Equinix
Equinix
Equinix provides digital infrastructure that helps organizations connect people, platforms, and services across global ecosystems. Its offerings include data centers, colocation, interconnection, ecosystem discovery, and digital services designed to support secure, high-performance connectivity for multicloud environments. By combining low-latency networks, high bandwidth, automation, and infrastructure designed with sustainability in mind, Equinix supports digital transformation for companies in sectors including financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and commercial markets.

Vice President of Product Architecture, Security Platforms

Lead Equinix’s architecture for secure AI, network, and programmable infrastructure platforms. Set product and security strategy, API direction, and engineering practices.

Description

  • Report to the Chief Product Officer
  • Set architecture, security, and software platform strategy for next-generation digital products and services
  • Develop AI-powered security applications across Layer 7 and application security
  • Build agile engineering capabilities to evaluate, prototype, and scale emerging AI opportunities
  • Advance intelligent traffic management, endpoint routing, and secure application connectivity
  • Create revenue opportunities alongside Fabric and security platform offerings
  • Set strategy and roadmaps for sovereign security platforms serving trusted AI, data sovereignty, and regulated workloads
  • Develop security-attested automation, certification, and compliance capabilities for enterprise AI deployments
  • Build industry partnerships and contribute to standards for trusted AI and sovereign infrastructure
  • Set architecture standards, frameworks, and engineering practices across product areas
  • Align long-term technology strategy and platform roadmaps with business priorities
  • Manage architectural risk, technical debt, and platform sustainability
  • Improve engineering performance through measurable outcomes, operational metrics, and delivery excellence
  • Establish governance for technology investments, risk mitigation, and architectural compliance
  • Lead ongoing improvements in engineering productivity, quality, reliability, and efficiency
  • Align engineering operations and investments with business strategy, customer needs, and growth objectives
  • Set strategy, architecture, and roadmaps for programmable infrastructure APIs
  • Establish API governance, security, and lifecycle standards
  • Enable customer automation and self-service through scalable, reliable, developer-friendly interfaces
  • Grow platform adoption and revenue through ecosystem partnerships and developer engagement
  • Develop technical leaders and encourage experimentation and continuous learning

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
  • At least 15 years in software engineering and technology leadership at startups and mid-to-large complex enterprise application companies
  • Track record of launching and building early-stage security applications or platform products
  • Networking domain knowledge
  • Ability to lead a team of network architects
  • Strong understanding of emerging technologies and product development
  • Deep expertise in DevSecOps, NetOps, site reliability engineering (SRE), cloud-native architecture, and agile methods
  • Experience standardizing architecture across a federated or product-aligned technology organization
  • Business acumen and ability to influence and partner across functions
  • Strong communication and organizational change skills
  • Strategic thinking, customer focus, enthusiasm for innovation, entrepreneurial drive, and comfort navigating ambiguity

Benefits

  • Employee assistance program
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Voluntary insurance plans
  • Retirement plan contributions from the employee and Equinix
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Paid holidays
  • Disability accommodations during the employment process

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