Principal Security Engineer, Security Platform

Equinix • Toronto, ON

1d • $158,000 - $238,000

About The Position

Equinix is seeking a deeply technical Area Tech Lead to own the end-to-end technical strategy and architecture for the Security Operating System, a foundational platform that powers security services, automation, and data-driven decision-making across the enterprise. The role defines the platform’s long-term technical roadmap, drives architectural alignment across engineering teams, and partners with engineering and business leadership to deliver measurable organizational outcomes.

The successful candidate provides technical direction across architecture, implementation, and operations. They design and build reliable, secure platform services and integrations, establish service APIs and operational standards, and guide teams through delivery while delegating execution to domain leads. The role also evaluates emerging technologies, including AI-driven and open-source security tooling, and anticipates future security needs.

This is a full-time position. The posting lists annual base-pay ranges of USD 158,000–238,000 for Dallas, Texas, and CAD 133,000–183,000 for Toronto, Canada. Employees are eligible for a bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position. Benefits include an Employee Assistance Program; insurance; retirement or savings plans; and paid time off, vacation, and holidays, with offerings varying by country and eligibility.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of hands-on experience in security engineering, platform engineering, or secure software development.
• Strong grounding in security fundamentals, including 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 containers, orchestration, and infrastructure abstractions such as Docker, Kubernetes, API gateways, and service meshes.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, C++, or a similar language.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines 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.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, influence cross-functional teams, articulate tradeoffs, and build technical agreement across teams.

Nice To Haves

• Polyglot programming experience.
• Familiarity with security data analysis, machine learning, or AI-enhanced security workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core security platform services with reliable, well-instrumented interfaces for platform customers.
• Translate security and product requirements into architecture and code, from proof of concept through hardened, production-ready services.
• Own the Security OS area’s technical strategy and multi-year roadmap, breaking it into incremental milestones for domain leads.
• Provide technical leadership on architecture, platform design, and escalations; document decisions and establish clear implementation paths.
• Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and security executives to align technical direction with business outcomes and represent the area in architecture forums.
• Provide technical oversight across architecture, quality standards, deployment practices, and operational readiness while delegating execution to engineering teams.
• Design automation-first workflows that integrate security services and telemetry from diverse tools and data sources.
• Build integrations, plugins, and hooks across the security ecosystem, including IAM, application security, endpoints, cloud, and data protection.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI-driven and open-source security tools, where they deliver measurable value.
• Define and evolve scalable, secure service APIs aligned with platform capabilities.
• Design for SLA/SLO compliance, observability, fault tolerance, and platform reliability.
• Identify technical risks and bottlenecks proactively and drive their resolution.
• Provide clear technical direction, promote engineering rigor and operational excellence, and guide cross-team decisions.
• Take ownership of work from idea through production and steady-state operations; continuously learn and experiment with improved approaches.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program.
• Health or healthcare insurance coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Voluntary or optional insurance and benefit plans.
• Retirement or savings plans, including applicable employer contributions or sponsored plans.
• Accrued paid time off, vacation or personal time, and paid holidays.
• Employees are eligible for a bonus; equity may be offered depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed