Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

At Equinix, we help the world’s digital leaders scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, and transform people’s lives. Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams.

We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills, and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

• Responsible for driving innovative architectures in line with the latest network technology trends and completeness of architectural changes that meet Product Management and/or Network Systems Engineering requirements

• Maintains relationships with senior leadership and collaborates with a broad range of stakeholders globally

• Establishes key performance metrics

• Drives a culture of innovation, excellence & collaboration with other business functions

• Provides strategic direction in planning/execution

• Passion for developing modern, world-class networking solutions that are scalable, reliable and programmable through software

As a Principal Network Engineer, you will provide network design and engineering expertise and technical leadership across critical and pivotal initiatives focusing on scaling, modernizing, and automating Equinix’s global network infrastructure. You will have the flexibility to work on different projects to utilize new technologies as we continue to explore new areas and drive innovation across the infrastructure space. It presents a great opportunity for a passionate, technical leader to make a tangible impact to the future-state technology stack of Equinix’ global networks and infrastructure. If you believe in the power of technology to change the world, and if you value creativity, work comfortably in a fast-paced environment and are eager to learn new technologies, we would like to talk to you.

Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership and significant technical contributions to help develop target network architectures and recommendations for the evolution of the network technology stack at Equinix, in close collaboration with stakeholders

• Drive cross-stakeholder alignment on network requirements and design trade-offs

• Hands on development of next gen network stack and mentoring senior technical leaders in the team

• Help identify technical debt and drive continual improvement by partnering with associate organizations

• Contribute to next-generation networking proof-of-concept projects in close collaboration with partners (e.g. Office of the CTO) to deliver tangible outcomes that guide new technology investments and implementation decisions to evolve the network technology stack

• Serve as an orchestrator of thinking internally and externally, including in interactions with customers, partners, forums, and open-source/developer communities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building software defined multi-tenant networking platform with building dataplane and control plane services at scale using cloud-native networking technologies and ecosystems

• Experience at scale with building and operating Network Operating Systems using OSS technologies like SONiC, switchdev, or other Linux-based open Network Operating Systems

• Demonstrable and extensive experience in developing networking technologies and architectures implemented in large-scale, critically important deployments. Examples include: a proven background in network infrastructure design, engineering, DevOps/operations, security, tooling, networking products/solutions, etc

• Passionate about infrastructure automation through software together with solid hands-on experience of network automation. Experience of engineering with programming languages (Go, Java, Python, etc.) or API development for network automation

• Experience with open networking technologies, ecosystems, open-source communities and industry forums such the Linux Foundation as well as open-source Routing Daemons (FRR, Bird, GoBGP), Linux Networking (eBPF, VPP, XDP)

• Involvement with modern observability platforms (Prometheus/PromQL, Grafana, etc)

• Preferably, Master’s degree in computer science, or relevant engineering field or similar qualifications

• Solid understanding of full networking stack (routing, switching , SDN), including key protocols & standards, Linux networking and open-source solutions, vendor ecosystems and implementation best practices

• Knowledge of merchant silicon, including Broadcom DNX and XGS hardware platforms and SDK (SAI)

• Operational experience deploying network equipment or products/services at scale

• Substantive track record with network programming in C, C++, golang, rust

• Excellent writing and verbal communications skills from engineering to executive

• Excellent collaboration and people skills

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

• San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $179,000 to $304,000

• California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $172,000 to $293,000

• Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $159,000 to $271,000

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.

More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:

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Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.