Senior Cloud Technology Lead

Senior Cloud Technology Lead

Location: Menlo Park, CA (Remote) - Must be comfortable to work in Pacific Time-Zone

Duration: Contract

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.