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.
Principal Solution Engineer
Role Overview:
The Equinix Digital Services Partnerships and Ecosystem Strategy team is seeking an accomplished, forward-thinking Principal Solution Engineer to enable, support and grow our strategic technology and route to market partners. In this role, you will create and build, from scratch, demos, POCs, validated solution blueprints, live environments to drive adoption of the Equinix digital services portfolio with and through partners. You will play a pivotal role in shaping our solutions strategy, propelling product innovation, and delivering unmatched value to our valued customers.
The ideal candidate has a DevOps mindset, is curious, loves learning new tech and is comfortable digging in, hands-on, including coding, with everything from APIs, hypervisors, networking, operating systems.
This is an individual contributor role reporting to the VP of Partnerships and Ecosystem Strategy Digital Services.
Responsibilities:
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Create solution blueprints and reference architectures to enable partners to build joint solutions on top of our products.
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Develop technical enablement content including videos, webinars, podcasts, presentations, blogs, and hands-on labs to help guide and explain solutions to customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
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Develop, code and evangelize compelling proofs of concept and demos (including apps and scripts) that showcase our joint solutions.
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Build certification training programs and help partners achieve technical competency in selling and supporting our solutions.
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Collaborate with core product management and engineering teams to build APIs, tools, and resources to technically enable our partner ecosystem.
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Track and report on partner certification attainment, solution development progress, and key technical blockers.
Requirements:
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Bachelor's degree in an engineering or technical discipline; MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
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10+ years of experience in solution engineering; creating solution blueprints and reference architectures to enable partners to build joint solutions.
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Strong hands-on experience with enterprise-level, cloud infrastructure services, and Edge Infrastructure, especially compute and storage environments (VMware, Nutanix, Pure, Netapp, etc.) and solutions.
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Strong hands-on experience with enterprise-level, Network as a Service (NaaS), Multi-cloud networking (L4-L7), and Network Security solutions.
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Current or recent hands-on experience with programming, scripting and IaC tools (Python, Shell Scripting, and Terraform etc.)
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Current or recent experience developing POCs, demos, websites and apps, and technical enablement content, including videos, webinars, podcasts, presentations, demos, blogs, and hands-on labs to educate partner sales teams on our solutions.
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Create and maintain the official live demo environments and video library of Equinix and partner solutions portfolio.
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An excellent understanding of developer workflows, CI/CD pipelines, API integrations, and IDE/GitHub/GitLab integrations.
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Understanding of developer-centric cloud computing environments (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
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: $162,000 to $272,000 per year
• California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $155,000 to $259,000 per year
• Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $131,000 to $235,000 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.
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What We Do
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world’s digital infrastructure company™, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix enables today’s businesses to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix, they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.
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