Principal Network Service Engineer

Equinix Inc.

Redwood City, United States
Base: 163,000 - 245,000 usd (redwood city); 136,00...
Hybrid
Network slis, slos, error budgets
Major incident response
Network observability frameworks
Equinix is seeking a Principal Network Service Engineer to join their Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. The ideal candidate will lead the design and maintenance of reliable network platforms, leveraging advanced automation and AI technologies to enhance network performance

Job Summary

  • The Principal Network Engineer is a senior technical leader within the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) organization, responsible for designing, scaling, and maintaining highly reliable, self-healing network platforms.
  • This role integrates AI driven operations, predictive analytics, observability, and advanced automation to ensure the network meets strict availability, performance, and resiliency standards.
  • Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.

Matching Summary

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Equinix is seeking a Principal Network Service Engineer to join their Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. The ideal candidate will lead the design and maintenance of reliable network platforms, leveraging advanced automation and AI technologies to enhance network performance.

Salary

Base: 163,000 - 245,000 USD (Redwood City); 136,000 - 204,000 USD (Dallas); 131,000 - 181,000 CAD (Toronto); Bonus/Equity: Eligible for bonus and equity; Benefits: Competitive, inclusive, sustainable, connected and efficient benefits package

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • network SLIs, SLOs, error budgets
  • major incident response
  • network observability frameworks
  • automation, AI copilots, LLM playbooks
  • AIOps platforms integration
  • generative AI workflows
  • ML based analytics pipelines

Nice-to-have

  • challenge assumptions, uncover bias
  • belonging, purpose, valued team
  • fresh ideas, unique perspective
  • continuous improvement culture

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years large scale networking, SRE, Net/DevOps
  • Expertise in routing, switching, BGP, IGP, MPLS, EVPN
  • Proficiency in Python, automation frameworks
  • Strong understanding of observability
  • Experience troubleshooting distributed systems

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