Senior Staff Engineer

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operatingover 250 data centers across the globe.Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

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 providingan equitable work environmentthat is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

We are currently seeking a candidate for a role that primarily focuses on maintaining the servers and similar tasks. However, we are undergoing a transformation process to implement automation, self-healing, and self-service capabilities. As a result, the role will increasingly involve architecting solutions, programming, automation tools, and other related knowledge.

Analyzes business requirements/functional designs to resolve the feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Designs software systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead Singleview server maintenance including deployments, user access, and solving performance issues

  
  

• Establish and maintain Singleview governance processes, policies, and guidelines

  
  

• Develop tools and automation scripts and processes to deliver on the goals and transformation of the department

  
  

• Implementation of DevOps tools and collaboration with other departments to streamline and automate the environment build, user access, deployments, alerts and monitoring

  
  

• Define roles and responsibilities for being responsible for the organization's data in compliance with business and regulatory requirements

  
  

• Plan and complete Singleview deployments, ensuring alignment with the organization's analytics vision

  
  

• Review and adapt policies and procedures to meet changing business needs

  
  

• Collaborate with technology team members to craft, build, and support data/reporting/analytics systems and infrastructure

  
  

• Research and assist with scaling new billing products, within the department

  
  

• Plan disaster recovery and backup strategies for Singleview environments

  
  

• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to integrate cloud to on-premise applications

  
  

• Produce and continuously improve reporting and analytics databases/data warehouses to serve a diverse range of consumers

  
  

• Handle shift responsibilities, including on-call rosters, shift rotations (including night shifts), and occasional weekend work for maintenance and deployment activities

  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of Software Engineering experience

  
  

• Minimum of 4 years experience with Singleview Server maintenance

  
  

• 2 years with web applications server maintenance

  
  

• Strong solving skills for performance issues in Singleview

  
  

• Excellent knowledge of Linux and Bash scripting

  
  

• Intermediate experience on Python with 3 years of experience

  
  

• Intermediate knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps tools such as Jenkins, SonarQube, k8s, and Docker

  
  

• Proven experience in Singleview Server architecture discussions

  
  

• Experience with application installations, upgrades, and migrations within virtualized environments

  
  

• Validated understanding of disaster recovery & backup strategies

  
  

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to efficiently collaborate with team members and customers

  
  

• Meticulous with extensive integration and server-side integration and maintenance experience

  
  

• Experience integrating cloud and on-premise applications

  
  

• Ability to work in a fast-paced distributed team environment with minimal direction

  
  

• Flexible to work as per the requirements of Global Organization

  
  

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of analytics, monitoring and visualization tools like QlikView, Looker, Domo, Grafana, ELK

  
  

• Experience with other programming languages such as Java, React, Javascript

  
  

• Experience with maintenance of web applications

  
  

• Certification in Python, Linux, Singleview or similar

  
  

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 this form.

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.

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 this form.

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.