Who you are

- 8+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, platform engineering, or secure software development

- Strong grounding in security fundamentals: IAM, application security, data protection, credential management, endpoint and cloud security

- Deep experience designing and delivering RESTful APIs and service-based architectures

- Practical expertise with containers, orchestration, and infrastructure abstractions (Docker, Kubernetes, API gateways, service meshes)

- Strong programming skills in Python, Java, C++, or similar (polyglot experience is a plus)

- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) and modern DevSecOps practices

- Cloud-native delivery experience on AWS, Azure, and/or GCP

- Awareness of threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and risk analysis

- Experience driving technical alignment across multiple engineering teams or organizations, including executive-level communication and architectural governance

- Familiarity with security data analysis, ML, or AI-enhanced security workflows is a bonus

What the job involves

- The Digital Information Security Engineering team is seeking a deeply technical Area Tech Lead (ATL) to join our team and own the end-to-end technical strategy and architecture for the Security Operating System—a foundational platform that powers security services, automation, and data-driven decision-making across the enterprise
- In this ATL capacity, you will define the long-term technical roadmap for the security platform, drive architectural alignment across multiple engineering teams, and partner with engineering and business leadership to deliver measurable outcomes for the organization





- Design and implement core security platform services that expose reliable, well-instrumented interfaces that are consumed by customers of the Security Platform

- Translate security and product requirements into architecture and code—from proof of concept to hardened, production-ready services

- Own the technical strategy and multi-year roadmap for the Security OS area; break it into credible incremental milestones that can be delegated to domain leads for execution

- Serve as the technical go-to leader for architecture, platform design, and escalations within the area; document rationale and ensure teams have clear implementation paths

- Partner with engineering managers, product leaders, and security executives as peers to align technical direction with business outcomes; represent the area in cross-organizational architecture forums

- Provide technical oversight across the delivery lifecycle—architecture, quality standards, deployment practices, and operational readiness—while delegating execution to engineering teams

- Design automation-first workflows, integrating security services and telemetry from diverse tools and data sources

- Design and build integrations, plugins, and hooks across the security ecosystem (IAM, app sec, endpoints, cloud, data protection)

- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies,



including AI-driven and open-source security tooling, where they add measurable value

- Define and evolve service APIs, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and aligned with platform capabilities

- Ensure platform reliability by designing for SLA/SLO compliance, observability, and fault tolerance

- Proactively identify technical risks and bottlenecks, driving resolution before they impact delivery or reliability

- Lead through technical strategy, architectural clarity, and cross-team decision-making; serve as a thought leader whose influence spans multiple teams and major initiatives

- Navigate ambiguity with minimal guidance; build cross-team technical agreement and unblock execution through pragmatism and credible roadmaps

- Influence cross-functional teams by clearly articulating tradeoffs, constraints, and long-term impact

- Set a high bar for engineering rigor, security design, and operational excellence

- Anticipate where the security landscape is headed and build platform capabilities ahead of demand

- Collaborate with business and execution executives as peers, driving shared ownership of problems and solutions
- The Successful Candidate Will

- Multiply the effectiveness of the team through clear technical direction and strong execution

- Challenge assumptions and improve how the Security Platform is designed and operated

- Take ownership—from idea to production to steady-state operations

- Stay curious, continuously learning, researching new threats, and experimenting with better approaches

- Thrive in rapid-moving environments where priorities evolve and impact is tangible

📌 Principal Security Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 Equinix
📍 Toronto