Data Center Customer Operations for Equinix | Onsite Jhb
Who are we?
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix’s trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.
Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all we do, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knit team delivering best-in-class service to our data center customers. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success. Data Center Customer Operations II (8 month contract)
Job Summary:
Acquires job skills to resolve routine tasks requiring limited judgement. Focus is on routine tasks, using limited judgement of standard operating procedures. Supports the overall team.
Responsibilities
Queue Management / Reporting
- Reviews work order requests in the queue and responds to routine work orders by adhering to commitment times
- Involved in escalating and expediating higher level orders, upon supervision
- Actively follows up on work orders in the queue to support the overall team
- Maintains notes and records of activity fulfillment in the ticketing system
Installations
- Rack and stack basic customer equipment, with guidance from more senior team members.
- Supports routine intra-cage and infrastructure installations, under guidance, which may include: routine ladder racks and basic fiber raceways; basic cable management and support systems (patch panels); routine ground cabinets and basic post racks; and may perform tape changes and basic backup necessities
Cross-Connect
- Supports basic cross-connect troubleshooting
Testing / Troubleshooting
- Supports basic testing and routine installations of customer assets
- Supports standard layer 1 cross-connect certification testing, under supervision
- May learn more semi-routine testing, under supervision
Stakeholder Partnership
- Supports the operations and security personnel team for breaks or other activities, when necessary
Customer Management
- Supports customer satisfaction with timely adherence to following basic order execution requirements
- Delivers quality customer service experience when interfacing with customers
- Discusses time expectations on new deployments, by following standard operating procedure guidelines
- May support customers on-site through access and escorting services
Projects
- Supports fulfillment of projects under close supervision
Training
- Completes assigned training in a timely manner.
Qualifications
- · Typically requires a high school diploma and 1 year of equivalent work experience