Data Center Engineer

Autonomai Recruitment; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Autonomai Recruitment is seeking a Data Centre Engineer for a leading global trading firm based in Singapore. The role covers design, build, maintenance and optimisation of APAC data centre and exchange colocation environments, coordinating with remote technicians across APAC.

The successful candidate combines hands-on infrastructure expertise with practical problem solving, shaping physical designs, delivering projects and driving improvements across the region.

Qualifications

• Experience in data centre engineering, infrastructure design, operations.
• Strong understanding of servers, network equipment, cabling, power, cooling and data centre hardware.
• Ability to design, plan and deliver infrastructure projects from inception through to completion.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, including rack layouts, cabling designs and diagrams.
• Excellent attention to detail, particularly around cabling, documentation and physical standards.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive approach to identifying improvements and resolving operational issues.
• Comfortable working flexible hours, including weekends and out of hours changes.
• Willingness to travel occasionally across APAC.

Responsibilities

• Design and plan data centre layouts, rack configurations, power distribution, cabling pathways and equipment placement.
• Design and deliver data centre build outs, equipment relocations, refreshes and new colocation deployments.
• Install, cable and configure switches, servers and appliances across local data centre locations.
• Coordinate server and network equipment installations with smart hands teams across the region.
• Manage power, space, capacity planning and ongoing monitoring across data centre environments.
• Maintain a consistent, clean and scalable cable management standard.
• Manage spare parts, cabling inventory and equipment lifecycle requirements.
• Perform break fix activities, including replacing components such as hard drives, memory and transceivers.
• Coordinate the movement of equipment to and from remote colocation sites, including packing and shipping.
• Maintain accurate, up to date data centre documentation, including designs, diagrams, inventories and operational procedures.
• Identify and deliver improvements that increase reliability, efficiency, consistency and operational resilience.

Skills

Data centre design

Infrastructure design

Project coordination

Cable management

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Flexibility

Regional travel

Job description

A leading global trading firm is seeking a hands on Data Centre Engineer to design, build, maintain and optimise its APAC data centre and exchange colocation environments. Based in Singapore, the successful candidate will support local and regional infrastructure operations while coordinating with remote technicians across APAC.

This is a high impact role for an engineer who combines strong infrastructure knowledge with a practical, problem solving mindset. The successful candidate will help shape the physical design of data centre environments, deliver projects from concept through to completion and drive continuous improvements across the region.

What the role involves

The Data Centre Engineer will own the reliability, efficiency and scalability of physical infrastructure across APAC. The role blends hands on operational work with design, planning, project delivery and long term infrastructure improvement.

• Design and plan data centre layouts, rack configurations, power distribution, cabling pathways and equipment placement.
• Design and deliver data centre build outs, equipment relocations, refreshes and new colocation deployments.
• Install, cable and configure switches, servers and appliances across local data centre locations.
• Coordinate server and network equipment installations with smart hands teams across the region.
• Manage power, space, capacity planning and ongoing monitoring across data centre environments.
• Maintain a consistent, clean and scalable cable management standard.
• Manage spare parts, cabling inventory and equipment lifecycle requirements.
• Perform break fix activities, including replacing components such as hard drives, memory and transceivers.
• Coordinate the movement of equipment to and from remote colocation sites, including packing and shipping.
• Maintain accurate, up to date data centre documentation, including designs, diagrams, inventories and operational procedures.
• Identify and deliver improvements that increase reliability, efficiency, consistency and operational resilience.

Who the firm is looking for

The successful candidate will bring strong data centre and IT infrastructure experience, along with the ability to design practical, resilient and scalable physical environments. They will be comfortable working hands on while also coordinating complex projects across internal teams, vendors and remote sites.

• Experience in data centre engineering, infrastructure design, operations or a comparable hands on environment.
• Strong understanding of servers, network equipment, cabling, power, cooling and data centre hardware.
• Ability to design, plan and deliver infrastructure projects from inception through to completion.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, including rack layouts, cabling designs and diagrams.
• Excellent attention to detail, particularly around cabling, documentation and physical standards.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive approach to identifying improvements and resolving operational issues.
• Comfortable working flexible hours, including weekends and out of hours changes.
• Willingness to travel occasionally across APAC.