1 day ago
Base Salary
$136k - $204k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, execute, and document certification test plans for NOS releases, fabric interconnection, and new product features before production deployment.
- Build and maintain large-scale staging environments that replicate service-provider and data-center topologies.
- Perform interoperability, regression, scalability, performance, and high-availability testing across multi-vendor environments.
- Collaborate with network vendors to track software defects, validate hotfixes, and influence product roadmaps.
- Develop production-readiness playbooks, deployment strategies, and rollback procedures with production engineering teams.
- Research emerging network technologies and evaluate vendor roadmaps and feature-integration feasibility.
- Contribute to Layer 1–3 network architecture and design and verify designs through hands-on technical deep-dives.
- Provide technical guidance on network hardware and network operating system selection.
- Automate certification workflows and support testing and troubleshooting in containerized, Kubernetes, hybrid-cloud, and AWS networking environments.
- Evaluate AI/ML tools and LLMs for automated test-case generation, log anomaly detection, and predictive root-cause analysis.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in network engineering and automation.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, electronics, computer engineering, or a related field preferred.
- Hands-on experience with OSI layers, routing, and switching in large-scale, multi-vendor environments.
- Deep proficiency with BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, segment routing, VXLAN, EVPN, L2VPN, L3VPN, CNF, VNF, SR-IOV, and DPDK.
- Experience with Nokia, Juniper, Cisco, and Arrcus networking platforms and network operating systems.
- Experience with network test equipment and traffic generators such as Spirent, Keysight/Ixia, Avalanche, IPerf, and Trex.
- Proficiency with Python, Ansible, PyATS, Netmiko, REST APIs, NETCONF, RESTCONF, and gNMI.
- Familiarity with Docker containers, Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
- Hands-on experience with AWS networking services including VPC, Transit Gateway, and Direct Connect.
- Relevant certifications such as Cisco CCIE, Juniper JNCIE, or AWS Solutions Architect are a plus.
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans for eligible employees and family members.
- Retirement plan contributions by the employee and Equinix.
- Accrued paid time off and paid holidays, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Targeted base pay range of $136,000–$204,000 annually for the Dallas Infomart, United States location; bonus and possible equity are separate from base pay.
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About Equinix
Equinix is a public digital infrastructure company that operates a global platform of colocation and interconnection data centers for enterprises, cloud and network providers. It sells space, power, and connectivity, plus services such as Equinix Fabric, Network Edge, and Equinix Metal for hybrid multicloud and edge deployments. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, it is listed on NASDAQ (EQIX) and runs hundreds of IBX facilities across major metros worldwide.