Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer Systems Kernel
Runpod is an AI developer cloud providing GPU compute, serverless inference, Pods, and clusters for building, training, fine-tuning, deploying, and scaling AI workloads.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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About Runpod
Runpod Inc. operates a globally distributed GPU cloud platform for AI developers, offering on-demand GPU infrastructure and serverless services across the AI development lifecycle.
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About the Role
You will secure bare-metal and virtualized GPU cloud environments at the systems layer. You will design isolation controls, harden Linux and container platforms, assess infrastructure threats, write low-level security code, and lead technical responses to infrastructure incidents.
Requirements
- 5+ years of infrastructure or systems-level security engineering experience
- Knowledge of Linux kernel internals, including cgroups, namespaces, eBPF, and SELinux or AppArmor
- Understanding of KVM, QEMU, and workload and network isolation in multitenant environments
- Systems-level programming skills in C, Go, Rust, or Python
- Familiarity with GPU architecture and hardware-level security
- Experience securing bare-metal cloud infrastructure and mitigating lower-level CVEs
- Eligibility to work in the United States
Responsibilities
- Design and implement workload and network isolation for multitenant GPU bare-metal and virtualized environments
- Harden Linux kernel configurations, container runtimes, and orchestration layers against breakouts and privilege escalation
- Conduct security assessments and penetration testing of hypervisors, network stacks, and hardware interfaces
- Write C, Go, or Rust code for security controls, telemetry, and infrastructure-level fixes
- Evaluate and mitigate GPU architecture, PCIe pass-through, and shared-memory security risks
- Serve as the technical escalation point for infrastructure-level security incidents and develop forensic capabilities
Benefits
- Stock options
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Flexible PTO
- Remote-first work
- USD 1,200 home office and equipment stipend
