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Equinix

Global data center, colocation, interconnection provider

Data Center Customer Operations Technician 4

Network Engineering & AdministrationPosted on Nov 10
Full-timePantin, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Typically requires a high school diploma and proven years of experience.
  • A BTS or DUT qualification in electricity, electrotechnics, computing, or maintenance is required.
  • A first technical experience is desired.
  • Candidates must have full command of computer tools.
  • Candidates must have a good level of written and spoken English and be able to interact with customers in English, both in writing and orally.
  • Candidates must demonstrate rigor, method, precision, and attention to detail.
  • Candidates must have a sense of responsibility and the ability to take initiative.
  • Candidates must be able to remain composed.
  • Candidates must adapt quickly to technological changes and customers’ needs and requests.
  • Candidates must demonstrate strong interpersonal, service, and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

  • Review queued work orders and handle moderately difficult requests in line with commitment times.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on customer tickets.
  • Ensure required reporting is complete and accurate, and support ad hoc reporting requests.
  • Provide process input and recommendations.
  • Maintain detailed written records of work activity.
  • Update local asset databases and other systems.
  • Handle moderately difficult rack-and-stack customer equipment tickets.
  • Read moderately difficult installation spreadsheet plans and support installations according to those plans.
  • Support moderately difficult installations, including overhead cable trays, cage mesh, cabinets, cable management and support systems, fiber termination circuits, cable distribution trays, and backup tape changes.
  • Identify and raise infrastructure expansion capacity and cabling concerns.
  • Perform quality checks on cross-connects and on-site support tickets and recommend improvements.
  • Carry out moderately difficult data center cross-connect installations, terminations, modifications, and testing in accordance with operating procedures.
  • Install and test moderately difficult cross-connect circuits, including switched and multiplexed circuits.
  • Support operational testing for Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 cross-connect certification.
  • Support troubleshooting of moderately difficult circuits, including switched and multiplexed circuits.
  • Escalate advanced circuits and provide support as needed.
  • Troubleshoot customer issues and recommend solutions based on experience.
  • Monitor stock levels and proactively coordinate material needs with the appropriate teams.
  • Provide escalated work-order support and support alarm dispatch.
  • Provide backup support to security personnel when needed.
  • Support customer satisfaction through timely and accurate order execution.
  • Provide high-quality service and customer experience when interacting with customers.
  • Communicate time expectations for new deployments and existing alterations.
  • Support customers on site through access control and escort services.
  • Act as the point of contact for moderately difficult customer requests, exceptions, and escalations.
  • Support and partner with team members on assigned projects.
  • Coordinate vendors for data center-related projects.
  • Perform quality assurance on new customer installations and deployments.
  • Complete assigned training on time.
  • Handle customer support requests involving customer IT and telecommunications platforms hosted in data centers, equipment deliveries and collections, escorting, and incident resolution.
  • Manage activity queues and priorities independently through the request system, including time-spent and billing data.
  • Troubleshoot customer and company copper and fiber links.
  • Contribute to installation work involving racks, connectivity, and electrical power for initial customer installations and extensions.
  • Perform end-to-end cross-connect cabling services, including testing, labeling, updating information systems, and providing timely information for database updates and billing.
  • Maintain optimal airflow in customer rooms by installing blanking panels in customer racks and, when instructed by management, perforated tiles in cold aisles.
  • Propose improvements to facility layout, cabling organization, and installed customer configurations.
  • Work rotating 3-by-8-hour shifts on a long-term predictive schedule.

Desired Qualifications

  • A first technical experience is desired.

About the Company

Equinix

Global data center, colocation, interconnection provider

Equinix provides data center space, colocation, and interconnection services to businesses worldwide. Customers rent space to house servers and use interconnected networks inside Equinix data centers, enabling low-latency data transfer between networks and cloud providers. Unlike competitors that focus only on space, Equinix combines a global footprint with a large ecosystem of over 10,000 customers for direct, high-speed connections. Its goal is to enable fast, reliable digital operations and support customers’ digital transformation and multi-cloud strategies.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Redwood City, CA
Founded
1998

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