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Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating over 250 data centersacross the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.
Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams. We hirehardworking people who thrive on solvingchallengingproblems and give them opportunities to hone new skills and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providingan equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.
Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating 240+data centers across the globe andproviding interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.
We area fast-growing global company with 20 years of continuous growth.Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,100 networks and 3,000+ cloud and IT service providersin 32countries spanningsix continents.
A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions.We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providingan equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.
Job Summary
The Office of the CTO (OCTO) within Equinix is chartered with driving technology innovation; technology roadmap & architecture; and thought leadership with a focus on building a closer engagement with the open-source and software developer communities.
We are launching the Equinix Open-Source Program Office (OSPO), homed within the OCTO organization, to accelerate the adoption of open-source software internally and expand contributions and active engagements in developer communities by Equinix's engineering teams.
We are looking for a "Principal Open-Source Program Manager" to lead the newly-created OSPO function in close collaboration with key stakeholders and engineering teams across the company. This role reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer at Equinix.
As Principal Open-Source Program Manager, you will have the opportunity to help develop a company-wide framework to drive and coordinate various open-source-related initiatives; serve as an advisor and thought leader to the technical community at Equinix on questions related to open source; and closely interact with the external developer communities, such as the Linux Foundation.
This is a senior role and an outstanding opportunity for a passionate leader to join our team and make a significant impact to our technology vision. If you fully believe in the power of technology to change the world, we would like to talk to you.
Responsibilities
The Equinix Open-Source Program Office (OSPO) is responsible (directly or indirectly) for the following:
Inbound open source (use of external open-source projects): Manage policies and license compliance, collaborate with engineering, InfoSec and release teams. Manage relationships with open-source tool vendors
Outbound open source (release and management of internal open-source projects): Manage public projects on GitHub, and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, including Developer Relations, Legal, Engineering and Product
Open-sourcefunding: Support the funding process for internal and external open-source initiatives
Promotion of open-source mindset and practices internally: Train developers on open-source policies and practices. Develop and provide introduction content for new-hire onboarding
External collaboration: Maintain relationships with open-source practitioners at external organizations, including the TODO Group, the Linux Foundation, CHAOSS and OSSF
Other: Develop and publish metrics on open-source contributions. Work with Marketing to publicize open-source activities. Manage GitHub permissions, access, and settings
