Senior Cloud Security Engineer - AI-Driven, Kubernetes

eBay; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

eBay is seeking an experienced systems engineer to shape the future of cloud security. You’ll design and operate highly scalable distributed services, enforce network segmentation across Kubernetes clusters, and collaborate across teams to advance AI-enabled security tooling.

This role requires strong background in distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, and networking, plus hands-on experience with CI/CD, monitoring, and incident management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in backend or distributed systems.
• Proficient in Kubernetes, networking, and Linux.
• Experience with AI-powered engineering tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate highly scalable distributed services that enforce network segmentation and security policies across Kubernetes clusters, clouds, and data centers.
• Develop control plane services, Kubernetes controllers, and automation that manage policy lifecycle, workload identity, and secure service-to-service communication.
• Build and integrate with cloud-native networking technologies including Kubernetes, CNI, service mesh, Linux networking, and SDN platforms.
• Deliver production-ready software using modern engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and AI-assisted software development.
• Lead troubleshooting of complex production issues involving distributed systems, Kubernetes, networking, and cloud infrastructure, driving root-cause analysis and long-term improvements.
• Balance security, scalability, reliability, and developer experience while making architecture and design decisions.
• Mentor engineers through technical leadership, design reviews, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Drive engineering productivity by identifying opportunities to automate workflows and responsibly integrate AI throughout the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

Cloud networking

AI tooling

CI/CD

Networking concepts

Communication skills

Security engineering

Tools

client-go

CRDs

Istio

Envoy

Job description

eBay is seeking an experienced systems engineer to shape the future of cloud security. You’ll design and operate highly scalable distributed services, enforce network segmentation across Kubernetes clusters, and collaborate across teams to advance AI-enabled security tooling.

This role requires strong background in distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, and networking, plus hands-on experience with CI/CD, monitoring, and incident management.