Описание
Head of Internal IT (Platform, Infrastructure Security, IAM & FinOps)
Company: Nethermind
Nethermind builds and secures core Ethereum infrastructure — including the Nethermind execution client — and contributes to network upgrades, rollups, ZK systems and cross-chain architecture. The security team audits smart contracts, ZK circuits and off-chain components and offers formal verification for critical systems. The company is also developing hardware for verifiable biometric-based digital identity with cryptographic privacy guarantees.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and supervise the Internal IT Department: Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Security, IAM and FinOps.
- Co-define and drive company-wide infrastructure strategy and roadmap alongside the CIO.
- Manage hiring, staffing, career guidance and performance reviews across the department.
- Maintain clear communication with C-level executives and group leads to remove DevOps silos.
- Own internal/corporate technology estate and act as primary point of contact for internal IT matters.
- Adapt and govern AI tooling and agentic workflows for engineering and non-engineering use.
- Continuously identify and implement operational improvements and optimizations.
Requirements:
- Proven experience leading and scaling IT/infrastructure/platform engineering teams (5+ years in management).
- Strong background in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and DevOps/SRE practices.
- Hands-on understanding of infrastructure security, IAM, and FinOps disciplines.
- Experience translating compliance and audit requirements (e.g. SOC2, ISO 27001) into operational controls.
- Comfort owning or governing internal AI tooling with a security-first mindset.
- Excellent people management skills: hiring, mentoring and performance management.
- Practical experience with security incident response and threat modelling (including supply-chain/adversarial scenarios).
Nice to have:
- Experience in the blockchain / Web3 / crypto ecosystem.
- Familiarity with multi-cloud and hybrid architectures (AWS, OVH) at scale.
- Experience running self-hosted / sovereign infrastructure over off-the-shelf SaaS.
- Background in productizing internal platforms (PaaS / IaaS) or spinning internal tools into products.
- Hands-on experience with FinOps tooling and large-scale cost optimization.
- Track record building or governing AI/ML and agent infrastructure.
Stack:
Kubernetes, cloud (AWS, OVH), DevOps/SRE, IAM, FinOps, SOC2, ISO 27001, self-hosted identity providers, PaaS/IaaS, AI/ML
Benefits:
- Flexible work options and remote-first culture.
- Global and diverse workforce.
- Learning and development with access to experts and mentors.
- Career growth, training and opportunities to contribute to open-source.
- Opportunities to attend global events and conferences.
- Collaborative and innovative culture.
- Unlimited time off and flexibility for unpaid time off as needed.
- Equity participation.
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