Principal Security Engineer (Metal Platform)
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
Equinix Metal, a leading bare metal cloud provider, is looking to grow our software engineering team! If you are an expert software engineer and looking to help build out services that will affect how the next generation of infrastructure and hardware is delivered to the world, join our team!
This role can be remote or based in one of our office locations.
Responsibilities
In this position, you will drive the Equinix Metal security strategy and be an individual contributor for a team in charge of securing and automating the security for our engineering platform, leading new initiatives as well as improving existing security controls within the platform. You’ll help multiple teams navigate the complexities of securing their applications, as well as define/review requirements and write the software that will help them achieve that with the least amount of frustration and friction.
You’ll also
Live and breathe the developer experience with the platform we are responsible for caring and feeding for - our customers are Equinix Metal engineers, and they deserve the best
Deal with ambiguity and strive to the heart of problems - when developing / running an internal platform, you participate in the “what” and “why” just as much as the “how”
Provide end-to-end technical solution designs, recommend tools and standards and improve our system architecture with security, reliability, scalability and automation in mind, making sure components are built in a way that is conducive for rapid development and deployment onto our platform
Collaboratively write RFC’s / blueprints that establish our go-forward patterns, architecture, or that otherwise create a picture of where we want to go
Seek out weaknesses, identify (potential) security problems and risks, prototype solutions, approach every day with a self-starter attitude and a focus on resolving problems while not getting bogged down in a changing landscape
Understand and promote a DevSecOps culture, and proactively contribute to our ecosystem of tools regardless of “who owns what”
Be an active contributor to our internal systems/codebases as well as internal and relevant external open source projects
Deeply care about technology, your craft and about the success of your teammates and the company. Have strong intrinsic motivators to help drive self-improvement and mentor less senior team members
Participate in on call rotation to support this product team's software in production
Qualifications
Proven years of experience preferred in software engineering
Bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering is a nice to have, but not required
Proficiency with at least one programming language; preference given to candidates with Go experience
Proficiency with container runtimes, Kubernetes, Linux OS internals and CI/CD tools
Experience with relevant security tooling, concepts, best practices and standards
nice to have- experience with contributing to open source projects
Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing .
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.
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.
Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing .
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