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Equinix

Principal Security Engineer, Security Platform

Equinix

. Design and implement core security platform services with reliable, well-instrumented interfaces .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • United StatesLead💰 $158,000 - $238,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in security engineering and platform design, with a strong focus on IAM, application security, and cloud security. Proven ability to lead technical strategy, design scalable APIs, and implement automation-first workflows in alignment with business outcomes.

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Security EngineeringIAM ExpertiseRESTful API DesignCloud-Native DeliveryCI/CD Pipeline Experience

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Hard Skills
Security EngineeringPlatform EngineeringSecure Software DevelopmentRESTful API DesignProgramming in PythonProgramming in JavaProgramming in C++CI/CD PipelinesThreat ModelingRisk Analysis
Soft Skills
Technical LeadershipExecutive-Level CommunicationCross-Organizational Collaboration
Tools & Technologies
DockerKubernetesAPI GatewaysService MeshesCloud Services (AWS, Azure, GCP)DevSecOps Practices
Industry Keywords
Application SecurityData ProtectionCredential ManagementEndpoint SecuritySecurity Architecture Reviews

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPythonC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design and implement core security platform services with reliable, well-instrumented interfaces
  • Translate security and product requirements into architecture and production-ready code
  • Own the technical strategy and multi-year roadmap for the Security OS area
  • Break the roadmap into incremental milestones for domain leads
  • Serve as the technical leader for architecture, platform design, and escalations
  • Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and security executives to align technical direction with business outcomes
  • Represent the area in cross-organizational architecture forums
  • Provide technical oversight across architecture, quality standards, deployment practices, and operational readiness
  • Design automation-first workflows integrating security services and telemetry
  • Build integrations, plugins, and hooks across IAM, application security, endpoint, cloud, and data protection ecosystems
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-driven and open-source security tooling
  • Define and evolve scalable, secure service APIs
  • Design for SLA/SLO compliance, observability, and fault tolerance
  • Identify technical risks and bottlenecks and drive their resolution

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, platform engineering, or secure software development
  • Strong grounding in IAM, application security, data protection, credential management, endpoint security, and cloud security
  • Deep experience designing and delivering RESTful APIs and service-based architectures
  • Practical expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, API gateways, service meshes, containers, orchestration, and infrastructure abstractions
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, C++, or similar
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, such as GitHub Actions, and modern DevSecOps practices
  • Cloud-native delivery experience on AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
  • Awareness of threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and risk analysis
  • Experience driving technical alignment across multiple engineering teams or organizations, including executive-level communication and architectural governance
  • Familiarity with security data analysis, ML, or AI-enhanced security workflows is a bonus

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • US: Health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans
  • US: Retirement plan contributions
  • US: Accrued paid time off and paid holidays
  • Canada: Healthcare coverage, life, disability, and optional benefit plans
  • Canada: Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP)
  • Canada: Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
  • Canada: Tax-Free Savings Plan (TSFA)
  • Canada: Vacation, personal time, and paid holidays
  • Bonus eligibility
  • Potential equity offering depending on the position