Infrastructure Security Team Leader jobs in United States
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Nebius · 1 month ago

Infrastructure Security Team Leader

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud computing to serve the global AI economy. The Infrastructure Security Team Leader will establish and lead a new team to secure cloud and on-premises infrastructure by implementing security controls, monitoring threats, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

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Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of security measures to protect cloud and on-premises infrastructure
Identify and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments, networks, and operating systems
Build and maintain cloud and infrastructure security tools
Perform security reviews, threat modeling and risk assessments of infrastructure components
Develop and maintain security guidelines for Network and SRE teams
Collaborate with Network and SRE teams to integrate security best practices into their processes and systems
Stay updated on the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation techniques
Serve as a network and infrastructure security subject matter expert to other teams

Qualification

Cloud securityNetwork securityInfrastructure securitySecurity automationIdentityAccess ManagementLinux systems engineeringKubernetes hardeningWillingness to learnThreat modelingSecurity certificationsProblem-solving skillsCommunication skills

Required

Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in network, infrastructure or cloud security, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
Strong understanding of modern cloud architectures and deployment models (VMs, containers, serverless, Kubernetes)
Solid knowledge in networks, distributed systems and Linux systems engineering
Hands-on experience with network, VPN and Linux security
Understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems
Experience with security automation tools and scripting (e.g. Python, Bash, Go, etc.) and willingness to learn Go, if necessary
Experience in using and accessing security of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Experience in hardening Linux based systems (apparmor, seccomp, etc.)
Experience in hardening Kubernetes
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Good written and verbal communication skills in English
Willingness to learn new things

Preferred

Proficiency in securing AWS, GCP, or Azure environments
Experience in conducting threat-modeling sessions
Experience in designing, building, and maintaining Identity Aware Proxies or Bastion hosts
Experience in translating compliance and regulation requirements into technical specifications
Experience in exploiting vulnerabilities in Linux kernel, VMs, containers, and networks
Experience in securing bare metal workloads
Security certifications such as OSCP or CKS

Benefits

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
Opportunities for professional growth within Nebius.
Flexible working arrangements.
A dynamic and collaborative work environment that values initiative and innovation.

Company

Nebius

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The Nebius AI Cloud brings powerful full-stack infrastructure for AI developers and practitioners across startups, enterprises and science institutes to build and deploy generative AI applications and rapidly deliver scientific breakthroughs by training and running ML models within a secure, high-performance, and cost-optimized cloud environment.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1.04B
2025-06-04Debt Financing· $1B
2025-05-15Grant· $45M
2024-12-02Seed

Leadership Team

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Evan Helda
Head of Physical AI
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Vinita Ananth
Sr. Director of Product
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