Senior AI DevOps Engineer

Overview

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 bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future. A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact.

You'll work across teams, influence key decisions, and help shape the path forward. You'll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you're empowered to do your best work.

The AI Dev Ops Engineer in the Global Value Advisory team at Equinix is a specialized pre-sales individual contributor role that is responsible for supporting the development and delivery of technical PoCs with customers and technology partners, creation of demos and architectural blueprints, performing quantitative performance studies, writing technical whitepapers, and delivering presentations and workshops to customers that demonstrate the value of Equinix.

• Create and validate AI solution demos and blueprints with internal product team and partners
• Help sales team with customer meetings and workshops
• Research, evaluate and stay ahead of emerging tools, techniques and technologies
• Provide technical support for new product initiatives through participation in beta testing of new solutions
• Identify, develop, update and implement standards and procedures
• Conduct quantitative experiments and write technical white papers
• Collaborate with staff in the CRO, GMPO, and CDIO organizations on system infrastructure problems and technical concerns
• Meet with technical sales team members to convert customer requirements into a technical Statement of Work
• Create Proofs of Concepts that integrate the Equinix product suite into customer solutions; stitch together reference architectures and solutions
• Assist with internal training of technical staff on emerging technologies

• New to career in deploying AI solutions
• New to career in a customer-facing solution engineering environment (will train)
• Advanced level skills in AI and Cloud technologies
• Basic/Medium level skills in networking technologies
• BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science

• AI Technologies: Advanced hands-on experience with tools and platforms such as LiteLLM, Lang Chain/Lang Flow/Lang Graph, Open Claw/Nemo Claw, NVIDIA RunAI/Mission Control, Vector/Graph DB, Delta-sharing, RAG solutions, MCP/A2A Protocol, vLLM, Ollama, and end-to-end AI deployment lifecycle.

• Networking Technologies: Basic/Medium understanding of networking (L3: OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, IPv4/IPv6, Multicast; L2: Ethernet, VLAN, VXLAN; network platforms: Firewalls, Load balancers, SD-WANs, DDoS).

• Cloud and Virtualization Technologies: Docker, cloud AI platforms like Sagemaker, Vertex AI, Azure AI Foundry; cloud storage/data platforms like S3, Big Query, Redshift; serverless platforms Google Cloud Run, AWS Lambda.

This posting is a new position within our organization.

The targeted pay range for this position varies by location:

• United States
  - Redwood City Office GHQ: 178, USD / Annual
• United States
  - Chicago Office CHO1: 163, USD / Annual

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. The pay range shown is based on our compensation structure in place at the time of posting and may be updated periodically based on business needs. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

The targeted pay range listed reflects On-Target Earnings or OTE, which is base pay plus commissions, and does not include equity or benefits. Equity may be offered depending on the position.

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