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Principal Technologist - Product Security

Aptiv plc -
Walnut Creek, CA

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Job Details

Qualifications

Containerization systems
Authentication
DevSecOps Practices
Test scanning software
Threat Modeling (Architecture security)
PKI
RBAC
Continuous integration
LDAP
Vulnerability scanning
Server virtualization
Leading team collaboration initiatives
Vulnerability management
Linux
Data encryption implementation
DevOps automation
Benchmarking
Application security testing
Cross-functional team management
Data security architecture
Active Directory
Cross-functional communication
Design patterns

Full Job Description

Role Summary

As 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 Responsibilities

Security Architecture & Strategy

Define 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 features

Providing direction and specific requirement input to development teams

Working with business team and customers to define/clarify requirements

Evaluating and proposing technology choices

Product & Platform Security

Drive 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 Leadership

Serve 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 & Compliance

Guide 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 & Influence

Collaborate 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 Qualifications

1 5 + 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 Policies

Certificate Management, PKI, EJBCA, cert-manager

Authentication mechanisms: OIDC, LDAP, Active Directory

Linux internals, kernel security, container hardening and breakout protection

Practical c ryptography algorithms and application

H ardware root of trust (TPM, UEFI S ecure B oot , T rusted B oot )

CIS Benchmarks for Linux and Kubernetes

Virtualization technologies (KVM, QEMU, etc.)

Cloud networking, SDN/NFV, microservices security

Hands-on experience with CI/CD security, SAST, DAST, container scanning , SBOM generation.

Proven ability to lead complex cross‑organizational security initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience 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 Indicators

Demonstrated 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.

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