eBay · 1 week ago
Principal Cloud Security Architect
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$241K/yr - $322K/yr
8+ years expeBay is a global ecommerce leader committed to reinventing the future of shopping. They are seeking a Principal Cloud Security Architect to drive security transformation by architecting and implementing scalable security solutions across their cloud environment and Kubernetes clusters.
AuctionsE-CommerceInternetMarketplaceRetail
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain highly reliable control-plane services that orchestrate network policy and segmentation across thousands of Kubernetes clusters
Architect and implement scalable, low-toil solutions for key security primitives, including Tokenization, Identity and Access Management (IDM/IAM), and Privileged Access Management (PAM) systems, ensuring these solutions integrate frictionlessly into developer workflows
Architect solutions to unify disparate security systems (e.g., policy engines, data stores) into a single, cohesive security enforcement pipeline using modern techniques like eBPF and standardized policy engines
Drive integration at scale with SDN/CNI layers (Istio/Envoy/Calico/Cilium) and Linux networking fundamentals (iptables/nftables, BGP)
Ensure all delivered solutions are production-ready, highly observable, and built for easy adoption, minimizing the manual burden on our development teams
Lead the strategic adoption of AI/ML methods as a superpower for scale and speed. Target automation for configuration and policy enforcement fan-out across distributed systems
Define rollout quality strategies, config management, and schema migrations. You will drive systemic improvements through blameless postmortems
Coach senior and junior engineers on systems design, reliable operations, and testing practices. You will influence standard methodologies across SRE, Security, and Cloud teams
Work directly with peer organizations to drive adoption of your reference implementations. Your success is measured by the number of teams voluntarily adopting your solutions
Qualification
Required
8+ years in backend/systems engineering; building distributed services and controllers
Kubernetes Fundamentals: Hands-on experience building controllers/Operators/CRDs
Identity Architecture: Proven understanding of enterprise-level IDM/IAM systems (e.g., federated identity, role-based access control, provisioning) and PAM solutions
Tokenization or Encryption-as-a-Service solutions at scale
Linux & Networking Mastery: Solid grasp of TCP/IP, Linux, and container networking
Operational Excellence: Experience running and maintaining high-scale services in public/private cloud environments
Preferred
Deep SDN/CNI expertise (Cilium, Calico, Istio) and experience with Envoy filter development
Familiarity with eBPF for network observability or security policy enforcement
Experience with security policy engines (OPA/Gatekeeper)
Exposure to event pipelines (Kafka, PubSub) for high-volume controller communication
Benefits
Target bonus
Restricted stock units
Full range of medical
Financial
401(k) eligibility
Various paid time off benefits
PTO
Parental leave
Company
eBay
eBay is a global online marketplace enabling users to buy, sell, and auction new or used items across various categories.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.16BKey Investors
Benchmark
2022-11-07Post Ipo Debt· $1.15B
1998-09-24IPO
1998-01-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Jamie Iannone
CEO
Alex Kazim
VP, GM eBay Services
Recent News
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