Director, AI & Container Platform Engineering

Equinix

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 220,000 - 330,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Equinix is seeking an experienced Director, Product Software Architecture and Engineering to build and lead a new dev-ops team delivering an AI and container management service for Equinix Managed Solutions. You will partner with product management to define requirements, service level objectives, and align with global systems while scaling for enterprise availability.

You will collaborate with EMS operations, EMS fulfillment, and network architecture to ensure the service design integrates with

Qualifications

Director-level experience managing managers, delivering multiple software products or services.
Proven experience leading DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering teams.
Strong and demonstrable operational experience providing a highly available global service.
Experience delivering Kubernetes or OpenShift-based infrastructure and operating it at scale.
15+ years professional experience in a software development leadership role.
Bachelor's in Engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for Equinix's AI and Container Management Service.
Partner with Product Management to translate customer needs and market opportunities into platform capabilities.
Establish Service Level Objectives (SLOs), operational standards, and platform governance.
Drive adoption of cloud-native best practices across engineering and operations teams.
Lead architecture and design decisions and DevOps processes for Kubernetes/OpenShift-based managed services.
Ensure platform scalability, resiliency, security, and operational readiness.