Senior Cloud Infra & IAM Engineer

Cerebras Systems; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras Systems is seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and identity platforms in AWS and Cerebras data centers. You will implement IAM, SSO, MFA, and provisioning workflows using modern standards while contributing to secure-by-design AI systems.

The role emphasizes Zero Trust, least-privilege access, and compliance frameworks, with on-call responsibilities to ensure reliability of critical production

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Cloud Infrastructure, IAM, or Security Engineering.
• 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 experience building and operating production level services on AWS.
• Experience working with container technology.
• Experience deploying and operating services on Kubernetes.
• Strong automation and coding skills with Python, Go, Terraform, or similar technologies.
• Security-first mindset with Zero Trust, least-privilege access, and compliance frameworks such as SOC2, FedRAMP, or ITAR.
• Product and operational mindset with monitoring, troubleshooting, incident response, and automation.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a proven ability to drive projects across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and identity platforms in AWS and Cerebras data centers.
• Implement and manage IAM, IGA, authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, identity lifecycle management, and provisioning/deprovisioning solutions using modern identity platforms and standards.
• 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 secure, audited, and governed agent workflows.
• Partner with Security and Engineering teams to deliver secure-by-design solutions, implement Zero Trust, and reduce operational friction.
• Write high-quality code, participate in architecture and code reviews, support production systems, and drive operational excellence.
• Be oncall and participate in incident response for the Dev Productivity org.

Job description

Cerebras Systems is seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and identity platforms in AWS and Cerebras data centers. You will implement IAM, SSO, MFA, and provisioning workflows using modern standards while contributing to secure-by-design AI systems.

The role emphasizes Zero Trust, least-privilege access, and compliance frameworks, with on-call responsibilities to ensure reliability of critical production