Drimva

Runpod

Director, Security

$200K–$300K

Remote - USA · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026

Experience
7+ years leading security teams; 8+ years building and securing SaaS, platforms, or IaaS products.
Visa sponsorship
Unable to sponsor employment visas; welcomes qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States.

About the job

Leads Runpod’s security organization and end-to-end security posture across its cloud platform, infrastructure, and corporate environments, while supporting secure, compliant, and resilient AI workloads.

What you'll do

  • Set security strategy and lead Cloud Security, Application Security, SecOps, and GRC, including hiring and developing the team.
  • Drive compliance programs, secure product development, security automation, threat detection, and incident response.
  • Oversee infrastructure security and vendor risk, and represent security in customer and cross-functional leadership discussions.

What they ask for

  • 7+ years leading security teams, including managers and/or multiple squads, with a record of securing high-scale cloud platforms or infrastructure products.
  • 8+ years building and securing SaaS, platforms, or IaaS products; deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, Linux OS security, networking, and virtualization.
  • Experience building culture, accountability, and momentum across distributed teams; ability to develop and execute security programs and use operational metrics.
  • Clear communication and stakeholder-management skills; successful completion of a background check.

Nice to have

  • Experience securing cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, distributed compute, or bare-metal environments; expertise in AI/ML security challenges.
  • Experience scaling security teams and compliance programs in high-growth startups; open-source security contributions or recognized security research.

Pay

($200,000 - $300,000) USD base salary; $1,200 USD stipend (not specified as base salary or total pay)

Tools

Kubernetes, Linux, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, CI/CD, GPU clusters, IAM

AI focus

Secures infrastructure used for AI workloads, with preferred expertise in model protection, tenant isolation in GPU clusters, and secure data pipelines.

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First seen Oct 27, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)