Principal Technologist Specializing In Product Security For The Wind River Private Cloud PlatformAs a principal technologist specializing in product security for the Wind River Private Cloud Platform, you will serve as the technical authority driving the secure design, architecture, and lifecycle hardening of Wind River's mission-critical cloud infrastructure solutions. You will guide security strategy across virtualization, orchestration, and distributed edge computing systems—ensuring the platform meets stringent requirements for telco, aerospace, defense, and industrial deployments. This role bridges advanced cloud engineering, embedded systems knowledge, and modern cybersecurity practices.Key ResponsibilitiesSecurity Architecture & StrategyDefine and evolve the security architecture for Wind River Private Cloud Platform, including control plane components, hypervisors, networking stacks, and orchestration frameworks.Lead threat modeling, security risk assessments, and mitigation strategies across distributed cloud/edge environments.Establish platform security requirements, secure design patterns, and architectural principles.Detailed architecture and design definition of individual product security featuresProviding direction and specific requirement input to development teamsWorking with business team and customers to define/clarify requirementsEvaluating and proposing technology choicesProduct & Platform SecurityDrive secure-by-default configurations across compute, storage, networking, and platform services.Own the security roadmap for the platform, ensuring alignment with industry standards (NIST, CIS, FIPS, etc.).Oversee vulnerability management, secure boot, runtime integrity measures, API security, and cryptographic services.Partner with product, engineering, and QA teams to embed security throughout SDLC (shift-left security).Technical LeadershipServe as the top technical expert and advisor for product security across cloud, containerization, virtualization, and real-time/edge systems.Mentor senior engineers and influence engineering directors and executives on cybersecurity tradeoffs and priorities.Represent the organization in security reviews, customer briefings, escalations, and cross-functional technical committees.Security Operations & ComplianceGuide secure deployment patterns and operational security practices for private cloud customers.Support incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and remediation for platform-level vulnerabilities.Define and enforce policies for SBOM, supply chain integrity, CI/CD security, and secure artifact distribution.Collaboration & InfluenceCollaborate with teams across Wind River Studio ecosystem (edge platform, analytics, DevSecOps tooling).Represent Wind River in standards bodies and industry working groups (ETSI, CNCF, Linux Foundation, etc.).Partner with customer engineering teams on secure deployment architectures for telecom and mission-critical environments.Required Qualifications15+ years in cloud/platform engineering, embedded systems, or cybersecurity with deep architectural ownership.Expertise in product security, including threat modeling, secure architecture, and vulnerability management.Strong knowledge of:Kubernetes Security Hardening - RBAC, Secrets, Encryption, Security PoliciesCertificate Management, PKI, EJBCA, cert-managerAuthentication mechanisms: OIDC, LDAP, Active DirectoryLinux internals, kernel security, container hardening and breakout protectionPractical cryptography algorithms and applicationHardware root of trust (TPM, UEFI Secure Boot, Trusted Boot)CIS Benchmarks for Linux and KubernetesVirtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU, etc.)Cloud networking, SDN/NFV, microservices securityHands-on experience with CI/CD security, SAST, DAST, container scanning, SBOM generation.Proven ability to lead complex cross-organizational security initiatives.Preferred QualificationsExperience with private cloud infrastructure, Titanium Cloud, or telecom/industrial-grade cloud infrastructure.Background in telco (5G), aerospace/defense, industrial IoT, or other safety/security-critical domains.Familiarity with Yocto, embedded Linux, RTOS environments.Participation in open-source security initiatives or upstream kernel/cloud projects.Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, or similar field.Success IndicatorsDemonstrated improvements in platform security posture, measurable vulnerability reduction, and secure SDLC maturity.Adoption of security architecture patterns across engineering teams.Strong technical influence with executives, partners, and global customers.Delivery of innovative, scalable platform security capabilities for distributed cloud and edge environments.