Lead Security Platform Architect

Equinix; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 155,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix in Dallas is seeking an Area Tech Lead to own the end-to-end technical strategy and architecture for the Security Operating System, a foundational platform powering security services and automation across the enterprise. You will define the long-term roadmap, drive architectural alignment, and partner with engineering and business leadership to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will design core security platform services, translate requirements into production-grade services, and ensure

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, platform engineering, or secure software development.
• Strong grounding in security fundamentals: IAM, application security, data protection, credential management, endpoint and cloud security.
• Deep experience designing and delivering RESTful APIs and service-based architectures.
• Practical expertise with containers, orchestration, and infrastructure abstractions (Docker, Kubernetes, API gateways, service meshes).
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, C++, or similar (polyglot experience is a plus).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) and modern DevSecOps practices.
• Cloud-native delivery experience on AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• Awareness of threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and risk analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core security platform services that expose reliable, well-instrumented interfaces that are consumed by customers of the Security Platform.
• Translate security and product requirements into architecture and code—from proof of concept to hardened, production-ready services.
• Own the technical strategy and multi-year roadmap for the Security OS area; break it into credible incremental milestones that can be delegated to domain leads for execution.
• Serve as the technical go-to leader for architecture, platform design, and escalations within the area; document rationale and ensure teams have clear implementation paths.
• Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and security executives as peers to align technical direction with business outcomes; represent the area in cross-organizational architecture forums.
• Provide technical oversight across the delivery lifecycle—architecture, quality standards, deployment practices, and operational readiness—while delegating execution to engineering teams.
• Design automation-first workflows, integrating security services and telemetry from diverse tools and data sources.
• Design and build integrations, plugins, and hooks across the security ecosystem (IAM, app sec, endpoints, cloud, data protection).
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI-driven and open-source security tooling, where they add measurable value.
• Define and evolve service APIs, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and aligned with platform capabilities.
• Ensure platform reliability by designing for SLA/SLO compliance, observability, and fault tolerance.
• Proactively identify technical risks and bottlenecks, driving resolution before they impact delivery or reliability.

Skills

Security engineering

REST APIs

Containers

Programming: Python/Java/C++

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Threat modeling

Executive communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

API gateways

Service meshes

Job description

Equinix in Dallas is seeking an Area Tech Lead to own the end-to-end technical strategy and architecture for the Security Operating System, a foundational platform powering security services and automation across the enterprise. You will define the long-term roadmap, drive architectural alignment, and partner with engineering and business leadership to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will design core security platform services, translate requirements into production-grade services, and ensure