Data Center Customer Operations IV

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Job Summary

As a Data Center Customer Operations Engineer IV, you will work closely with our customers, internal teams, and vendors to deliver outstanding service and resolve complex technical issues. You will be a key point of contact for our customers, providing expert guidance and support to ensure their success in a highly demanding and fast-paced environment. You will also be a shift lead and provide guidance within the shift team.

Responsibilities

Queue Management / Reporting

• Reviews work order requests in the queue and responds to work orders by adhering to commitment times
• Escalates and expedites orders to appropriate teams upon standard operating procedures; supervision needed on the escalation of non-standard  procedure escalation requests
• Ensures adherence to commit times within standard operating procedures
• Maintains detailed written records of all work activity
• Updates local asset databases and other systems

Installations

• Rack and stack equipment based on customer equipment tickets
• Supports intra-cage infrastructure installations by following the standard operating procedures of customer installs, which may include:

- fiber trays, ladder racks, customer equipment and cabinets;

- semi-basic cage installs for mesh and overhead cable trays; and, performs tape changes and standard operating back-up changes

Cross-Connect

• Supports data center standard operating cross-connect work order requests (installs, terminations, modifications, and testing)
•  Ensures the standard operating procedures are followed on cable management of: coax, fiber, twisted pair copper, and semi-routine intra-building cross connects

Testing / Troubleshooting

• Supports standard operating testing and  standard operating installations of customer assets
• Supports standard operating procedures of layer 1 cross-connect certification testing
• Supports non-standard operating testing, such as: layer 2 and layer 3 testing

Stakeholder Partnership

• Supports the operations and security personnel team for breaks or other activities, when necessary
• Supports standard operating procedural tasks provides back-up assistance to team members when necessary

Customer Management

• Supports customer satisfaction with timely adherence to following semi-routine execution order requirements
• Delivers a high level of service and an excellent customer experience when interfacing with customers
• Provides support with time expectations on new deployments and existing alterations, by following   standard operating procedure guidelines
• Supports customers on-site by through access control and escorting services

Projects

• Supports fulfillment of projects that follow standard operating procedures; if projects deviate from standard procedures, then works under supervision
• Supports vendors on projects
• Supports physical customer audits

Training

• Completes all assigned training in a timely manner
• May provide support to new hires

Qualifications

• Typically requires at least a Higher Nitec in an IT-related field and 2-4 years of equivalent work experience
• Ability to do hands-on maintenance/ troubleshooting of equipment in tight spaces or at height

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Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.