Sr. Cloud Lead

Xaxis Solutions; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Xaxis Solutions is seeking a Senior Cloud Technology Lead to drive the design, implementation, and governance of secure, scalable cloud and distributed platform architectures across enterprise and blockchain ecosystems.

This role requires deep expertise in multi-cloud security, zero-trust identity, software supply chain security, Kubernetes platform engineering, runtime detection engineering, Smart Contract Security Auditing, Protocol Engineering (L1/L2), and MEV Engineering.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Cloud Security, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, or Infrastructure Security.
• Deep expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud platforms.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Hands-on implementation experience with: In-Toto full pipeline enforcement
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust Architecture and cryptographic workload identity.
• Experience implementing software supply chain security frameworks (SLSA,
• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code and policy-as-code governance models.
• Experience leading enterprise cloud modernization initiatives.

Skills

Cloud security

Platform engineering

DevSecOps

Zero Trust

Cryptographic workload identity

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

In-Toto

SLSA

Policy-as-code

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Technology Lead to drive the design, implementation, and governance of secure, scalable cloud and distributed platform architectures across enterprise and blockchain ecosystems. This role requires deep expertise in multi-cloud security, zero-trust identity, software supply chain security, Kubernetes platform engineering, runtime detection engineering, Smart Contract Security Auditing, Protocol Engineering (L1/L2), and MEV Engineering (Maximal Extractable Value).

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Cloud Security, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, or Infrastructure Security.
• Deep expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud platforms.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Hands-on implementation experience with: In-Toto full pipeline enforcement
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust Architecture and cryptographic workload identity.
• Experience implementing software supply chain security frameworks (SLSA,
• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code and policy-as-code governance models.
• Experience leading enterprise cloud modernization initiatives.

Core Technical Skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Smart Contract Security Auditing tools and methodologies.
• Exposure to Protocol Engineering (L1/L2) and distributed consensus systems.
• Understanding of blockchain infrastructure, validators, and decentralized systems.
• Experience with MEV Engineering (Maximal Extractable Value) analysis and blockchain
• Familiarity with blockchain observability, threat detection, and decentralized governance.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CKA, CKS, or cloud security certifications