Cloud Support Officer at Equinix

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: Cloud Support Officer

Job ID: 149865
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full time

Job Summary

• The Cloud Support Officer will be responsible for providing first level support to Equinix Cloud & Managed services customers in line with customer SLA requirement.

Responsibilities

• Respond to operational requests with Work Breakdown Schedules (WBS) or implementation plan
• Work with the GNOC team, Cloud operations team as well as the Managed services team in a shift system to provide 24/7 support to Cloud customers
• Troubleshoot (Microsoft Private cloud with Windows Azure pack and Azure Stack), cloud (AWS, Azure) and hybrid solutions
• Provide  timely support to internal and external customers
• Prepare documentations and reports as required
• Provide support to Customers on escalations
• Open support ticket, update and close them accurately
• Identify, recommend, and implement potential improvements to service efficiency
• Comply with support processes and procedures to ensure customer satisfaction and service level objectives (SLO) are met
• Identify, recommend and implement potential improvements to service efficiency
• Ensure quality, up-to-date documentation exists for all service arrangements
• Work with the Cloud Implementation, and Cloud Solutions teams to deliver customer projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences, Information Management or related engineering field is preferred
• Experience with Microsoft public, hybrid and private cloud
• Technical Expertise in cloud service delivery models including infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and software-as-a-service; automation; hypervisors; containers; virtual compute, storage, and networks; virtual infrastructure management; self-provisioning; and scaling
• Experience working with Windows/Linux operating systems
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with Microsoft system centre 2012 or later versions
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a virtualization & cloud environment
• Strong Cloud experience skills (AWS or Azure)
• Powershell scripting experience will be an added advantage
• Networking experience will be an added advantage
• Certifications in Linux, Hyper-V, Windows Server, Microsoft System Centre, VMware, Storage, and other Cloud Technologies considered a plus for this position
• Excellent customer engagement skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to follow through project phases or life cycle, following Project implementation guidelines to achieve effectiveness in project delivery
• Good understanding of networking in a cloud-based environment
• Problem solving skills
• Prioritizing skills
• Troubleshooting skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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