Senior Manager, Network Systems Management 
Location: US, CA, San Jose
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Information Technology
Company profile: Equinix is the leading global interconnection platform, accelerating business performance by connecting companies to their customers and partners inside the worlds most networked data centers. More than 4,000 of the worlds most demanding customers trust Equinix to provide a place where they can run their mission-critical applications and grow their businesses.Equinix has a mission to interconnect the world and create a historically significant company in theprocess.
Description: POSITION: Senior Manager, Network Systems ManagementREPORTS TO: CTOLOCATION: San Jose, CACONTACT: Mark Ray, #EMAIL_c4313c8c9fb8ecbadc31a1cc84de990d2a96edf534ef194ab80cb1a118f02992#, m. #PHONE_5e76fe6f31ce05f8e8150677d9929bce5ab4b2d569406ce6b1543eb8dc297399# THE COMPANY: EQUINIX [NASDAQ:EQIX]Equinix is the leading global interconnection platform, accelerating business performance by connecting companies to their customers and partners inside the world’s most networked data centers. More than 4,500 of the world’s most demanding customers trust us to provide a place where they can run their mission-critical applications and grow their businesses. Our dream is to interconnect the world – and create a historically significant company in the process. Highlights…$2.1 billion company with over 3,500 employees worldwide, and quickly growing. Forbes named Equinix the #15 Fastest Growing Technology Company in America. Top notch leadership team with employees dedicated and committed to customers and each other.Equinix Corporate OverviewEquinix Ranked Number 271 Fastest Growing Company in North American on Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500Equinix to Join the NASDAQ-100 IndexOur Vision & HistoryGreen Initiatives – Working Toward a Sustainable Future THE OPPORTUNITY: Senior Manager, Network Systems Management  The Technology organization at Equinix is seeking a Senior Manager of Network Systems Management to support global OSS operations and implement the next generation Equinix OSS platform. The manager will be a key member of the CTO team that is building a globally distributed platform for enabling our customer ecosystem in a virtualized environment.The manager will be responsible for managing a team of engineers who are interfacing and incorporating product requirements into the architecture design and operational systems, assessing network capacity and performance requirements, developing operational support processes, and executing on the platform implementation plan in Equinix data centers globally.The ideal candidate has extensive technology background and large-scale global project deployment experience in Internet Protocols, Ethernet transport, Optical Networking, Data Center architectures, Cloud and Virtualization as well as underlying service management and operational support experience for Network Systems Management. Specifically…Be an integral member of the technical team responsible for developing and implementing the next generation interconnect platform.Gathering and understanding product requirements, interacting with network architects, systems architects and network operations to implement interconnect platforms.Work with product delivery organization to execute on development roadmap.Engage all components of the CTO organization in the development of the network platform, all operational support systems and processes to introduce the platform into production.Work cross-functionally to communicate technology vision, evolution, project scope, timeline, and dependencies for technology-based developments.Ensure projects are moved through the organization effectively, meeting committed timelines.Develop/document procedures and processes to transition projects from design phase to engineering and implementation.
Requirements: REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS/PERSONAL ATTRIBUTESEDUCATION: BS or MS in engineering or related technical field.   EXPERIENCE: 10+ years of working experience in network monitoring systems, data center and virtualization related technologies.Experience managing large FM/PM systems.Understanding of the following inter networking technologies IGP (OSPF/ISIS), MBGP/BGP, Multicast, MPLS, L2VPN (VPLS, EVPN), L3VPN(BGP IP-VPN), STP,L2 switching, TCP/IP, IPv6.Knowledge of security and enterprise architecture.Experience in deploying data center fabrics with high availability and high scalability.Demonstrated experience in design, engineering, and virtualization in the cloud environment.Experience in product development of applications and web services.Global project management experience; PMP certification is desired.Ability to effectively communicate across globally distributed cross-functional teams and roles.Candidate should be highly capable in presenting and white-boarding technical information.
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