Senior Kubernetes Security Engineer

Senior Kubernetes Security Engineer

Berlin, Germany — Hybrid

AI Infrastructure | Kubernetes Security | Platform Security | Cloud-Native Security

Our client, a growing AI Infrastructure company based in Berlin, is looking for a Senior Kubernetes Security Engineer to secure the container platform behind its production AI and machine learning workloads.

What You'll Work On

• Secure Kubernetes clusters supporting production AI workloads

• Design workload identity and least-privilege access controls

• Build policy-as-code guardrails using OPA and Kyverno

• Implement Kubernetes admission-control policies

• Strengthen container and pod security across production environments

• Build runtime detection and protection using Falco

• Secure AWS IAM integration across Kubernetes workloads

• Embed security controls into Terraform and infrastructure automation

• Automate cluster security validation, enforcement, and remediation

• Partner with Platform and AI Infrastructure Engineers to make secure configurations the default

Core Skills

• 5+ years in Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, Cloud Security, DevSecOps, or similar roles

• Deep Kubernetes production experience

• AWS

• Terraform

• OPA / Kyverno

• IAM and workload identity

• Container security

• Strong Linux and cloud-native security fundamentals

Nice to Have

Falco / runtime security

AWS EKS

Kubernetes RBAC

Pod Security Standards

GitOps / Argo CD

Trivy or similar vulnerability tooling

Software supply-chain security

Secrets management / Vault

Go or Python automation

GPU-enabled Kubernetes or AI infrastructure experience