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Senior Manager, Network Architecture

Equinix
United States, California, Redwood City
1 Lagoon Drive (Show on map)
Jun 26, 2025

Who are we?

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating over 260 data centersacross 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 hirehardworking people who thrive on solvingchallengingproblems 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 environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

You will supervise a distributed team of (6-12) engineers, chartered with the development of Equinix's next generation network infrastructure, in support of its diverse set of products and services. This role will collaborate with a diverse set of teams inside Equinix, included (but not limited to) operations, product, software development, procurement, finance, and executive leadership - in additional to external customers, vendors, and business partners.

Responsibilities


  • Foster a culture of innovation, excellence, and collaboration

  • Develop monthly reporting to objectively capture team performance and network efficiency, including any external blockers and paths towards resolution

  • Work cross-functionally across teams to develop and operationalize complex network topologies and product features. Ensure successful delivery of the portfolio on time and on budget.

  • Develop and curate rich technical documentation, including high and low-level design details

  • Maintain an empowered and autonomous engineering organization; serve as a facilitator and tiebreaker in the case of conflict

  • Drive innovation among the teams, recognize innovation, and help communicate new ideas across teams

  • Responsible for leading strategic and roadmap planning, influencing and driving prioritization of initiatives with functional stakeholders


Qualifications


  • 15+ years of relevant engineering experience, including (5) years as a people manager or tech lead

  • Experience with agile development methodologies, Jira, and other relevant tooling/SaaS

  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills, for interacting with both engineers and executive leadership

  • Excellent collaboration and people skills

  • Experience leading hybrid distributed teams, maintaining a balance between execution and employee wellbeing

  • Deep knowledge of market for network products and services, including customer use cases

  • Experience with CapEx and OpEx budgeting; strategic vendor negotiation

  • Experience recruiting and coaching/mentoring engineers at all levels

  • Expert level knowledge with service provider networking technologies and protocols, including BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, RSVP, QoS, EVPN, VXLAN, traffic engineering (backbone & edge)

  • Substantive knowledge of network (function) disaggregation, including merchant silicon and ODM solutions

  • Experience with open networking technologies and ecosystems, such as Routing Daemons (FRR, Bird, GoBGP), Linux Networking (eBPF, VPP, XDP), and SONiC, or other Linux-based open Network Operating Systems

  • Passionate about infrastructure automation through software, together with solid hands-on experience of network automation


French Translation

Resume du poste

Vous superviserez une equipe distribuee, composee d'ingenieurs (entre 6 et 12) et ayant pour mandat de developper l'infrastructure reseau de la prochaine generation d'Equinix pour son portefeuille diversifie de produits et de services. Le ou la titulaire du poste collaborera avec differentes equipes au sein d'Equinix, y compris celles des operations, des produits, du developpement logiciel, de l'approvisionnement, des finances et de la direction, en plus de clients, fournisseurs et partenaires d'affaires externes.

Responsabilites


  • Promouvoir une culture d'innovation, d'excellence et de collaboration.

  • Developper un systeme de rapports mensuels pour consigner, de maniere objective, le rendement des equipes et l'efficacite du reseau, y compris les obstacles externes et les pistes de solution.

  • Travailler avec diverses equipes pour developper et operationnaliser des topologies reseau complexes et des fonctionnalites de produits. Assure la livraison reussie du portefeuille dans les delais et le budget impartis

  • Developper et selectionner une vaste documentation technique, incluant des elements conceptuels detailles et de haut niveau.

  • Veiller au maintien d'une organisation d'ingenierie autonome et outillee; agir comme facilitateur et voix decisive en cas de conflit.

  • Encourager l'innovation au sein des equipes, la reconnaitre et aider a communiquer de nouvelles idees aux diverses equipes.

  • Diriger la planification strategique et de la feuille de route, influencer et faire avancer la priorisation d'initiatives en collaboration avec les parties prenantes operationnelles.


Qualifications


  • Plus de 15 ans d'experience pertinente en ingenierie, dont cinq (5) ans comme gestionnaire d'equipes ou responsable technique

  • Experience des methodes de developpement agile, de Jira ou d'autres outils pertinents/logiciel-service

  • Excellentes competences en communication orale et ecrite permettant d'interagir efficacement avec des ingenieurs et les membres de la direction

  • Excellentes competences de collaboration et aptitudes relationnelles

  • Experience de diriger des equipes hybrides distribuees, voir a l'equilibre entre l'execution des mandats et le bien-etre des employes

  • Excellentes connaissances du marche des produits et services reseau, incluant les cas d'utilisation de la clientele

  • Experience de la preparation de budgets d'investissement et d'operations, de negociations strategiques avec les fournisseurs

  • Experience du recrutement et de l'accompagnement/du mentorat d'ingenieurs de tous les niveaux.

  • Expertise des technologies et protocoles de reseautique des fournisseurs de services, dont BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, routage de segments, RSVP, QoS, EVPN, VXLAN et l'ingenierie de trafic (dorsale et peripherie)

  • Connaissances approfondies de la desagregation des fonctions reseau, incluant les solutions de silicium marchand et ODM


The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
*San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $179,000 to $269,000 per year
*California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $171,000 to $257,000 per year
*Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $155,000 to $233,000 per year
Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.
This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.
As an employee, you become important to Equinix's success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:
USA Benefits eBook

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.

The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
*San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $179,000 to $269,000 per year
*California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $171,000 to $257,000 per year
*Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $155,000 to $233,000 per year
Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.
This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.
As an employee, you become important to Equinix's success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:
USA Benefits eBook
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