Infrastructure Security – Tech Lead

Overview:

SOFTSWISS is looking for an Infrastructure Security Tech Lead to take ownership of the technical direction and architecture of our security infrastructure.

Purpose of the role:

You will define and lead the Infrastructure Security strategy and architecture, ensuring that all systems are secure, scalable, and aligned with modern security standards and best practices.

Key responsibilities:

• Define technical direction and architectural decisions across all Infrastructure Security domains
• Lead security infrastructure reviews for new and existing systems
• Develop and maintain technical standards, security policies, and security baselines across domains
• Own the Vulnerability Management process across infrastructure domains
• Technical growth and mentorship of team members
• Act as Tier 3 technical escalation point during Incident Response

Required Experience:

• 7+ years in infrastructure security, including 3+ years in a Architector or Lead role
• Strong investigative and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Practice in building security processes in the corporate environment
• Deep hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or OCI) focused on security services
• Hands-on Linux system administration expertise
• Server hardening expertise: CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIG, immutable OS concepts (e.g., Talos Linux)
• Proficiency in IaC tooling: SaltStack and Terraform
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes security: RBAC, Pod Security Standards, Admission Controllers, NetworkPolicy
• Experience in development and automation (Python/Go)
• Experience in SQL, ESQL/DSL (ElasticSearch)
• Experienced in technical mentorship and task decomposition for teammates
• Strong knowledge of Common Secure Network Architectures, Firewalls, IDP/IPS environments
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA)
• Structured written and oral communication to ensure clarity
• Ability to formalise security requirements into policies, standards, and control frameworks
• Familiarity with enterprise security architecture frameworks (TOGAF/SABSA)
• Upper Intermediate or higher English level

Nice to have:

• Practice with Splunk, Clickhouse.
• Experience creating network segmentation through various technologies such as routing, virtual networking, and SDN.
• Public contributions: open-source projects, conference talks (DEF CON, Black Hat, OWASP AppSec)
• Experience with VMware NSX, Neutron, Docker, Kubernetes, Istio and similar technologies
• Knowledge of IAM, SSO, VPN, OpenID, SAML
• Strong knowledge of endpoint & infrastructure security such as Audit.d, sysmon, apparmor, selinux, etc