Senior Staff Engineer, Equinix
Product Software
$124-235k
Salary dependent on location + Bonus
Digital infrastructure company
Job no longer available
Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$124-235k
Salary dependent on location + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience or related experience in designing and building highly redundant network infrastructure for campus networks with an emphasis on IPv4 and IPv6, IP Routing, RIB/FIB, BGP and PBR, IP and BGP routing to CSPs, Zero Trust, SDN and Cloud Networking
- 5+ years of experience or related experience applying network and security principles within a cloud infrastructure deployment
- Demonstrated experience in secure transport methods (SSH, TLS, IPSEC, Wireguard), IAM, VPCs and connectivity such as IaaS peering and VPN solutions
- A deep understanding of OSI Layer and its application
- Strong track record of delivering resilient network systems and services with a focus on delivering amazing experiences for end users
- Strong hands-on technical skills. Can drill deep into the complex network system design and implementation when needed
- Familiarity with APIs and designing solutions to leverage interfaces to build network automation or capabilities such as dashboarding or monitoring
- Comfortable programming in languages such as Go, Python, C/C++, Rust, is ideal
- DevOps mindset to improve CICD using GitHub Actions and review DORA metrics to improve processes
What the job involves
- Analyzes business requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Designs software systems
- Work in a globally distributed development team on Hybrid Multi-cloud Networking open-source software
- Cultivate Equinix’s open-source presence and reputation in open-source organizations, standards bodies and more like Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), Linux Foundation, etc. Interact with stakeholder(s) to understand and document the product feature(s)
- Provides a level of effort (LOE) for the product backlog. Work with technical project managers and product management teams to define a schedule
- Assist in the analysis & evaluation of new technologies to meet the demand for product roadmap and technology platform goals
- Help in the evaluation and recommendation of appropriate technologies for product features and platform
- Advocate and follow best design and development practices adhering to Engineering standards
- Prioritizing and parallelizing the tasks in hand and dealing with ad-hoc requests
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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