Company Overview

Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.

Job Summary

Kairos Power is looking for a Senior Platform Security and Reliability Engineer to work within a small software and infrastructure team that supports the needs of our design, research, and development organizations. This is a hands-on individual contributor role. You will own the security baseline and the reliability posture of the cloud and high-performance computing platforms that engineering teams depend on, and you will build the controls, automation, and recovery mechanisms that keep those platforms both defensible and dependable.

You will set technical direction for platform security controls across AWS and Google Cloud, for identity and secrets management, for machine image security, for network security, and for observability architecture. You will lead the migration of legacy cloud workloads and the retirement of duplicative services, and you will own the cost visibility and resource guardrails that keep cloud and high-performance computing spend predictable. You will lead response to both availability and security incidents, and communicate clearly with the engineers and stakeholders who depend on these services. The group favors simple, proportionate designs assembled from standard, well-supported technologies, and this role is expected to be a leading voice for that standard. Success means becoming the trusted technical owner of platform security and reliability, with systems that can be operated and maintained by engineers other than their original author.

Responsibilities

• Security baseline and platform controls
• Identity, secrets, and certificates
• Compliance automation
• Reliability, recovery, and incident leadership
• Observability architecture
• Network and connectivity security
• Cloud lifecycle and cost governance
• Engineering practice and mentorship

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 5+ years of relevant experience in platform, infrastructure, cloud, security, site reliability engineering, or a related field, including experience designing, securing, and operating production cloud infrastructure.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Google Cloud, particularly the design of a new environment is desirable. Experience with cloud cost management, including cost attribution, budgets, and resource guardrails is desirable.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of networking fundamentals: DNS, TLS, routing, firewalls, segmentation, and remote access.

Physical Conditions

Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods. Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.

Environmental Conditions

Remote work. General office environment. High-concentration, demanding and fast-paced.

Travel

Some travel may be required for workshops and project assistance.

Additional Requirements

Occasionally requires working weekends. Occasionally requires schedule flexibility. Occasionally requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines.