Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 71 days ago

SkillBridge Critical Facilities Engineer - Trainee

Equinix51 open roles

Where
Dallas
Work mode
On site
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowSkillBridge Critical Facilities Engineer - TraineeEquinix · Dallas

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Equinix's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

8.1% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Equinix postings stay open a median of 4 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.8%1 day
  2. 3.5%3 days
  3. 8.1%7 days
  4. 15.1%14 days
  5. 33.9%30 days
This job: posted 71 days ago

Equinix median: 4 days open

The posting

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.

A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact. You’ll work across teams, influence key decisions, and help shape the path forward. 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

Are you a military service member within or nearing your 180-day window for separation from active duty? Are you a military spouse fellow wanting to engage a technology career? If this is you, then Equinix has a unique opportunity to help kick-start the next chapter in your professional life.

We are accepting applications for our very own DoD SkillBridge Fellowship Program supporting the Data Center Operations, Critical Facilities. The training will be on the cutting-edge of technology in a digital infrastructure environment supporting an initiative designed to link our nation’s warfighters to the best employment opportunities available.

Do you have a background in Electronics, Electrician, or HVAC and skilled Mechanical trades?

This could be your next career move!

In this DoD Skillbridge Program with Equinix, you will:

  • Learn how your military experience translates into a rewarding civilian career
  • Explore a career or industry you might want to pursue upon separation from active duty
  • Earn real-world industry qualifications and certifications
  • Build experience and competency in your trade/ profession with our team
  • Expand your professional network of contacts
  • Gain familiarity with corporate culture

Responsibilities

Has a substantial understanding of the job while working on assignments that are moderately difficult requiring judgement in resolving issues or making recommendations. Focus is on moderately difficult tasks, using substantial understanding of standard operating procedure. Supports the overall team.

Facility / Infrastructure Maintenance

  • Performs moderately difficult preventative and corrective maintenance checks on-site to facility components. You will perform site inspections and monitor the building and Data Center alarms
  • Performs moderately difficult repairs, maintenance, installations, and on-site inspections to facility systems. Supports energy efficiency measures
  • Monitors the Building Monitoring System (BMS) and resolves moderately difficult alarm issues that require judgement in resolving while following standard operating procedures
  • Operates and maintains plumbing, fire suppression, and safety systems
  • Operates critical infrastructures under the supervision of more senior technical staff
  • Normally receives little instruction on daily work, general instructions on newly introduced assignments

Customer Operations Technician

  • Queue Management & Reporting
  • Prioritize and manage service requests to meet deadlines
  • Maintain detailed records and audit reports
  • Installations
  • Rack and stack equipment in data centers
  • Perform fiber terminations using a fusion splicer
  • Set up telecom cabinets, fiber trays, and cage wiring. Troubleshoot fiber and copper circuits
  • Support standard cross-connect work orders
  • Other troubleshooting procedures

Site Administration & Incident Support

  • Performs moderately difficult site logs for permits, such as Maintenance Operation Protocol (MOPs) and scripts
  • Identifies Single Points of Failure (SPOFs) and makes recommendations
  • Responds to all moderately difficult on-site incidents, including failures, problems and delays
  • Uses substantial understanding in following operating procedures to support on-site administration

Work Orders & Additional Projects

  • Completes routine work requests and circuit installations
  • Troubleshoots and maintains office equipment (if necessary); supports auxiliary equipment and machines with problem-solving and repairs to avoid/minimize downtime
  • Makes minor changes to mechanical, electrical, and specialized systems, as directed
  • Carries out infrastructure projects

Collaboration

  • Collaborates with others to resolve moderately difficult facility incidents
  • Effectively collaborates within the department; may mentor team members on general maintenance activities
  • Provides stakeholders of inventory needs in order to maintain optimal stock levels of critical parts and equipment
  • May recommend infrastructure projects

Qualifications

  • Must meet all eligibility requirements outlined in DOD Instruction 1322.29 and NAVADMIN 222/15. Required
  • Technical associates degree, military-technical school, or civilian technical trade school completion
  • Education level: Working on bachelor’s degree or relevant experience with 1-4 years in Mechanical Engineering or related field
  • Comprehensive knowledge of critical infrastructure i.e., UPS, generator, BMS, chillers, life safety systems
  • Coursework in HVAC design or heat transfer and thermodynamics
  • Knowledge of HVAC testing and balancing methodologies
  • Knowledge of IT hardware and other data center operations functions
  • Good time management habits, ability to multi-task, to sustain focus on long tasks
  • Ability to communicate thoughts and technical ideas
  • Attitude of taking initiative, enthusiasm, eagerness to learn, teamwork, creativity.
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs
  • The ability to prioritize effectively, balance assigned work and exceptional organization skills required for our constantly evolving environments
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills essential for team-based work assignments
  • Presentation skills with colleagues and clients of all levels

*Skillbridge Internship positions are open to active duty and/or transitioning military members. Compensation or pay for this role is made through the service member's current enlistment contract based on pay guidelines set by the Department of Defense (DoD)

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

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 domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We use artificial intelligence in our hiring process. Learn more here.


This posting is a new position within our organization.


From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Equinix's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Equinix's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Equinix's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.