Senior Engineer, JPN M&T Services - Ops

Who Are We?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet. 
 

A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.

Joining our operations team means being at the center of everything – maintaining and evolving critical infrastructure that powers the digital world and delivers real impact for our customers, communities and society. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary

Evaluates the business, infrastructure and software requirements for the planning and delivery of the designed services. Incorporates the new technological trends in the initiatives and projects for the evolution of managed service architectures.

Responsibilities

Architecture Development

• Participates in designing next generation infrastructure
• Analyzes, selects, and performs proof of concept testing on components related to Managed Services infrastructure (switches/ server/ storage/ database/ backup/ appliances/ software technology from various vendors)
• Has deep understanding of vendor community solutions and capabilities
• Develops configuration guides to be used by Infrastructure and Operational personnel

Testing & Validation

• Develops test plans and strategies to ensure that architectural concepts and features work as anticipated and meet the requirements provided by Application owners and/or Infrastructure, including alternative approaches such as vendor conducted testing
• Provides input to test plans to be conducted by Application or Infrastructure owners to ensure end to end scenarios are evaluated

Vendor Management

• Validates research and builds on information, translating the information into proposed Infrastructure solutions/services

Technology Project Planning and Execution

• Understands 2 to 3 technology domains
• Manages the execution of medium technology projects
• Identifies and assigns technical tasks
• Identifies and assigns technical issues
• Reports the progress of functional design, technical design, development tasks, test execution, and defect resolution
• Stakeholder Management and Communication
• Builds relationships with project team members

Business Requirements Analysis

• Partners with business stakeholders to analyze, define and document business requirements for defined-scope enhancements, typically pertaining to a specific functional areas

R&D / Innovation

• Investigates, analyzes, and evaluates new technologies

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