Data Center Customer Operations Engineer III

Who are we?

Joining our operations team means being at the center of everything – maintaining and evolving critical infrastructure that powers the digital world and delivers real impact for our customers, communities and society. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary:

The Data Center Customer Operations Engineer is responsible for the prioritization, fulfillment, and quality assurance of time-bound ticket-driven requests within the data center, including expedite/negotiate, trouble tickets, smart-hands, installation/de-installation of cages/cabinets/cabling, custom orders, tape backups, escorts services, network Support, logistics support and security Support. The Data Center Customer Operations Engineer is also responsible for handling BMS alarm monitoring, first level issue on any incidents and performing daily site rounds to ensure that the Data Centre is maintained in a first-class condition.

Our teams work across a 24/7 roster, split evenly at our Port Melbourne sites with onsite parking, transport links and onsite gym available.

Key responsibilities:

Queue Management / Reporting

• Reviews work order requests in the queue and responds to semi-routine 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 semi-routine customer equipment tickets

• Supports intra-cage infrastructure installations by following the standard operating procedures of semi-routine 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 semi-routine 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

• Learns to install 'across' connect circuits (switched, multiplexed, etc.), under supervision

Testing / Troubleshooting

• Supports semi-routine standard operating testing and  standard operating installations of customer assets

• Supports standard operating procedures of layer 1 cross-connect certification testing

• May learn non-standard operating testing, such as: layer 2 and layer 3 testing, under supervision

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 and Training

• 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

• Completes all assigned training in a timely manner

• May provide support to new hires

Qualifications, skills and attributes:

• Tertiary qualifications in IT or Telco related course

• Ability and willingness to participate in evenly split 24/7 roster, working 12 hour shifts commencing at 7am/7pm

• Commitment to teamwork with the ability to work autonomously also when required

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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.