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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Distributed Systems Cluster Security Software - Engineering Lead - **Company:** Cerebras Systems - **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $240,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Network Attached Storage (Server Appliance), Security Software, Software Engineering, Network Access Control, Kubernetes, Bare Metal, Build Process - **Published:** July 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0ff584540eefa0ad ## About the Role * 3+ years of demonstrated engineering leadership/management role in distributed systems security. * Proven track record of delivering product, launching and deploying secured distributed solutions to customers. * Excellent communication, articulation, collaboration and ability to act as a stakeholder. * Tough decision-making skills with data and trade-off analysis. * Outstanding sense for product and user journeys, out-of-box thinker. * Outstanding road map and schedule execution skills under tight timeline and budgets. * Strong background in multi-tenancy of large scale clusters is necessary. * Strong technical experience in computer and cluster networks is necessary. * Strong technical background in distributed systems software development (K8s and its ecosystem) is preferred. * Technical experience with bare metal cluster management software and related monitoring is preferred. ## Description In this role, you will be the security czar for the Cerebras's AI cluster product. Such AI clusters have 100's of Wafer-scale accelerator systems, 1000's of high-end servers, and several 1000's of networking ports including switches. Plus, there will be network attached storage, all in a large-scale datacenter. You will ensure that Cerebras's large-scale AI clusters are secured through first-principles, best practices, security-first based engineering. Cerebras cluster involves complex HW components, networking and a vertically integrated cluster management software stack - all the way from a bare-metal deployment that brings up an operational cluster to a suite of cluster management software that enables multi-tenant higher-level training and inference services to be hosted on such large clusters. Your role will be to ensure both end-to-end security as well as privacy of such cluster use-cases. You will develop security engineering solutions that have the necessary network access control, user access controls, and world-class multi-tenancy solution Responsibilities * Be the primary engineering face and owner of cluster security. * Provide strong technical leadership in cluster security for the company. * Actively work with corporate security, and customers to identify and define security enhancements needed. * Build engineering driven software that will provide guardrails, detection solution and response tools for vulnerabilities at all layers of vertical stack (includes HW and SW). * Straddle vertically and horizontally cross functional collaboration to ensure end-to-end cluster software is secure. * Develop, maintain and execute roadmap of the cluster security product. * Build an outstanding engineering team to deliver world-class security solution. ## Related Videos - [Single Server, Global Reach: Running a Worldwide Marketplace on Bare Metal in a Cloud-Dominated World](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1206-single-server-global-reach-running-a-worldwide-marketplace-on-bare-metal-in-a-cloud-dominated-world) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [Empowering Democratic Processes: Building a Hybrid Voting Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1163-empowering-democratic-processes-building-a-hybrid-voting-platform) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Instant KAI Sandboxes with vCluster: Multi-Tenant, Multi-Scheduler GPU Sharing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100333-instant-kai-sandboxes-with-vcluster-multi-tenant-multi-scheduler-gpu-sharing) - [Kubernetes Security - Challenge and Opportunity](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/412-kubernetes-security-challenge-and-opportunity) ## Related Articles - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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