Vacancies at Equinix Nigeria

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Manager, Operations Support

Location: Nigeria (Remote)

Job Summary

• Manages team of supervisors in own business area, overseeing team development and training, managing budgets and assigning and prioritizing workflow.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Manages team of supervisors within own business area, providing overall leadership to everyone on supervisors’ teams; works with other managers to get things rolled out between teams (e.g., new system enhancements and system deployments)
• Training: Oversees team development to ensure team is functional; trains supervisors or others in own area of expertise (e.g., training on systems, products and processes).
• Process Development / Management: Leads cross-functional process design (e.g., end-to-end fulfillment and support processes), partnering with mid level technical professional team members within own and other teams and integrating information about Equinix as a business to improve processes/products being offered.
• Operational Support: Oversees overall impact, analyzing both positive and negative business impact of processes and making recommendations to senior management around potential direction based on analysis (e.g., analysis of key performance indicators, internal incident reports, daily performance reporting)
• Budgeting / Financial Management: Oversees overall budget entire team (and sub-teams within), maintaining, tracking and reporting results to senior leadership.
• Project / Program Leadership: Provides overarching project direction, understanding interdependencies and prioritizing projects (from a tactical perspective) across teams.
• Technical Skill Application: Assigns and directs supervisors to assist team members with technical work, as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degree with proven years of experience
• Operations or Process Improvement.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Data Center Critical Facilities Officer II

Job ID:  JR-150191
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time

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
Facility / Infrastructure Maintenance:

• Performs basic preventative maintenance checks on-site to non-critical facility components
• Performs basic repairs and maintenance to non-critical facility components
• Monitors the Building Monitoring System (BMS) by following standard operating procedures; works under close supervision in responding to basic alarms
• Normally receives detailed instructions on all work; works under close supervision

Vendor Support:

• Coordinates with vendors on standard operating procedures

Site Administration & Incident Support:

• Supports basic site logs for permits, such as: Maintenance Operation Protocol (MOPs) and scripts

Work Orders & Additional Projects:

• Completes basic routine work order facility requests under supervision
• Assists in routine incident management requests

Collaboration:

• Provides assistance to departments during routine maintenance activities
• Provides basic assistance to more senior staff on infrastructure projects; may shadow projects for learning

Qualifications

• Typically requires a high school diploma and proven year of equivalent work experience.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: IP Project & Implementation Engineer

Job Id:  JR-151984
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)

Job Summary

• Proactively Performs Network Fulfilment Activities. Highlights issues and drives resolution when required. Acts as mentor and technical coach for NSD Engineer

Responsibilities

• The engineer is responsible for designing, integrating and implementing IP based services on the IPNGN network
• Providing innovative network solutions and engaging OEMs when required
• Driving the MainOne IPv6 strategy
• Network design, planning, administration and maintenance
• IP multicast setup and IOS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR router deployments
• Ensuring knowledge transfer for level-1 IPNOC and relevant teams
• Troubleshooting and resolving WAN/LAN connectivity issues
• Managing bandwidth of the IP backbone for optimal performance
• Performing routine checks and maintenance on all network elements
• Routing protocol troubleshooting experience in a large scale network (BGP, IS-IS OSPF, EIGRP)
• Strong experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco routers and switches
• Monitoring of network elements and ensuring prompt repair and restoration of all faulty/down sites/links.
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of network equipment such as routers, switches and firewalls like Cisco ASA, Fortigate
• Exploring existing knowledge base and make recommendation to improve systems, solutions and processes
• PMP and Analytical skills

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree Or Equivalent Experience
• 3-5 years relevant experience is required.
• Relevant professional/technical certifications like CCNA, CCNP, JNCIS, (CCIE is an advantage)

Skills/Competences:

• Good presentation and analytical skills
• Relationship Management skills
• Time & self-management skills
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good knowledge of networking technologies – TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, VPNs, EVPN, VxLAN, SDWAN, SDN etc.
• Hands on experience configuring Firewalls, Cisco and Juniper routers,
• Service provider experience in technologies like MPLS L2VPN,L3VPN,ISIS,BGP, Segment Routing
• Proven capacity in designing and implementing complex, high performance networks with multiple locations and applications, preferably service provider networks.
• Scripting knowledge is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: IP Planning Engineer

Job Id:   JR-152471
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)

Job Summary

• Will be responsible for ensuring proper design for high availability in the Core of the Main One IP network through the design and implementation of appropriate IP based-services in partnership with technology partner companies.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance to team members and other operations teams with respect to IP/MPLS infrastructure
• Review configuration of core network equipment to meet requirement
• Supervise IP/MPLS services’ implementation covering the installations, testing & handover
• Perform corrective maintenance for IP/MPLS network
• Generate standard project documentation including detailed test plan for highly complex networks
• Ensure all third-party application IP support contracts are active and functional
• Troubleshoot problems with network and security infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls, VPN, servers and make corrective actions when necessary
• Ensure Capacity utilization is monitored, and growth is projected
• Ensure Design and Supervise integration of Managed services
• Ensure IP resources are monitored and sparing is maintained
• Manage complex projects involving cross functional team

Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• 5 – 7 years’ relevant experience required
• Proven capacity in designing and implementing complex, high performance networks with multiple locations and applications, preferably service provider networks
• Hands on experience configuring Cisco and Juniper routers
• Relevant certifications, preferably JNCIA, CCNP and CCIE certifications
• Good knowledge of networking technologies – TCP/IP, BGP, ISIS, DNS, VPNs, Firewalls, etc.
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Time management and personal effectiveness skills
• Relationship management
• Project management experience is an added advantage

Demands of the Job:

• Ability and willingness to work long hours and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to work under minimal supervision
• Reliability, rigour, team-spirit, service oriented and initiative in the execution of the assigned work

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Applications System Engineer

Job ID: JR-151565
Location: Nigeria

Responsibilities

• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the availability and efficiency of all server infrastructure resources and application systems, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs.
• Primarily provides support to the IPNGN virtual infrastructure.
• Apply OS/Hypervisor/Firmware/applications patches and upgrades as demanded, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
• Perform ongoing system performance tuning, infrastructure hardware upgrades ( CPU, memory and storage infrastructure), and resource optimization as required.
• Perform monthly Infrastructure and application performance reporting to support capacity planning.
• Troubleshoot and resolve operating system and application related issues.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks.
• Perform Server Hardening in line with server security best practices.
• Application servers review and deployment

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ relevant experience
• B.Sc.Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• CCNA, REDHAT, WINDOWS, VMWARE certifications

Skills & Competences:

• Linux and windows servers administration skills required
• Working knowledge of the Linux Kernel
• Database Administration experience
• Experience supporting Vmware vSphere environment
• Networking experience will be an added advantage
• Automation experience will be an added advantage (shell scripting, Ansible)
• Practical knowledge of DNS architecture, engineering, deployment and security
• Knowledge/ Experience working with Network monitoring tools and systems is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
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Job Title: Access Network Planning Engineer

Job ID: JR-151565
Location: Nigeria

Job Summary

• Performs routine tests that support deployment readiness decision.

Responsibilities
Troubleshooting:

• Participates in the development of troubleshooting guides within a limited scope

Network Design;

• Supports translation of high level architectural designs into platform configurations ; support developing methods of procedure that implement the design changes in the network platforms

Commissioning/ Installations:

• Assists in creating engineering deployment packages (EDPs), including rack elevation drawings, space and power requirements, cable run lists, and any other site-specific documentation
• Completes documentation for use by Operations (EDPs, configurations, and training guides)

Testing & Validation:

• Supports developing and executing software test plans and procedures
• Supports hands-on tests to validate proof of concepts, network design, network deployment, and introduction of services and features

Vendor Management:

• System Integration & Testing
• Assists with the creation of new and innovative test strategies for tests in laboratory and field testing environments
• Develops scripts that are the basis for test automation and incorporated into a test automation framework
• Training

Qualifications

• 1-3 years’ experience required
• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering or related field preferred.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Critical Facilities Officer IV

Job ID: JR-152950
Location: Nigeria

Job Summary

• Has a substantial understanding of the job while working on assignments that are moderately difficult requiring judgement in resolving issues or making recommendations.
• Focus is on moderately difficult tasks, using substantial understanding of standard operating procedure. Supports the overall team.

Responsibilities
Facility / Infrastructure Maintenance:

• Performs moderately difficult preventative and corrective maintenance checks on-site to facility components.
• Performs moderately difficult repairs, maintenance, installations and on-site inspections to facility systems. Supports energy efficiency measures.
• Monitors the Building Monitoring System (BMS) and resolves moderately difficult alarm issues issues that require judgement in resolving while following standard operating procedures.
• Operates and maintains plumbing, fire suppression, and safety systems.
• Operates critical infrastructures under the supervision of more senior technical staff.
• Normally receives little instruction on daily work, general instructions on newly introduced assignments.

Vendor Support:

• Supports the work approval process for service providers on moderately difficult maintenance work, for tracking: briefing at the start of work, work during the day workday/shift and final review of the work carried out. Ensures vendor maintenance activities are carried out as per Equinix’s standard operating procedures.
• In cooperation with vendors, supports modifications to technical files for plants and equipment ensuring files and builds are up-to-date.

Site Administration & Incident Support:

• Performs moderately difficult site logs for permits, such as Maintenance Operation Protocol (MOPs) and scripts.
• Identifies Single Points of Failure (SPOFs) and makes recommendations.
• Responds to all moderately difficult on-site incidents, including failures, problems and delays.
• Uses substantial understanding in following operating procedures to support on-site administration.

Work Orders & Additional Projects:

• Completes routine work requests and circuit installations.
• Troubleshoots and maintains office equipment (if necessary); supports auxiliary equipment and machines with problem solving and repairs to avoid/minimize downtime.
• Makes minor changes to mechanical, electrical and specialized systems, as directed.
• Carries out infrastructure projects.

Collaboration:

• Collaborates with others to resolve moderately difficult facility incidents.
• Effectively collaborates within the department; may mentor team members on general maintenance activities.
• Provides stakeholders of inventory needs in order to maintain optimal stock levels of critical parts and equipment.
• May recommend infrastructure projects.

Requirements

• Typically requires a high school Diploma and 2-4 years of equivalent work experience.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online