Staff Engineer, Server Management

at  Equinix

WHO ARE WE?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 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 providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.
Staff Engineer, Server Management

JOB SUMMARY

Analyzes business requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Designs software systems, test vendor provided HW/FW, understands, and manages server fleet.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with distributed systems at scale
• Basic understanding of how networking works and how virtual defined networking works
• Expertise with BIOS, BMCs, UEFI and PXE boot
• Experience with Docker, QEMU/KVM, expertise in Linux
• Experience with testing and qualifying software, firmware, and server hardware components for production use
• Ability to identify problems (and subsequently drive resolution) for issues found in the interaction between Operating Systems and firmware/BIOS. To name a few: Windows, VMWare ESXi, Linux and Linux kernels, drivers, BIOS, and BMC firmware
• Experience in a modern coding language like Go, Rust, or Ruby/Ruby on Rails.
• Experience in creating fast feedback loops with CI/CD and testing automation
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and other container services
• Experience with Agile software development practices including Scrum, JIRA, Peer Review, Git and CI/CD
• Deep analytical and problem-solving skills with a sense of curiosity
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills internally and externally including the ability to document solutions and create architectural diagrams
• Shown ability to think strategically and execute with a sense of urgency, delivering services to meet customer demands on a timely basis
• Experience contributing to Open Source and interacting with Open-Source communities is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with proven years of experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field of education

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and development of software networking features for Equinix Metal, a bare metal cloud that scales and provides a way to interconnect across the Equinix ecosystem
• Work closely with the team and collaborate with cross functional teams to introduce and enhance our product capabilities for customers
• Provide technical leadership for the team of highly passionate engineers to evolve our software networking features
• Collaborate with others to develop software for our large-scale cloud services, driving simplicity, high-reliability, ease of maintenance and operation
• Lead by example through direct contribution and provide direction in establishing development and operational standard methodologies. Be a team player. Coach less senior members of the team.
• Actively participate in continuous improvement of process and systems that support our software development lifecycle (SDLC), values and culture