Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Cerebras· Software Engineering
Hybrid (Sunnyvale, CA), Hybrid (Toronto, CAN)Full-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Role focused on designing, securing, and operating scalable cloud infrastructure and identity platforms across AWS and Cerebras data centers, with emphasis on IAM/IGA, Zero Trust, automation, and production readiness.
Responsibilities
- Drive the design and architecture of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and identity platforms in AWS and our own data centers.
- Design and implement IAM, IGA, authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, identity lifecycle management, and provisioning/deprovisioning solutions using modern identity platforms and standards such as SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, and SCIM.
- Develop automation, integrations, and infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and programming languages such as Python and Go.
- Design and implement security controls for AI-powered systems, including controlled, audited, and governed agent workflows, while contributing to core security services such as service identity, secrets management, key management, authentication, and authorization.
- Partner across Security, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to drive secure-by-design solutions, implement Zero Trust principles, and reduce operational friction.
- Drive technical direction and cross-team initiatives that improve the scalability, reliability, security, and developer experience of our infrastructure.
- Write high-quality, reliable code, participate in architecture and code reviews, mentor engineers, and help raise the technical bar across the team.
- Support critical production systems and drive operational excellence through scalability, resiliency, observability, and automation.
- Participate in on-call and incident response for the Developer Productivity organization.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Identity & Access Management, Identity Engineering, or Security Engineering.
- Proven experience designing and owning complex production infrastructure or platform systems at scale.
- Strong knowledge of authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, and federation protocols including SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, SCIM, and RBAC.
- Experience designing and operating identity and access controls within AWS environments, with hands-on experience building and operating production-level services on AWS.
- Experience working with container technologies and deploying and operating services on Kubernetes.
- Strong automation and coding skills with Python or Go, along with Terraform or similar IaC technologies.
- A security-first mindset with experience implementing Zero Trust, least-privilege access, and compliance frameworks such as SOC2, FedRAMP, or ITAR.
- A strong platform and operational mindset, with experience supporting and improving production services through monitoring, troubleshooting, incident response, and automation.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction, drive cross-team initiatives, and mentor other engineers.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a proven ability to work across teams and influence technical decisions.
Skills
Required:Cloud infrastructure designIdentity and access managementKubernetesPython/GoTerraform / IaCSecurity and complianceCommunication and collaboration
Last updated Sep 6, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Cerebras
Cerebras is the go-to platform for fast and effortless AI training. Learn more at cerebras.ai.
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