Infrastructure Security - Tech Lead - SOFTSWISS

Overview:

SOFTSWISS islooking 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

Our Benefits:

Full-time remote work opportun