Senior Manager of Product Software Architecture and Engineering, Equinix

• 10+ years in infrastructure, systems engineering, or SRE roles, with 3+ years in a leadership position
• Strong technical background in server infrastructure (hardware, OS, virtualization, cloud/hybrid environments)
• Expertise in automation tools, scripting languages, monitoring platforms, and incident management
• Deep understanding of capacity planning, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Desirable

• We are seeking an experienced Manager to build, lead, and scale a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team dedicated to Cloud and Server operations
• This leader will establish the vision, strategy, processes, and tooling required to ensure our global server infrastructure is reliable, scalable, secure, and efficient
• The role will combine deep technical expertise with strategic leadership, fostering a high-performance culture that blends software engineering and systems operations
• Leadership & Strategy:
• Define and execute the SRE strategy for server operations, aligned with organizational objectives and SLAs
• Build and mentor a high-performing team of SREs from the ground up, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Develop the team’s roadmap for automation, monitoring, reliability engineering, and operational maturity
• Partner with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure seamless delivery and operations
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including procurement, supply chain, IBX, and compliance to support operational excellence
• Manage CAPEX/OPEX expenditures to optimize resource allocation and drive cost-efficiency across infrastructure initiatives
• Operational Excellence:
• Oversee the health, performance, and capacity of server infrastructure, ensuring optimal uptime and efficiency
• Lead implementation of monitoring, observability, and alerting systems to detect and resolve issues proactively
• Establish incident response and postmortem practices, ensuring root cause analysis and prevention
• Develop and enforce operational standards, playbooks, and change management processes
• Automation & Tooling:
• Drive automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, scaling, and recovery
• Identify and implement tools that reduce toil, improve reliability, and increase operational speed
• Security Management:
• Oversee patching, vulnerability mitigation, and compliance for server hardware and OS layers
• Ensure adherence to security and data protection requirements
• Budget & Vendor Management:
• Manage vendor relationships for hardware, monitoring tools, and infrastructure services
• Develop and manage the SRE/server operations budget