Digital Realty Career Opportunities
How many years of analytical experience do you have in the telecommunications/data center field?
Within the last 5 years, what role did the following play in your job:
Facility Provisioning and Circuit Design
Within the last 5 years, what role did the following play in your job:
Taking data from provisioners and building trends, seeing what is going right and wrong, building KPI's and presenting findings
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Take Point on Multiple Interconnection Projects as You Support our Provisioning Team

Expand Your Data Center & Colocation Experience at One of the Largest Full-Service Data Center Providers in the World

This is an opportunity to partner with a dispersed team of Provisioners and serve in a high-impact role as the team's project manager. You will expand your skills as you manage a portfolio of interconnection projects for the team and support the ongoing growth and development of one of the largest full-service data center providers in the world. This is a role that will require the full extent of your project management skills, including technical knowledge and understanding, data tracking and analysis, organization and time management, problem-solving, cross-functional relationship building and more. Experience in colocation and data centers is a must. Along the way, you will gain wide national and possibly global exposure as you work on projects across a wide array of data center sites. Our ongoing strong growth will create opportunities for top performers and the exposure you gain in New York and beyond will allow you to spotlight your talents and shine. Prove yourself and you could advance in the role or open additional doors of opportunity. Additionally, once you are fully acclimated, you will have the flexibility to work from home a good deal of the time. 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 600 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products. With the acquisition of Telx in October 2015, Digital Realty is uniquely positioned to provide a complete range of data center solutions on a global scale that best fit our customers' needs. At the same time, we can now connect them to the cloud and their critical partners on an open platform that includes 135 properties and 198 buildings in 33 markets around the globe. In May 2016 we became part of the S&P 500.

Video: The Southeast's largest concentration of telecommunications companies can be found at Telx's 56 Marietta Street data center facility. Atlanta is a major interconnection point between Florida and New York, and Telx's downtown facility sits on top of most of this fiber. As a result, businesses have more choices for carrier-neutral interconnection, colocation and data center access from this location compared to any other in the region.

The Requirements

To meet the basic qualifications for this role, you will have:
  • Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship
  • Experience in a colocation / data center environment with understanding of all aspects of data center operations Quick question for you - click here
  • Knowledge of facility provisioning and circuit design  Quick question for you - click here
To be a good fit for the Project Manager, Provisioning opportunity, you should also have:
  • A bachelor’s degree
  • 3 to 5 years of analytical experience in telecommunications or a related field
  • Experience with revenue forecasting and reporting
  • Strong Excel skills including building Excel formulas, formats, and models to present to executive management; VLOOKUPS, pivot tables, etc.
  • SQL querying experience/knowledge is strongly recommended to exchange data between SQL and Excel
  • Proven project management skills to oversee projects and prioritize and invest time efficiently and appropriately
  • A successful history of working cross-functionally
Just as important as your experience and skills will be the following characteristics and competencies:
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with customers and vendors in order to expedite the completion of projects and assignments
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills, including:       
    • Competencies in editing and writing
    • Ability to communicate effectively in meetings, succinctly delivering information
    • Polish in presenting to multiple levels and titles, including executive stakeholders
  • Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills with solid business acumen
  • Ability to plan ahead and anticipate potential problems upon first evidence
  • An inquisitive nature, solid learning aptitude and technical acumen
  • A proven self-starter approach
  • Ability to work under pressure and within short time constraints in a complex system and business integrated environment 

The Role

Reporting to the Director of Provisioning, you will join a team including 7 Provisioners, who are based in different parts of the country, and serve as our only Project Manager for the team. Supporting facilities around the country and occasionally in our global community, the Provisioning Team generates accurate circuit designs for customers’ review and technicians’ execution, performs interconnection documentation duties (work orders) in support of projects, and helps maintain our interconnection inventory. 

As Project Manager, Provisioning, you will oversee the associated projects, serving as an individual contributor, gathering data, looking at the fine details and performing reporting and analysis duties. You will work with team members, software and other vendors, test the database, discover trends and root cause analysis and more. Quick question for you - click here  Perhaps 25% of your day will be dedicated to the analysis, with the other 75% being spent delivering the explanation, determining next steps, pitching your findings and making recommendations. Reporting is critical, as is your ability to arrive at supported recommendations and succinctly deliver a message. 

More specifically, your duties will include:
  • Reviewing program applications and overseeing application review by other staff members and support contractors
  • Recognizing trends and emerging opportunities or risks; making recommendations to the Executive Leadership Team
  • Performing reporting & dashboard analytics and developing and delivering concise, compelling reports and presentions of findings to the Executive Leadership Team
  • Tracking milestones and monitoring the progress of individual projects and the program portfolio as a whole
  • Proactively identifying and addressing projects that are behind schedule or at risk for non-completion
  • Contributing to the Provisioning Team's strategic planning and goal setting; refining goals and targets over time
  • Preparing for, organizing and contributing to stakeholder meetings
  • Implementing standardized processes and best practices, and proposing new standardized processes in order to best capitalize on all our resources and knowledge
  • Performing other tasks as assigned 
Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

Why Digital Realty

Professional development 
There will be opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills in this role. For example, you'll share ideas and insights with a strong team in Provisioning, and also interact regularly with leadership, including your supervisor and other highly-skilled stakeholders. We are committed to helping our people grow professionally, including providing training and exposure.

A Growing Interconnection Portfolio
This is an outstanding area in which to begin your work with Digital Realty. We have an exciting, growing product that is still in its infancy as far as potential, and as demand grows so will the team. You will be in a prime position to advance your career, while also having a great platform to work and learn from a smaller, dynamic, high-energy team with just seven Provisioners in place currently. At Digital Realty there is plenty of room for growth for our proven performers. 

Great time to join
By bringing Digital Realty and Telx together, we have created a platform for strong growth. We promote from within whenever possible, and we're always on the lookout for proven players. It's an exciting time to join us. 

Flexibility
While you will work in the office while you are learning and come in as needed, you will enjoy the flexibility to often work from home. 

The "best of both worlds"
You'll find that working for our company may be a little bit different. We are small enough, with only 1400 employees across our global portfolio, that your hard work will be visible throughout the organization, yet our extensive offering of services and solutions and proven track record of growth; stability and industry-leading innovation give you the resources and tools you need to take your career to the next level.

Unique culture
We are a collaborative, people-focused company dedicated to quality and continuous improvement. When you become a member of our team, you receive our commitment to your continued development and support. Plus, you will enjoy working in the cool art deco environment of the Google Building in New York. 

Strong foundation
Our financial strength and stability provide our customers with the assurance that Digital Realty and Telx will be their partner for current data center needs and those in the future, and our investment credit ratings provide us access to paths for more capital. We view each of our customers as a long-term partner.

Green standard for sustainability
We are committed to improving the performance and energy efficiency of our data centers through the creation, adoption and promotion of industry-leading best data center practices and experience. We are pioneers in thinking about green data centers and are also a Contributing Member of The Green Grid.

Excellent compensation
In addition to a competitive wage and discretionary bonus potential, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes all you would expect plus some pleasant surprises, like multiple flexible spending plans, a generous company match on the 401(k) plan, and more.

Video: With the acquisition of Telx, Digital Realty adds robust colocation, strategic network dense connectivity, a vast and open partner ecosystem and unmatched freedom of choice to one of the world's largest data center footprints.

Keys to Success

To excel in this role, you will demonstrate initiative in learning our process flow and databases so you can get up to speed quickly and begin making an impact in short order. You'll also need to get to know our customers and their preferences, the Leadership Team and their goals, and other internal players, building relationships as you go. Cross-functional finesse and professional polish will be essential. You will present your ideas often and will be talking to busy people who will quickly want the data needed for decision making. You must have the ability to be specific, concise and clear in your communication.

The virtualness of the team can present a challenge because the dynamics of calling a meeting can require organization, technology and a proactive approach to communication. Though we are dispersed, however, we work extremely well together. You will continue to promote that cohesive team spirit from your role. 

In addition, to be an outstanding Project Manager, Provisioning, you will:
  • Achieve goals independently, but also know when to reach out for help
  • Build strong and productive relationships both on team and cross-functionally
  • Remain open to learning new things as you start out and moving forward
  • Be willing to dig in to discover issues and root causes and be creative in solving them
  • Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and pride in your work
  • Pay attention to details while also grasping the big picture

About Digital Realty

About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

Globally delivering the Right Workload, in the Right Place, at the Right Value℠

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 600 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

About Telx

Telx, Digital Realty's Colocation and Interconnection line of business, fuels infrastructure, interconnection and business progress. With industry-leading 100% uptime and 100% on-time service delivery SLAs, Telx helps companies build more agile businesses faster with reduced infrastructure complexity and broader reach to new markets. At Telx we're not just about making connections. We're all about making a difference.

Telx colocation and connectivity products serve a broad range of industries from network dense Internet/Cloud Gateway data centers located across 13 US markets: Atlanta, Charlotte (NC), Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Jersey, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Seattle. With more than 50,000 network connections, Telx enables the hybrid cloud strategies of our customers, and the interconnection of more than 10 million square feet of data center space around the world.

Digital Realty offers a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled

Please do not forward unsolicited resumes to any employee of Digital Realty and its subsidiaries. Digital Realty is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited referrals.

Take Point on Multiple Interconnection Projects as You Support our Provisioning Team

Expand Your Data Center & Colocation Experience at One of the Largest Full-Service Data Center Providers in the World

This is an opportunity to partner with a dispersed team of Provisioners and serve in a high-impact role as the team's project manager. You will expand your skills as you manage a portfolio of interconnection projects for the team and support the ongoing growth and development of one of the largest full-service data center providers in the world. This is a role that will require the full extent of your project management skills, including technical knowledge and understanding, data tracking and analysis, organization and time management, problem-solving, cross-functional relationship building and more. Experience in colocation and data centers is a must. Along the way, you will gain wide national and possibly global exposure as you work on projects across a wide array of data center sites. Our ongoing strong growth will create opportunities for top performers and the exposure you gain in New York and beyond will allow you to spotlight your talents and shine. Prove yourself and you could advance in the role or open additional doors of opportunity. Additionally, once you are fully acclimated, you will have the flexibility to work from home a good deal of the time. 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 600 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products. With the acquisition of Telx in October 2015, Digital Realty is uniquely positioned to provide a complete range of data center solutions on a global scale that best fit our customers' needs. At the same time, we can now connect them to the cloud and their critical partners on an open platform that includes 135 properties and 198 buildings in 33 markets around the globe. In May 2016 we became part of the S&P 500.

Video: The Southeast's largest concentration of telecommunications companies can be found at Telx's 56 Marietta Street data center facility. Atlanta is a major interconnection point between Florida and New York, and Telx's downtown facility sits on top of most of this fiber. As a result, businesses have more choices for carrier-neutral interconnection, colocation and data center access from this location compared to any other in the region.

The Requirements

To meet the basic qualifications for this role, you will have:
  • Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship
  • Experience in a colocation / data center environment with understanding of all aspects of data center operations Quick question for you - click here
  • Knowledge of facility provisioning and circuit design  Quick question for you - click here
To be a good fit for the Project Manager, Provisioning opportunity, you should also have:
  • A bachelor’s degree
  • 3 to 5 years of analytical experience in telecommunications or a related field
  • Experience with revenue forecasting and reporting
  • Strong Excel skills including building Excel formulas, formats, and models to present to executive management; VLOOKUPS, pivot tables, etc.
  • SQL querying experience/knowledge is strongly recommended to exchange data between SQL and Excel
  • Proven project management skills to oversee projects and prioritize and invest time efficiently and appropriately
  • A successful history of working cross-functionally
Just as important as your experience and skills will be the following characteristics and competencies:
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to build relationships with customers and vendors in order to expedite the completion of projects and assignments
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills, including:       
    • Competencies in editing and writing
    • Ability to communicate effectively in meetings, succinctly delivering information
    • Polish in presenting to multiple levels and titles, including executive stakeholders
  • Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills with solid business acumen
  • Ability to plan ahead and anticipate potential problems upon first evidence
  • An inquisitive nature, solid learning aptitude and technical acumen
  • A proven self-starter approach
  • Ability to work under pressure and within short time constraints in a complex system and business integrated environment 

The Role

Reporting to the Director of Provisioning, you will join a team including 7 Provisioners, who are based in different parts of the country, and serve as our only Project Manager for the team. Supporting facilities around the country and occasionally in our global community, the Provisioning Team generates accurate circuit designs for customers’ review and technicians’ execution, performs interconnection documentation duties (work orders) in support of projects, and helps maintain our interconnection inventory. 

As Project Manager, Provisioning, you will oversee the associated projects, serving as an individual contributor, gathering data, looking at the fine details and performing reporting and analysis duties. You will work with team members, software and other vendors, test the database, discover trends and root cause analysis and more. Quick question for you - click here  Perhaps 25% of your day will be dedicated to the analysis, with the other 75% being spent delivering the explanation, determining next steps, pitching your findings and making recommendations. Reporting is critical, as is your ability to arrive at supported recommendations and succinctly deliver a message. 

More specifically, your duties will include:
  • Reviewing program applications and overseeing application review by other staff members and support contractors
  • Recognizing trends and emerging opportunities or risks; making recommendations to the Executive Leadership Team
  • Performing reporting & dashboard analytics and developing and delivering concise, compelling reports and presentions of findings to the Executive Leadership Team
  • Tracking milestones and monitoring the progress of individual projects and the program portfolio as a whole
  • Proactively identifying and addressing projects that are behind schedule or at risk for non-completion
  • Contributing to the Provisioning Team's strategic planning and goal setting; refining goals and targets over time
  • Preparing for, organizing and contributing to stakeholder meetings
  • Implementing standardized processes and best practices, and proposing new standardized processes in order to best capitalize on all our resources and knowledge
  • Performing other tasks as assigned 
Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

Why Digital Realty

Professional development 
There will be opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills in this role. For example, you'll share ideas and insights with a strong team in Provisioning, and also interact regularly with leadership, including your supervisor and other highly-skilled stakeholders. We are committed to helping our people grow professionally, including providing training and exposure.

A Growing Interconnection Portfolio
This is an outstanding area in which to begin your work with Digital Realty. We have an exciting, growing product that is still in its infancy as far as potential, and as demand grows so will the team. You will be in a prime position to advance your career, while also having a great platform to work and learn from a smaller, dynamic, high-energy team with just seven Provisioners in place currently. At Digital Realty there is plenty of room for growth for our proven performers. 

Great time to join
By bringing Digital Realty and Telx together, we have created a platform for strong growth. We promote from within whenever possible, and we're always on the lookout for proven players. It's an exciting time to join us. 

Flexibility
While you will work in the office while you are learning and come in as needed, you will enjoy the flexibility to often work from home. 

The "best of both worlds"
You'll find that working for our company may be a little bit different. We are small enough, with only 1400 employees across our global portfolio, that your hard work will be visible throughout the organization, yet our extensive offering of services and solutions and proven track record of growth; stability and industry-leading innovation give you the resources and tools you need to take your career to the next level.

Unique culture
We are a collaborative, people-focused company dedicated to quality and continuous improvement. When you become a member of our team, you receive our commitment to your continued development and support. Plus, you will enjoy working in the cool art deco environment of the Google Building in New York. 

Strong foundation
Our financial strength and stability provide our customers with the assurance that Digital Realty and Telx will be their partner for current data center needs and those in the future, and our investment credit ratings provide us access to paths for more capital. We view each of our customers as a long-term partner.

Green standard for sustainability
We are committed to improving the performance and energy efficiency of our data centers through the creation, adoption and promotion of industry-leading best data center practices and experience. We are pioneers in thinking about green data centers and are also a Contributing Member of The Green Grid.

Excellent compensation
In addition to a competitive wage and discretionary bonus potential, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes all you would expect plus some pleasant surprises, like multiple flexible spending plans, a generous company match on the 401(k) plan, and more.

Video: With the acquisition of Telx, Digital Realty adds robust colocation, strategic network dense connectivity, a vast and open partner ecosystem and unmatched freedom of choice to one of the world's largest data center footprints.

Keys to Success

To excel in this role, you will demonstrate initiative in learning our process flow and databases so you can get up to speed quickly and begin making an impact in short order. You'll also need to get to know our customers and their preferences, the Leadership Team and their goals, and other internal players, building relationships as you go. Cross-functional finesse and professional polish will be essential. You will present your ideas often and will be talking to busy people who will quickly want the data needed for decision making. You must have the ability to be specific, concise and clear in your communication.

The virtualness of the team can present a challenge because the dynamics of calling a meeting can require organization, technology and a proactive approach to communication. Though we are dispersed, however, we work extremely well together. You will continue to promote that cohesive team spirit from your role. 

In addition, to be an outstanding Project Manager, Provisioning, you will:
  • Achieve goals independently, but also know when to reach out for help
  • Build strong and productive relationships both on team and cross-functionally
  • Remain open to learning new things as you start out and moving forward
  • Be willing to dig in to discover issues and root causes and be creative in solving them
  • Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and pride in your work
  • Pay attention to details while also grasping the big picture

About Digital Realty

About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

Globally delivering the Right Workload, in the Right Place, at the Right Value℠

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 600 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products.

Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.

About Telx

Telx, Digital Realty's Colocation and Interconnection line of business, fuels infrastructure, interconnection and business progress. With industry-leading 100% uptime and 100% on-time service delivery SLAs, Telx helps companies build more agile businesses faster with reduced infrastructure complexity and broader reach to new markets. At Telx we're not just about making connections. We're all about making a difference.

Telx colocation and connectivity products serve a broad range of industries from network dense Internet/Cloud Gateway data centers located across 13 US markets: Atlanta, Charlotte (NC), Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Jersey, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Seattle. With more than 50,000 network connections, Telx enables the hybrid cloud strategies of our customers, and the interconnection of more than 10 million square feet of data center space around the world.

Digital Realty offers a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions.

Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled

Please do not forward unsolicited resumes to any employee of Digital Realty and its subsidiaries. Digital Realty is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited referrals.
Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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