Data Centre Facilities Manager – Australian Secret Intelligence Service
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770756
- Agency: Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Job Title: Data Centre Facilities Manager
- Position Number: Not Provided
- Classification: Executive Level 1;Executive Level 2
- Closing Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra
- Salary: $100,451 – $175,338
- Office Arrangement: On Site (On site)
About Australian Secret Intelligence Service
ASIS is Australia’s overseas secret intelligence collection agency. Its mission is to protect and promote Australia’s vital interests
through the provision of intelligence services as directed by the Government. Its work can involve collecting intelligence relating to
national security, international relations and economic issues. It also contributes to Australia’s coordinated national efforts against
terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and trans-national issues such as people smuggling.
Duties
- Key Responsibilities and Tasks
- Manage and maintain multiple data centre sites, ensuring high availability, reliability, and
- security
- Oversee power, cooling, and liquid cooling systems to optimise performance and efficiency
- Enforce best practices and standards for data centre operations and maintenance.
- Maintain strong relationships with vendors and service providers to ensure timely and
- effective support
- Develop and implement strategies for capacity planning and expansion, particularly for
- high-density computing environments
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support new data centre builds and upgrades
- Monitor and analyse data centre performance metrics to identify areas for improvement
- Manage budgets and resources for data centre operations and projects
- Provide leadership and guidance to the data centre facilities team
- Manage liquid cooling environments to support high-density computing, including GPU and
- HPC workloads
- Implement and maintain high-security environments to protect sensitive data and
- infrastructure
- Manage and maintain electrical and mechanical systems, including feeders, transformers,
- generators, IPS, ATS units, PUD units, chillers, pumps, and handling and CRAC units
- Drive the successful delivery of large-scale data centre projects from inception to completion
- Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure project goals are met.
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to align project objectives and drive
- outcomes
- Travel to data centre sites as needed for fault resolution, maintenance, and other operational
- tasks
- Take ownership and lead in this space to drive outcomes and ensure the success of data
- centre operations
- Education, Qualification and Experience Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in data centre facilities management with an emphasis on building
- and equipment operations
- Strong knowledge of power, cooling, and liquid cooling systems in data centres
- Experience in managing high-density computing environments, including GPU and HPC
- systems
- Experience in enforcing best practices and standards for data centre operations
- Previous experience in building and commissioning data centres
- Familiarity with data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) tools
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Experience in managing high-security environments is essential
- Demonstrated ability to drive outcomes and achieve project goals
- Willingness to travel to data centre sites as required
Eligibility / Notes
- To be eligible for a role you must:
- Be an Australian citizen
- Be assessed as suitable to hold and maintain a TOP SECRET-Privileged Access security
- clearance
- For more information on eligibility please see the Protective Security Policy Framework
- which is publicly accessible at https://protectivesecurity.gov.au, section 12 provides
- information on Eligibility and suitability.
- The position is Canberra based, with conditions similar to those in the Australian Public
- service including superannuation.
How to Apply
Position Contact Not Provided, Not Provided
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.asis.gov.au/
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that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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