DevSecOps Platform Engineer, AI Automation

About the role

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet. A place where tech thinkers and future builders turn bold ideas into breakthrough experiences, we welcome your unique perspective. Help us challenge assumptions, uncover bias, and remove barriers—because progress starts with fresh ideas. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Responsibilities

The role involves contributing to the build, maintenance, and improvement of secure CI/CD pipelines and reusable workflow templates. Key areas of focus include:

• CI/CD & Platform Engineering: Contribute to the build, maintenance, and improvement of secure CI/CD pipelines and reusable workflow templates.
• Shift-Left Security & Compliance Automation: Integrate and maintain SAST, DAST, and SCA scanning tools in CI/CD pipelines with actionable reporting and automated gating.
• AI / GenAI-Powered DevSecOps Automation: Implement and maintain LLM-enabled capabilities in pipelines and platforms using production-grade LLM services.
• Observability & Operational Excellence: Support platform observability and incident response with AI-driven insights and automation.

Requirements

The role requires:

• 5+ years of experience in DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, software development, or a closely related engineering role.
• Practical experience contributing to CI/CD pipeline engineering.
• Solid programming skills in Python, Go, or Java.
• Working knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Familiarity with microservices and distributed systems concepts.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Bicep, or CloudFormation).
• Working knowledge of containers and Kubernetes (deployment, troubleshooting, basic operations).
• Understanding of Secure SDLC and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience integrating or working with SAST, DAST, and SCA tools in delivery pipelines.
• Basic understanding of RAG pipelines and how they are applied in practice.

Qualifications

Preferred qualifications include:

• Awareness of Zero Trust architecture principles.
• Exposure to AI governance frameworks or compliance automation.

Skills

The role requires a range of skills, including:

• CI/CD pipeline engineering.
• Security engineering (scanning tools, policies, compliance).
• AI/LLM capabilities (agents, RAG, workflow automation).
• Cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes support.

Benefits

Equinix offers a range of benefits, including:

• Insurance: health, life, disability, and voluntary plans.
• Retirement: Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays.
• Employee Assistance Program: available to all employees.

Pay

The targeted pay range for this position is $118,000 - $176,000 USD per year, depending on experience and location.

Schedule

The role involves a range of responsibilities, with a focus on:

• Building and enhancing CI/CD pipelines and platform automation (35%).
• Security engineering (20%).
• Implementing AI/LLM capabilities (20%).
• Cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes support (15%).
• Collaboration (10%).