IT Leader (Internal IT)

IT Leader (Internal IT)

Company: Nethermind

Nethermind builds and secures core Ethereum infrastructure, developing the Nethermind execution client and contributing to network upgrades, rollups, zero-knowledge systems and cross-chain architecture. Their security team audits smart contracts, ZK circuits and off-chain components and provides formal verification for critical systems.

Responsibilities:

- Lead and supervise the Internal IT Department: Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Security, IAM and FinOps.
- Drive company-wide infrastructure initiatives and co-define strategy and roadmap with the CIO.
- People management: staffing, mentoring, performance reviews and raising the technical bar.
- Maintain communication with C-level executives and group leads to eliminate DevOps silos.
- Act as primary point of contact for internal IT matters and coordinate resource allocation with the CIO.
- Adapt and govern AI tooling and agentic workflows across the organisation.
- Support hiring, sourcing, interviewing and evaluating candidates; conduct monthly performance reviews using Rippling.

Requirements:

- 5+ years in a management role leading and scaling IT/infrastructure/platform engineering teams.
- Strong background in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and DevOps/SRE practices.
- Hands-on understanding of infrastructure security, IAM, and FinOps.
- Experience translating compliance/audit requirements (SOC2, ISO 27001, etc.) into operational controls.
- Experience with security incident response and threat modelling, including supply-chain/adversarial scenarios.
- Excellent people management and communication skills for C-level and non-technical audiences.
- Comfortable operating in a fully remote, async-first, globally distributed environment.

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 and productizing internal platforms.
- Hands-on FinOps tooling experience and large-scale cost optimisation; track record with AI/ML and agent infrastructure.

Stack:

cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, DevOps/SRE, IAM, FinOps, SOC2, ISO 27001, AWS, OVH, Rippling, AI/agent workflows

Benefits:

- Flexible work options; remote-first culture.
- Global and diverse workforce; opportunities for learning, mentorship and open-source contribution.
- Career growth, training and access to industry events and conferences.
- Unlimited time off and flexibility to take unpaid time off.
- Equity participation allowing you to benefit from the company's success.

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