Data Center Facility Operations Intern

**Who are we?**

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating over 250 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.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. 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 Facility Operations Intern

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ 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 20 years of consecutive quarterly growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,100 networks and 3,000+ cloud and IT service providers in 32 countries spanning six 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 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.

**Why Join Equinix**

We pride ourselves on our Intern Program being an immersive and impactful experience designed to kick start your Engineering career and set you up for future success
- Work on real business challenges: You will be assigned with a project and work directly with teams to gain real-work experience, contribute to the business, and impact the digital world. that will have a real business impact to Equinix
- Be treated and as employee and attend company wide events: Learn from our leaders through attending meetings and events and build a network of colleagues across the company
- Gain recognition: Celebrate your time with Equinix and the work you have completed through a Internship finale presentation where you will share your work and ideas with the leadership team at Equinix

**Opportunity: Internship in Data Center Facility Operations (Sydney Positions)**

We are excited to be able to offer opportunities within our Mission Critical facilities teams across Sydney and Melbourne. We are looking for bright and enthusiastic university students that have a keen interest in Engineering, specifically **Computer**, **Electrical, Mechanical or Mechatronics.**

In this program you will have the opportunity to work in one of the largest data centers in Australia plus be assigned projects to work on whilst shadowing the Facility Engineers when attending to maintenance and walk throughs in the data center.

**What skills and experiences do you need**

This is a paid internship where we are looking students located in Sydney who are able to attend the internship in person. Earliest start date will be from November 2024 depending on your schedule. We can offer flexible internship period between 4 - 6 months and we are looking for great communicators that are after a long term career is a global growing tech leader.

**Program eligibility**
- Studying an Engineering degree in **Computer**, **Electrical, Mechanical or Mechatronics.**
- Be available from November onwards for at least 4 months
- Our Program is open to university students who are in their final year of their studies of a minimum three-year undergraduate degree from an Australian university or those undertaking their master's degree
- You will need to be graduating in 2025/26 in order to be eligible
- As our intention is to offer you a permanent role once you graduate you must be able to clear Government Baseline clearance requirements

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domes