australia Pty Ltd.; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Paxus Australia Pty Ltd is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to support the design, delivery and ongoing management of ICT infrastructure within a large enterprise environment. The role spans infrastructure delivery, data centre planning and technical project work, ensuring critical services remain reliable and secure.

You will contribute to complex infrastructure projects, maintain documentation, and participate in IT governance and change management processes, collaborating with project

Qualifications

• Hands-on enterprise ICT infrastructure experience.
• Strong troubleshooting and technical change experience.
• Understanding of infrastructure availability, reliability and service improvement.
• Experience with systems design, installation and technical documentation.
• Basic scripting or automation; ability to coordinate activities and communicate with stakeholders.
• Experience working within ICT governance and change management processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement infrastructure installations, upgrades, changes and decommissioning activities.
• Support rack allocation, power utilisation, cabling and infrastructure planning.
• Develop and review infrastructure designs, architecture documentation, standards and operating procedures.
• Investigate complex infrastructure issues, support major incident recovery and perform root cause analysis.
• Work with Project Managers and technical teams to plan activities, manage risks and deliver outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure reliability, security, performance and operational efficiency.

Skills

Infrastructure delivery

Data centre

Troubleshooting

Change management

Documentation

Tools

Visio

AutoCAD

Job description

Infrastructure Engineer – Data Centres & ICT Projects

Build it. Improve it. Keep it running.

If you're equally comfortable working through an infrastructure design, coordinating a complex technical change or troubleshooting a critical system issue, this could be the opportunity you're looking for.

We're seeking a capable Infrastructure Engineer to support the design, delivery and ongoing management of infrastructure within a large, complex enterprise ICT environment.

This isn't simply a business-as-usual support role. You'll be involved in technical projects, infrastructure improvements, data centre operations and the challenges that come with keeping critical ICT services reliable, secure and performing at their best.

What You'll Be Doing

• Infrastructure delivery: Coordinate and implement infrastructure installations, upgrades, changes and decommissioning activities.
• Data centre infrastructure: Support rack allocation, power utilisation, cabling and infrastructure planning.
• Technical design: Develop and review infrastructure designs, architecture documentation, standards and operating procedures.
• Problem-solving: Investigate complex infrastructure issues, support major incident recovery and perform root cause analysis.
• Project coordination: Work with Project Managers and technical teams to plan activities, manage risks and deliver outcomes.
• Continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure reliability, security, performance and operational efficiency.

What We're Looking For

You'll bring a strong technical infrastructure background and the ability to work confidently across both project delivery and operational environments.

Ideally, you'll have:

• Hands-on experience supporting, implementing or designing enterprise ICT infrastructure.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem management and technical change experience.
• An understanding of infrastructure availability, reliability and service improvement.
• Experience with systems design, infrastructure installation and technical documentation.
• Basic scripting or automation capabilities.The ability to coordinate technical activities and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
• Experience working within structured ICT governance and change management processes.

Highly regarded experience includes:

• Data centre infrastructure, facilities and ICT equipment installations.
• Infrastructure architecture and operational design.
• ITIL, Microsoft or Cisco certifications.
• Technical design and documentation tools such as Visio or AutoCAD.
• Delivering infrastructure projects within complex or highly governed environments.

The Opportunity

• Location: Queensland (Brisbane) or South Australia (Adelaide)
• Engagement: Contract opportunity, APS6-equivalent level, Start: Nov 2026
• Hours: Up to 40 hours per week
• Security: Baseline security clearance.

Interested?

If you enjoy solving technical problems, delivering infrastructure improvements and getting involved in meaningful ICT projects, we'd like to hear from you.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.