Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Originally posted 1 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves driving the design and architecture of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and identity platforms in AWS and Cerebras data centers, as well as designing and implementing security controls for AI-powered systems.
What you'll do
- Drive the design and architecture of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and identity platforms in AWS and Cerebras data centers.
- Design and implement IAM, IGA, authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, identity lifecycle management, and provisioning/deprovisioning solutions using modern identity platforms and standards such as SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, and SCIM.
- Develop automation, integrations, and infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and programming languages such as Python and Go.
- Design and implement security controls for AI-powered systems, including service identity, secrets management, key management, authentication, and authorization.
- Partner across Security, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to drive secure-by-design solutions and implement Zero Trust principles.
- Support critical production systems and drive operational excellence through scalability, resiliency, observability, and automation.
What you'll need
- 7+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Identity & Access Management, Identity Engineering, or Security Engineering.
- Proven experience designing and owning complex production infrastructure or platform systems at scale.
- Strong knowledge of authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle management, and federation protocols including SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, SCIM, and RBAC.
- Hands-on experience building and operating production-level services on AWS and designing and operating identity and access controls within AWS environments.
- Experience working with container technologies and deploying and operating services on Kubernetes.
- Strong automation and coding skills with Python or Go, along with Terraform or similar IaC technologies.
- Experience implementing Zero Trust, least-privilege access, and compliance frameworks such as SOC2, FedRAMP, or ITAR.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with identity platforms such as Okta, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), or modern IAM/IGA platforms.
- Experience with Azure and/or GCP.
Skills: cloud infrastructure, AWS, IAM, Terraform, Python, Kubernetes
This role has been open 43 days — below the 51-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
956
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$235k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Cerebras | All employers we track in this specialty (956 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 39 | 956 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 76 | 6164 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 80 d | 51 d (+29 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $235k |
Skills observed across this category: cloud infrastructure, AWS, IAM, Terraform, Python, Kubernetes
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 287 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm · 61 open roles · median 56 d
- AMD · 53 open roles · median 22 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 89 d
- Cerebras (this employer) · 39 open roles · median 79 d
- Intel Corporation · 36 open roles · median 13 d
How we counted: 956 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.