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Director, Cloud Security Automation & Engg.

Hyderabad, India; Gurgaon, India; Noida, India💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-24

Core

Lead the enterprise strategy and engineering for container and Kubernetes security, including cluster hardening, runtime security, and supply-chain security, while building automation frameworks to reduce manual toil in cloud security operations.

Role type

Director, Cloud Security Automation & Engineering (Hands-on IC with leadership)

Builds

Enterprise container security posture, self-service security platforms, IaC guardrails, and automated remediation workflows for cloud estates.

Domain

Cloud Security, Container Security, Kubernetes Security, DevSecOps

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Container and Kubernetes security architecture, Cloud security automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Policy-as-code, Executive stakeholder management, Cloud provider expertise (AWS/Azure/GCP), Incident response readiness, Supply-chain security

Preferred skills

Wiz Runtime Sensor deployment, CNAPP platform experience, GitOps delivery, Service mesh security, eBPF-based tooling, Open-source contributions

Technologies

Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, GKE, Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, Bicep, CloudFormation, OPA, Kyverno, Sentinel, Wiz, Sigstore, cosign, Argo CD, Flux, Istio, Linkerd, Cilium, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins

Responsibilities

Own the enterprise container and Kubernetes security strategy across managed clusters; Lead the deployment and lifecycle management of the Wiz Runtime Sensor; Direct the rollout of container runtime scanning and reporting; Set the direction for container supply-chain security; Own the infrastructure-as-code security program; Direct the build-out of self-service security platforms.

Seniority

Director, Strategic Leadership with Hands-on Technical Execution

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