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.
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

This position will focus on information security technologies, cyber threat detection, and incident response activities as required.
This includes all security hardware and software systems. In addition to a focus on Information Security, this role will work closely with Users, Network, System infrastructure, and Application teams to provide guidance and best of practice solutions, to work on problems of a diverse scope where analysis of a situation requires evaluation and judgment. Responsible for evaluating and improving the current Information Security systems and processes.

WHAT THE SERVICE MEMBER WOULD BRING TO THE ROLE:

• A desire for experience in Information Security; motivated learner with strong work ethic to facilitate learning progress
• Military Information Technology experience and/or MOS, Rate, AFSC designation or skill identifier with an emphasis in information technology and/or cybersecurity
• Desire to build technical knowledge of technology platforms, inclusive of systems, network devices, and security solutions
• Preferred Hands-on experience with Windows, Linux, enterprise network and network security devices, relational databases, and other core enterprise technologies
• Information Security education in application and infrastructure security architecture, design, and engineering using technologies, solutions, or frameworks inclusive of OWASP, SAML, firewalls, SSO, IDM, data encryption & enterprise key management, PKI, IDS/IPS, malware management, web content management, SIEM, endpoint security, digital forensics, etc.
• Excellent understanding/working knowledge of private and public cloud solutions
• Network design and management; hands-on knowledge of OSI Model & TCP/IP stack
• Effective oral and written communication skills including the ability to effectively communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical personnel, and to communicate and advise others on issues that are complex and/or sensitive in nature
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills, including the ability to organize and lead the work of others performing closely related or allied work. -Excellent interpersonal skills including proven ability to work in a facilitation and liaison capacity
• Ability to detect errors in logic, process, data and system structure
• Ability to describe in detail network topologies and their use in various environments.
• Ability to describe in detail IT concepts, practices and interdependencies as they relate to the network and security environment
• Describe and apply technical and application knowledge of network and security management concepts, modeling and design principles used to complete project work
• Ability to describe in detail network and security architectures, facilities, protocols and applications