Senior Data Centre Engineer - 24/7 Uptime & Tech Lead

SEARCH AVENUE PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 37,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AWS

Variable Bonus

Allowances

Flexi benefits

21 days annual leave

Job summary

Search Avenue Pte Ltd in Singapore seeks a Senior Data Centre Engineer to oversee daily operations of mission-critical facilities, including power, cooling and monitoring. You will drive reliability, maintenance planning and technical leadership to ensure seamless service delivery.

The role requires working 24/7 rotating shifts at Bedok/Woodlands with location rotation, coordinating with customers, vendors and internal teams to meet SLAs and safety standards. On-call duties apply.

Qualifications

• Willing to work 24/7 rotating shifts.
• Willing to work at Bedok and Woodlands locations with rotation.
• At least 4-5 years of relevant data centre experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of critical data centre infrastructure (power, cooling, fire suppression, monitoring).
• Ensure high availability and resilience of active and redundant systems.
• Lead alarm, incident, and emergency responses with root-cause analysis.
• Plan, supervise, and execute preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Review maintenance procedures and implement improvements for reliability and efficiency.
• Manage testing of backup systems (UPS, generators, switchgear, CRAC).
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and technicians.
• Act as escalation point for complex technical issues.
• Support audits, certifications, and compliance initiatives (ISO, SS 564, Uptime).
• Coordinate customer installations, move-ins, turn-ons, and infrastructure changes.
• Ensure SLAs and KPIs are met or exceeded; liaise with vendors and customers.
• Support data centre projects, upgrades, and capacity expansion; review designs and risk assessments.
• Oversee contractors and ensure safe execution of works.
• Prepare incident reports, operational logs, and performance reports.
• Participate in shift coverage and on-call rotation.

Job description

Search Avenue Pte Ltd in Singapore seeks a Senior Data Centre Engineer to oversee daily operations of mission-critical facilities, including power, cooling and monitoring. You will drive reliability, maintenance planning and technical leadership to ensure seamless service delivery.

The role requires working 24/7 rotating shifts at Bedok/Woodlands with location rotation, coordinating with customers, vendors and internal teams to meet SLAs and safety standards. On-call duties apply.