Security Engineer, Kubernetes
Core
Secure Kubernetes nodes, clusters, pods, and supply chains by identifying and remediating overprivileged permissions, dangerous workload settings, and privilege escalation paths.
Role type
Senior IC security engineer (Kubernetes)
Builds
Security tooling and automation, including AI-assisted analysis, to identify risky configurations and enforce controls.
Domain
Cloud infrastructure security / Kubernetes
Required skills
Kubernetes security, offensive security, RBAC, network isolation, identity management, secrets handling, software supply chain security, Go/Python/Rust, operators, Helm, GitOps
Preferred skills
Image scanning, SBOMs, policy-as-code (Kyverno/OPA), multi-cluster environments, runtime detection, AI-driven security tools
Technologies
Kubernetes, Go, Python, Rust, Helm, GitOps, Kyverno, OPA
Responsibilities
Secure Kubernetes nodes, clusters, pods, roles, tokens, secrets, and service-to-service communication; Design and build security tooling and automation; Review changes involving RBAC, operators, ServiceAccounts, and network policies; Partner with platform and product teams to contribute to fleet-wide hardening and policy enforcement.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
