Senior Data Centre Engineer

Experis (Austria); Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is recruiting a specialised Data Centre Engineer to join a large enterprise project in Melbourne, Australia. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and supporting large-scale data centre environments, with hands-on experience in VXLAN/EVPN and Citrix NetScaler.

The position will primarily support a major data centre infrastructure program, with some operational duties and occasional after-hours work to support project delivery and changes.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Data Centre Engineer in large enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with VXLAN/EVPN.
• Hands-on experience with Citrix NetScaler.
• Strong data centre networking design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience delivering infrastructure projects in large, complex environments.

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.

Skills

Data centre engineering

VXLAN / EVPN

Citrix NetScaler

Data centre networking

Tools

NVIDIA / Cumulus Linux Switching

BIND DNS

SmartOptics MUX

AWS Networking

Job description

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

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

Experience with any of the following technologies will be highly regarded:

• NVIDIA / Cumulus Linux Switching
• 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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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

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