Who are we?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.Job SummaryWe are seeking an experienced Director, Product Software Architecture and Engineering to build and lead a new dev-ops team offering an AI and container management service for Equinix Managed Solutions. Duties include: Partner with product management to define requirements, service level objectives, and operational goals for the service; Integrate the service with global ordering and back-office systems to provide self-service; Work closely with EMS operations, EMS fulfillment, and Equinix network architecture to ensure the service design is compatible and well-integrated with existing infrastructure; Operate the service at an enterprise availability level as it scales out.ResponsibilitiesService Strategy & Platform LeadershipDefine and execute the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for Equinix's AI and Container Management Service.Partner with Product Management to translate customer needs and market opportunities into platform capabilities.Establish Service Level Objectives (SLOs), operational standards, and platform governance.Drive adoption of cloud-native best practices across engineering and operations teams.Architecture & EngineeringLead architecture and design decisions and DevOps processes for Kubernetes/OpenShift-based managed services.Ensure platform scalability, resiliency, security, and operational readiness.Drive automation across provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.Partner wi