Sr. Cloud Lead

Senior Cloud Technology Lead
Location: Menlo Park, CA (Remote) - Must be comfortable to work in Pacific Time-Zone
Duration: 12+ Months

Position Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Technology Lead to drive the design, implementation, and governance of secure, scalable cloud and distributed platform architectures across enterprise and blockchain ecosystems. This role requires deep expertise in multi-cloud security, zero-trust identity, software supply chain security, Kubernetes platform engineering, runtime detection engineering, Smart Contract Security Auditing, Protocol Engineering (L1/L2), and MEV Engineering (Maximal Extractable Value).

Required Qualifications:
10+ years of experience in Cloud Security, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, or
Infrastructure Security.
Deep expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud platforms.
Strong experience with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native infrastructure.
Hands-on implementation experience with:
SPIFFE / SPIRE enterprise federation
In-Toto full pipeline enforcement
Tekton Chains production attestation
Custom OPA enterprise governance platforms
eBPF kernel-level detection engineering
Strong understanding of Zero Trust Architecture and cryptographic workload identity.
Experience implementing software supply chain security frameworks (SLSA,
provenance, attestation).
Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code and policy-as-code governance models.
Strong programming/scripting skills (Go, Python, Bash, Terraform, YAML).
Experience leading enterprise cloud modernization initiatives.

Core Technical Skills:
SPIFFE / SPIRE
Tekton Chains
In-Toto
eBPF
SLSA Frameworks
Protocol Engineering (L1/L2)
MEV Engineering
Cryptographic Identity Systems
OPA / Gatekeeper

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Smart Contract Security Auditing tools and methodologies.
Exposure to Protocol Engineering (L1/L2) and distributed consensus systems.
Understanding of blockchain infrastructure, validators, and decentralized systems.
Experience with MEV Engineering (Maximal Extractable Value) analysis and blockchain
transaction monitoring.
Familiarity with blockchain observability, threat detection, and decentralized governance.
Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CKA, CKS, or cloud security certifications
preferred.

Note:
Candidates with hands-on experience in the listed technologies or closely related alternative tools/frameworks are encouraged to provide a short technical write-up explaining the comparable implementation, architecture, or security use case they worked on.

Pre-Screening Questions:
Q1: Do you have hands-on experience implementing workload identity and zero-trust authentication using SPIFFE / SPIRE in Kubernetes or distributed environments?
Q2: Have you designed or secured software supply-chain pipelines using Tekton Chains, In-Toto, or SLSA frameworks?
Q3: Do you have practical experience using eBPF for runtime security, observability, threat detection, or kernel-level monitoring?
Q4: Have you worked on blockchain protocol engineering, including L1/L2 systems, MEV infrastructure, or smart contract execution environments?
Q5: Do you have experience implementing policy-as-code and admission control using OPA / Gatekeeper or building cryptographic identity systems?

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