Principal Security Engineer, Equinix
Security Platform
CA$133-183k
Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position
Digital infrastructure company
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Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$133-183k
Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, platform engineering, or secure software development
- Strong grounding in security fundamentals: IAM, application security, data protection, credential management, endpoint and cloud security
- Deep experience designing and delivering RESTful APIs and service-based architectures
- Practical expertise with containers, orchestration, and infrastructure abstractions (Docker, Kubernetes, API gateways, service meshes)
- Strong programming skills in Python, Java, C++, or similar (polyglot experience is a plus)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) and modern DevSecOps practices
- Cloud-native delivery experience on AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
- Awareness of threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and risk analysis
- Experience driving technical alignment across multiple engineering teams or organizations, including executive-level communication and architectural governance
- Familiarity with security data analysis, ML, or AI-enhanced security workflows is a bonus
What the job involves
- The Digital Information Security Engineering team is seeking a deeply technical Area Tech Lead (ATL) to join our team and own the end-to-end technical strategy and architecture for the Security Operating System—a foundational platform that powers security services, automation, and data-driven decision-making across the enterprise
- In this ATL capacity, you will define the long-term technical roadmap for the security platform, drive architectural alignment across multiple engineering teams, and partner with engineering and business leadership to deliver measurable outcomes for the organization
- Design and implement core security platform services that expose reliable, well-instrumented interfaces that are consumed by customers of the Security Platform
- Translate security and product requirements into architecture and code—from proof of concept to hardened, production-ready services
- Own the technical strategy and multi-year roadmap for the Security OS area; break it into credible incremental milestones that can be delegated to domain leads for execution
- Serve as the technical go-to leader for architecture, platform design, and escalations within the area; document rationale and ensure teams have clear implementation paths
- Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and security executives as peers to align technical direction with business outcomes; represent the area in cross-organizational architecture forums
- Provide technical oversight across the delivery lifecycle—architecture, quality standards, deployment practices, and operational readiness—while delegating execution to engineering teams
- Design automation-first workflows, integrating security services and telemetry from diverse tools and data sources
- Design and build integrations, plugins, and hooks across the security ecosystem (IAM, app sec, endpoints, cloud, data protection)
- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI-driven and open-source security tooling, where they add measurable value
- Define and evolve service APIs, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and aligned with platform capabilities
- Ensure platform reliability by designing for SLA/SLO compliance, observability, and fault tolerance
- Proactively identify technical risks and bottlenecks, driving resolution before they impact delivery or reliability
- Lead through technical strategy, architectural clarity, and cross-team decision-making; serve as a thought leader whose influence spans multiple teams and major initiatives
- Navigate ambiguity with minimal guidance; build cross-team technical agreement and unblock execution through pragmatism and credible roadmaps
- Influence cross-functional teams by clearly articulating tradeoffs, constraints, and long-term impact
- Set a high bar for engineering rigor, security design, and operational excellence
- Anticipate where the security landscape is headed and build platform capabilities ahead of demand
- Collaborate with business and execution executives as peers, driving shared ownership of problems and solutions
- The Successful Candidate Will
- Multiply the effectiveness of the team through clear technical direction and strong execution
- Challenge assumptions and improve how the Security Platform is designed and operated
- Take ownership—from idea to production to steady-state operations
- Stay curious, continuously learning, researching new threats, and experimenting with better approaches
- Thrive in fast-moving environments where priorities evolve and impact is tangible
Our take
Equinix is a veteran player in the digital infrastructure market, connecting industry-leading organizations in finance, manufacturing, retail, transportation, government, healthcare, and education.
The company provides a range of services within the categories of digital, support, data center, and interconnection, with capabilities including, for example, simplifying hybrid cloud deployments or securing on-site deployments. It has an extensive range of partners, granting its clients access to a vast range of industry-leading technologies atop its own offerings.
With a wide global presence, Equinix has secured a path to continued success by its ability to keep abreast of developments in the space. The company is comfortably positioned to remain a robust and leading player across multiple growth avenues and can be expected to make more smart developments and partnerships in the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Adaire Fox-Martin
(CEO & President)Prior to becoming CEO of Equinix in 2024, Adaire spent nearly 3 years at Google in various roles, including Head of Google Ireland and President of Google Cloud Go to Market. She also spent nearly 14 years at SAP and over 18 years at Oracle Corporation.
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