Senior Cloud Technology Lead

Senior Cloud Technology Lead

Location: Menlo Park, CA (Remote)

Duration: 12 Months

Experince : 15 Years

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.

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 Google Cloud Platform 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.
• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Distributed Systems, or related field.