Data Center Critical Facilities Specialist

7 days ago


Shenton Park, Australia Equinix Full time

Data Center Critical Facilities Specialist
Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 200+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

We are a fast-growing global company with 70+ consecutive quarters of growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of nearly 10,000 companies, including 1,800+ networks and 2,900+ cloud and IT service providers in over 26 countries spanning five continents.

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 outstanding 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.

Job Summary:
The Critical Facilities Specialist supports the wider team by performing repairs and leading all aspects of site maintenance at our static site. The successful applicant will be tasked with coordinating the maintenance and up keeping of all Data center infrastructure according to Equinix global standards.

Strong interpersonal skills (particularly when speaking with onsite customers), attention to detail, engineering proficiency and a dedication to consistently achieving personal and team Equinix goals will be highly regarded.

Key Responsibilities
- Provides the team with technical support and advice
- Acts as SME and provides training to team members where needed
- Breakdown and Repairs Management
- Maintenance Scheduling and Planned Preventative Maintenance
- Maintaining Security Policy and Procedures
- Reporting - Reviews specialist contractual reports and activities
- Assess Consistency to Policy - Ensures all repairs performed on all data center infrastructure are completed according to the manufacturer’s guidelines and standard methodologies
- Problem Solving - root cause analysis and in the repair of failed components
- Teamwork -Liaises with regional construction or design teams on design changes
- Design - Validates design criteria for new principal power installations (e.g., single power source)

**Qualifications**:

- Trade Cert or Degree in related fields
- Willingness to work autonomously and unsupervised when required.
- Ideally some data center or mission critical exposure and experience
- Positive demeanor and outlook, enjoys working in a team environment.
- Ability to attain and maintain NV1 security clearance.

Benefits of the role
- Salary package including annual bonus, annual reviews, and healthcare allowance (with some roles attracting company shares)
- Development and progression opportunities across Equinix in the Facilities or wider teams both locally and Globally
- Monday-Friday daytime hours on a static site

Equinix is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.



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