Overview
Who are we?
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 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.
Job Summary
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Platform Engineering & SRE Staff Engineer to join our team. As a Platform Engineering SRE, you will play a critical role in developing, maintaining and improving the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems, ensuring seamless user experiences. This position blends software engineering and systems engineering expertise to create automated solutions for operational challenges.
Responsibilities
Reliability and Performance
Ensure the high availability, reliability, and performance of production systems and services
Implement and maintain disaster recovery plans and procedures
Monitor and manage system health using metrics, logs, and tracing to proactively identify and resolve issues
Automation and Infrastructure
Automate repetitive tasks, including deployment, scaling, monitoring, and remediation of systems
Build and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
Incident Management
Participate in incident response and troubleshooting efforts to minimize downtime and resolve issues quickly
Conduct root cause analysis for system failures and implement preventive measures to avoid future incidents
Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions to prevent recurrence
Maintain incident response playbooks and ensure efficient on-call rotations
Observability and Monitoring
Design and implement monitoring solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar
Collaboration
Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure smooth delivery of applications
Act as a bridge between software engineering and operations, advocating for DevOps best practices
Document system configurations, processes, and procedures to ensure knowledge sharing and maintain system integrity
Capacity and Scalability
Conduct capacity planning and optimize system scalability to meet future demands
Implement strategies for horizontal and vertical scaling of applications
Security and Compliance
Ensure infrastructure security by implementing best practices and addressing vulnerabilities
Collaborate with the security team to meet compliance standards and audits
Data Engineering & Automation
Develop and maintain scalable and efficient data pipelines
Automate data workflows for ETL/ELT processes, integrating data from various sources into data warehouses and other storage solutions
Develop and maintain solutions for data transformation, data modelling, and automate the orchestration of data processing
Data Warehouse Management
Implement and maintain modern data warehouse architectures, ensuring effective data storage, retrieval, and accessibility
Work with cloud-based data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift) and optimize data models for analytics and reporting
Develop and manage dimensional models, star/snowflake schemas, and data marts for operational and analytical use cases
Real-time and Batch Data Processing
Build and manage real-time and batch data pipelines for high-volume data ingestion, processing, and analytics
Leverage technologies such as Apache Kafka, Apache Beam, Apache Spark, and Google Cloud Dataflow for streaming and batch processing
Qualifications
Experience
5+ years of experience in a Data Platform including Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering role
Technical Skills
Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, or similar
Experience in developing Data ingestion pipelines, Governance, Quality and automation
Experience in cloud platforms such as Google Cloud / AWS / Azure
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins
Exposer to containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
Methodologies
Knowledge of Software Engineering, Data Modelling and SDLC
Understanding of SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
Knowledge of incident management frameworks and root cause analysis techniques
Soft Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
Background in performance testing and load testing
Tools & Technologies
Google Cloud Platform
Python, Java, SQL
Apache Beam/Spark/Google Cloud Dataflow
Apache Airflow
Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Github Actions, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes
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.
- 4 - 7 Yrs
- Pune
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Bangalore, Karnataka, India