Senior Staff Security Architect—Distributed Systems

Cerebras; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras Systems seeks a Senior Staff Security Engineer, Distributed Systems to harden and secure on‑prem and cloud clusters. You will define core security requirements, model threats, and partner with platform, infrastructure, networking, and hardware teams to bake security in from the start.

The role requires deep breadth in systems and networking, hands‑on engineering in heterogeneous environments, and the ability to communicate security concepts to non‑specialists in a fast‑paced development

Qualifications

• Experience securing heterogeneous compute environments and Kubernetes hardening.
• Proven ability to design threat models for cluster stacks and secure design in from the start.
• Strong written communication for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define core security requirements for distributed systems environments, covering everything from secure boot configurations to workload identity in k8s pods
• Partner with platform, infrastructure, networking, and hardware teams to identify gaps and deliver end-to-end solutions improving the overall security maturity of the environment
• Develop threat models for each part of the cluster stack, outlining trust boundaries and the interplay between first and third-party mechanisms
• Work with engineering leads and architects to bake secure design in from the beginning
• Balance engineering outcomes with security controls, enabling the company to deliver securely quickly
• Document security posture and strategy for technical and nontechnical audiences from both 1p and 3p perspectives

Skills

HPC experience

Kubernetes hardening

Networked system security

On-prem & cloud

AWS familiarity

Security communication

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Cloud security

Job description

Cerebras Systems seeks a Senior Staff Security Engineer, Distributed Systems to harden and secure on‑prem and cloud clusters. You will define core security requirements, model threats, and partner with platform, infrastructure, networking, and hardware teams to bake security in from the start.

The role requires deep breadth in systems and networking, hands‑on engineering in heterogeneous environments, and the ability to communicate security concepts to non‑specialists in a fast‑paced development