Define and execute the SRE strategy for server operations, aligned with organizational objectives and SLAs.
Build and mentor a high-performing team of SREs from the ground up, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Develop the team’s roadmap for automation, monitoring, reliability engineering, and operational maturity.
Partner with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure seamless delivery and operations.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including procurement, supply chain, IBX, and compliance to support operational excellence.
Manage CAPEX/OPEX expenditures to optimize resource allocation and drive cost-efficiency across infrastructure initiatives.
Oversee the health, performance, and capacity of server infrastructure, ensuring optimal uptime and efficiency.
Lead implementation of monitoring, observability, and alerting systems to detect and resolve issues proactively.
Establish incident response and postmortem practices, ensuring root cause analysis and prevention.
Develop and enforce operational standards, playbooks, and change management processes.
Drive automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, scaling, and recovery.
Identify and implement tools that reduce toil, improve reliability, and increase operational speed.
Oversee patching, vulnerability mitigation, and compliance for server hardware and OS layers.
Ensure adherence to security and data protection requirements.
Manage vendor relationships for hardware, monitoring tools, and infrastructure services.
Develop and manage the SRE/server operations budget.

Requirements

10+ years in infrastructure, systems engineering, or SRE roles, with 3+ years in a leadership position.
Strong technical background in server infrastructure (hardware, OS, virtualization, cloud/hybrid environments).
Expertise in automation tools, scripting languages, monitoring platforms, and incident management.
Deep understanding of capacity planning, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures.
Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Program
Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

SRE strategyserver operationsautomationmonitoringreliability engineeringincident managementcapacity planningdisaster recoveryhigh-availability architecturesscripting languages

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcross-functional collaborationaccountabilityinnovationcontinuous improvement