Recruitment 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: Business Development Representative

Job ID: JR-155060
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Business Development Representative is responsible for processing and qualifying all inbound leads while pro-actively prospecting in an assigned territory, culminating in qualified second level meetings with respective field and/or inside sales team for close.
• Works collaboratively with cross-functional partners (Field/Corporate Sales, Marketing, Sales Operations, etc.).

Responsibilities
Account Research:

• Researches accounts and identifies key personas
• Acquires Key/Targeted Personas through a variety of available tools.

Customer Communication:

• Generates interest, qualifies leads and creates pipeline growth via phone calls, emails and social media in assigned territory.

Territory Management/Strategy:

• Develops leads to stimulate business development, coordinating second level meetings/calls for Account Executives
• Leverages teammates (Managers, Inside Sales Associates and Account Executives) to develop targeted lists, call strategies, and messaging in order to drive opportunities and prospecting activities
• Monitors social web for sales opportunities and leads.

Cross-Functional Team Coordination:

• Follows up on campaigns and provides detailed feedback on the success of each campaign to our Sales Management Team and Marketing Managers
• Actively participates on Regional Sales Team calls/meetings
• Engages with Marketing for Regional Events support.

Reporting:

• Records and documents all calls, emails, meetings, tours and activities in SFDC
• Reports on weekly results, both qualitative and quantitative.

Building Customer Relationships:

• Establishes relationships with key stakeholders in assigned accounts and prospects.

Qualifications
Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 2 years’ proven sales experience such as business development, inside sales, field sales etc. preferred
• English language skill at business level
• Strong interest in B2B Sales
• Positive, collaborative, and approachable personality
• Eagerness and curiosity to learn new things
• Sales mindset.
• Desire to achieve target/KPI.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: IP Projects and Implementation Engineer

Job ID: JR-155016
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Proactively Performs Network Fulfilment Activities. Highlights issues and drives resolution when required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, integrating and implementing IP based services on the IPNGN network.
• Providing innovative network solutions and engaging OEMs when required.
• Driving the company’s 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 IP NOC 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.

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: Transmission Implementation Engineer (Core)

Job ID: JR-154402
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Proactively Performs Network Fulfilment activities. Highlights issue and drives resolution when required.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting and resolution of 1st and 2nd level network related problems
• Respond to and resolve DWDM & Metro networks issues within the timeframe of severity level agreements
• Review and execute RPRs (re-provision requests) on Ciena DWDM Submarine and Ciena Metro Network with minimal supervision
• Support all aspects of the network management process assuring requests, implementation, and problems are delivered as required with no impact to the global communications
• Deploy and document changes in accordance with problem and change management process
• Participate in managing projects introduced by engineering team assuring full implementation and documentation standards are adhered to
• Complete the projects objectives within timelines
• Interpret, review and implement Metro Ethernet, Microwave and GPON networks designs from the core network planning team
• Perform most effective approach to restore, recover, or alter configurations, logical or physical, to maintain service integrity
• Ensure that Equinix global and metro fiber network documentation is always accurate and up to date.

Qualifications
Required:

• Ability to review and execute provisioning requests from Transmission Planning documents
• Ability to troubleshoot, identify root causes and recommend solutions
• Ability to install, commission, implement and configure according to design and specification
• Ability to use basic working tools like ethernet Analyzer and optical testers
• Ability to monitor and manage the delivery of service especially by 3rd party vendors rendered to customers
• Ability to recognize and analyze data, basic causes of problems, and recommend solutions that meet the practical needs of the business
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Teamwork abilities
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Good knowledge of IP MPLS
• Bachelors Degree in Engineering Or Equivalent Experience
• CCNA and Project Management.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: IP Solutions Manager

Job ID: JR-154487
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Translation of architecture requirements and design into fieldable infrastructure through detailed implementation design and thorough testing, implementation plans, laboratory and field testing.

Responsibilities
Stakeholder Management:

• Works with stakeholders to establish network improvement plans. Participates with multiple stakeholders of multiple portfolio of projects to plan network release calendars. Ensures successful delivery of the portfolio on time and budget
• Responsible for providing comprehensive input to stakeholders to support decision making
• Proactively communicates issues and risks and escalate conflicts, proposing options for resolution
• Able to drive effective conflict resolution between stakeholders
• Manages all stakeholder communications with respect to project and operations status
• In addition to building effective working relationships with stakeholders, the manager partners with stakeholders to execute against agreed-upon commitments
• Responsible for managing stakeholder escalations/priority shifts to resolution and/or senior management escalation.

Management Reporting:

• Participates in monthly operational reviews of platform performance and roadmaps
• Ensures that operational fixes are translated into engineering plans
• Collects, analyzes, organizes and presents data on projects and operations to senior management
• Executes against operational KPIs.

Network Optimization:

• Sets key performance indicators and metrics that are aligned with NSE and Product Management objectives. Participates in network design reviews and processes of various projects and products. Provides technology leadership by making available testing tools used in laboratory and field environments.

Resource and Budget Management:

• Works closely across GTS and Technical Project Managers to track resource allocation and utilization for portfolio projects
• Decisions are guided by policies, procedures and business plan; receives guidance and oversight from his/her manager
• Requests approvals for additional expenses outside of approved budget/headcount
• Communicates budget estimates, and ensures team executes assigned projects within approved budgets
• Manages and/or escalates issues, as needed.

Network Engineering:

• Reviews designs for all programs. Participates in operational readiness review including results of all testing and commissioning activities.

System Integration and Testing:

• Drives cross functional evaluation of system issues. Reviews and approves system integration test results across multiple stakeholders and releases.

System Optimization:

• Utilizes subject matter expertise and data from analysis, to propose system improvements to leadership
• Oversees implementation of approved system improvement recommendations within functional area
• Identifies and proposes improvement ideas.

Project/Program Management:

• Responsible for producing and/or validating project plans, provided by project managers & technology professionals
• Responsible for ensuring projects deliver on time and budget by holding contributors accountable for delivering on project milestones and deliverables
• Responsible for identifying project execution risks and project-related issues, suggesting mitigation plans for resolution to management
• Responsible for project resource allocation and management and budget management.

R&D/Innovation:

• Drives innovation among the team.

Process/Policies/Standards:

• Creation/refinement of efficient processes, standards, and policies. Monitors violations, and designs a remediation plan to ensure adherence.

Road Map/Planning:

• Responsible for the planning of strategic priorities
• Responsible for developing and communicating a roadmap of projects and initiatives to project/functional stakeholders.

People Management:

• Is accountable for the performance and results of direct reports
• Is responsible for: the performance management of team members, including disciplinary actions and hire/fire recommendations; GPS process including assessments and Total Rewards allocations of direct reports; talent development, including quarterly conversations, career pathways conversations and individual development/growth plans
• Models the Equinix Culture and Values.

Review/Approvals/Escalations/Issues Resolution

• Supports and trains resources and oversees quality in triage and troubleshooting practices
• Leads troubleshooting efforts on critical issues with cross functional teams through resolution. Identifies improvements to address repeat issues
• Manager oversees and supports RCA cycles, reviews management level reports related to issues and escalations.

Vendor Management:

• Assists vendor resources with onboarding activities through all Equinix channels, ensuring vendor resources have appropriate workspace, system access, and tools
• Manages/leads individual consulting resources, as assigned
• Identifies initial commercial implications for vendor selection and performs initial due diligence
• Provides inputs for vendor negotiations
• Manages approved vendor relationships
• Monitors and reports on delivery of vendor deliverables.

Country/Regional Management:

• Manages team of local technology professionals in a given country
• Executes against approved initiatives. Manages technology and/or human resources in a single location, being familiar with local language, law and regulations, as needed
• Partners with global technology owners to implement and maintain global technology standards. Manages relationships with country stakeholders.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Product Manager

Job ID: JR-154181
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Supports the execution of a product strategy by performing research and analysis.

Responsibilities
Product Lifecycle Management:

• Identifies improvements to existing product processes; develops a strong understanding of processes and technology

Product Strategy, Vision and Roadmap:

• Completes ad-hoc assignments that assist in the development of product strategy and roadmap

Market, Competitive and Customer Analysis:

• Researches competitors and verticals; prepares atypical reports related to financial position, competitive position and market potential

Business Case Development:

• Collaborates on and may create the financial business models, conducts compelling business opportunity reviews with more senior team members

Product Performance:

• Defines metrics that will be used to inform product success and help drive user experience improvements

Cross Functional Collaboration:

• Designs product training curriculum; participates in cross-functional trainings and meetings

New Partner Identification and Engagement:

• Identifies partners to enhance or extend the product

Backlog Prioritization:

• Supports with backlogs, working regularly with the team to refine and add detail where needed · Collaborates closely with technology teams

Test Case Definition and UAT Coordination:

• Refines definition of allowable configurations, test cases and executes UAT

Stakeholder Management:

• Manages stakeholder expectations within and/or across functions
• Identifies and proactively includes correct stakeholders and communications effectively

Qualifications

• 4-5 years relevant experience is required, and Product Management experience in telecommunications environment is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required

Application Closing Date
5th September, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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