Data Centre Technician 24/7 Shift Worker

Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.
Here at Datacom Data Centres' we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.
We are looking for people with practical skills that want to be part of an exciting business with new challenges and new people.
We provide comprehensive training to develop your technical and professional skills, and a career pathway to explore the skills needed for other roles.
E whakarato ana mātou ki te whakangungu i o pūkenga hangarau, pūkenga ngaio, me te whakarite huarahi kia torohia ngā pūkenga e hiahia ana mō tūranga kē atu.
Our policy is to promote from within, enabling opportunities for advancing your career.
Ko tā mātou kaupapa here he tautīnei mai i roto, kia whakawhānui i ngā āheinga kia kōkiri ai tō umanga.
About the Role (your why)
The role is based at our Christchurch, Gloucester Data Centre and involves a rotating shift pattern with night and day shift work.
The 24x7 Data Centre Technician performs a large number of remote hands and first level support tasks including installation of customer equipment, cables and cabling infrastructure.
We will train you to undertake scheduled and ad hoc tasks set out by the 24x7 Operations Manager and work alongside a team of site leads and operators to provide the highest standards in operational deliverables.
What you’ll do
- Complete and contribute to the Data Centre training programme
- Support the Data Centre Team with Batch Services: Operating batch processes, monitoring alerts and escalating issues.
- Provide first level support and hands and eyes services to our Data Centre customers
- Ensure health and safety requirements are adhered to.
- Provide consistent and excellent management of data centre assets.
- Delivery of customer facing activities and fostering customer relationships
- Installation and/or management of Data Centre infrastructure including power systems, IT and telecommunications equipment, cabling and server racks.
- Ensure adherence to (and documentation of) existing and new standards relating to customer change
- Completion of all operational tasks assigned to you in a timely manner and communication of status.
- Data Centre incident management
- Ensuring all Datacom security objectives are strictly adhered to.
- Being part of a culture of continuous improvement, seeking out efficiencies, service improvements, and new ways of working

Please note to meet our security requirements applicants must have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
What you’ll bring
- Flexibility to work a rotating shift pattern (day and night shift).
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Confidence to work alone and in a small team.
- Able to trouble shoot customer and technical issues
- Able to remain calm under pressure
- Comfortable to work at heights (up to 4m)
- Able to complete repeatable processes in a timely and accurate manner
- Previous IT experience is preferred but not required for this role.

Why join us here at Datacom?
Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.
We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.
We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.
We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.