Hands-on Lead Infrastructure

Why This Role Exists

Confidential computing is moving from research labs into the core of global digital infrastructure — and the industry lacks real production platforms that can make encrypted-in-use computing practical at scale.

Enclaive exists to close that gap.

We are building the foundational infrastructure layer that allows governments, healthcare providers, AI companies, and regulated enterprises to run their most sensitive workloads without ever exposing raw data — across clouds, borders, and trust boundaries.

This role exists because the future of cloud will not be built by incremental DevOps — it will be engineered by deep systems thinkers who can turn breakthrough security concepts into real, operable platforms.

We need a technical leader who can translate confidential computing from theory into reliable multi-cloud infrastructure that developers trust and enterprises depend on.

You will help define how secure AI and privacy-preserving SaaS are built over the next decade — creating the operational backbone for a new class of secure digital services.

At Enclaive, infrastructure is not a support function — it is the product.

This role exists to architect the secure execution layer that makes confidential computing usable, scalable, and economically viable in the real world.

**Role Overview**As Lead of the Infrastructure & CloudOps team, you will own the architecture and delivery of Enclaive's confidential infrastructure stack.

You will lead a small high-impact engineering team and remain deeply hands-on in building:

Secure multi-tenant platforms running on bare metal and virtualized infrastructure

Hybrid private/public cloud infrastructure

Managed confidential Kubernetes environments

Managed in-use encrypting databases

Confidential container runtime environments leveraging Confidential Virtualization (KVM/QEMU), Kata Containers and hardware TEEs

You will be responsible for turning advanced confidential computing concepts into reliable, scalable production platforms.

Tasks

Infrastructure & Platform Leadership

Lead design and operation of Enclaive's confidential cloud infrastructure

Build and manage private and public cloud environments using bare metal (Hetzner, OVH, StackIT, Ionos) and virtualized infrastructure

Architect highly secure, multi-tenant confidential VM and Kubernetes platforms

Define operational standards, reliability practices, and automation pipelines

Establish infrastructure roadmap aligned with product and research teams

Platform Engineering & Delivery

Deploy and operate managed confidential Kubernetes clusters

Integrate confidential container technologies (e.g., Kata Containers)

Implement attestation, workload isolation, and secure provisioning

Integrate Enclaive vHSM and secure key management workflows

Implement virtualization layers including Buckypaper-based technologies

Design hybrid multi-cloud architectures across multiple CSPs and on-premise data centers

Automation & Operations

Build Infrastructure-as-Code pipelines and GitOps workflows

Define SRE practices:

observability, incident response, scalability, and reliability

Ensure platform security, compliance, and resilience

Optimize performance of confidential workloads

Team Leadership

Build and mentor the CloudOps/Infrastructure team

Set technical standards and engineering practices

Collaborate closely with product, research, and security teams

Support customer deployments and PoCs when needed

Requirements

Required Qualifications

Experience building infrastructure on bare metal and hybrid cloud environments

Deep knowledge of Linux systems, networking, and virtualization

Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation

Strong background in Kubernetes platform engineering and operations

Experience operating production multi-tenant environments

Strong DevOps/SRE mindset and operational discipline

Proven technical leadership experience

Strong Plus Experience

Confidential computing (Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, SGX, or similar)

Confidential containers and Kata Containers

Secure attestation workflows

Hardware-backed key management / HSM integrations

Proxmox, OpenShift, Rancher, or upstream Kubernetes operations

Multi-cloud platform engineering

Zero-trust infrastructure design

Experience in regulated sectors (healthcare, public sector, finance)

Benefits

Why you want to work for enclaive

We value development. Collaborate with some of the brightest and most captivating minds in the field. As a high-performance organization, we continuously push our limits and foster a growth mindset. Our commitment to employee development is evident through structured mentorship, LinkedIn Learning programs, and various internal initiatives. Additionally, we support professional growth by reimbursing expenses for relevant conferences, training, and educational endeavors.

We care about your physical, financial and mental well-being. Your well-being matters to us.

We offer competitive compensation packages, freedom to select your preferred computer or office equipment within a provided budget, and allowances for commute or internet expenses to facilitate your work environment.

We are a remote-work first company. Despite having excellent office facilities, our workforce is widely distributed. Utilizing diverse communication tools, we foster connection across the company. Remote employees are encouraged to participate in team offsites, providing opportunities for face-to-face interactions. Diversity and inclusivity are core values we uphold.

We value diversity and inclusivity.

Our hiring practices are free from discrimination based on race, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

What We're Looking For

Builder mentality — comfortable designing from first principles

Security-first engineering mindset

Comfortable working in deep-tech startup environments

Ability to lead while staying highly hands-on

Strong systems thinking and architectural judgment

Pragmatic problem solver who can turn research into production systems

Why Join Enclaive

Work on cutting-edge confidential computing infrastructure

Shape the future of secure cloud and AI platforms

High technical autonomy and architectural ownership

Collaborate with top researchers and industry partners

Build foundational technology for next-generation secure SaaS

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