Nous Research
Head of Security
Americas (US time zones) · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of security engineering experience.
About the job
Build and own end-to-end security across Nous Research’s infrastructure, products, and enterprise deployments, including its agentic AI platform.
What you'll do
- Own production security across multi-cloud infrastructure and SaaS, VPC, Kubernetes, self-hosted, and air-gapped deployments.
- Secure Hermes Agent and lead security controls, vulnerability management, penetration testing, incident response, and SOC 2 readiness.
- Support enterprise security reviews and partner with teams to address risks while maintaining development velocity.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of security engineering experience with hands-on infrastructure and multi-cloud security expertise.
- Track record securing production SaaS and owning security end-to-end at a fast-growing technology company.
- Strong Kubernetes, identity, and IAM fundamentals, including familiarity with enterprise SSO, SAML, and SCIM.
- Experience with compliance-driven engineering programs such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001, and strong knowledge of vulnerability management, incident response, access controls, penetration testing, and secure software development.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting regulated customers, financial services organizations, or air-gapped deployments; prior experience securing AI, machine learning, or open-source systems.
- Experience with cloud-native detection and response tooling, kernel-level sandboxing, network isolation, agent security, or Fortune 500 security reviews.
Tools
AWS, GCP, Azure, Vercel, Kubernetes, SSO, SAML, SCIM
AI focus
Secure the Hermes Agent platform and address agent identity, tool permissions, prompt injection, data provenance, sandboxing, and isolation.
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