VP Infrastructure and Security Technology; Product, Engineering, Design

Position: VP Infrastructure and Security Technology (Product, Engineering, Design  ·

About Red Cloud

The global supply chain is broken—creating a $2 trillion inventory gap where essential consumer goods fail to reach the people who need them. Brands miss sales, distributors mismanage stock, and retailers face empty shelves. The result? Higher prices, slower growth, and lost opportunity across the board.

Red Cloud is fixing this. Our RedAI digital trading platform, bulk and retail trading exchanges connect key parts of the supply chain—enabling bulk inventory exchange, streamlined digital payments, and generating vast quantities of aggregated market data. By applying AI and machine learning techniques, we deliver predictive market insight and trading recommendations straight back to the trading environment—facilitating smarter everyday business decisions for our customers, from factory to warehouse to store.

Headquartered in London, Red Cloud became a publicly listed company on Nasdaq (RCT) in March 2025. With a diverse team spanning many nationalities and operations across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Latin America, we’re building a more connected and efficient global trade network. Our AI labs are busy exploring the next generation of smart AI agents and deeper FMCG market intelligence for the benefit of our customers across a growing operational footprint.

The role

We are seeking a highly skilled VP Infrastructure & Security to lead our infrastructure development strategy, cloud operations, and security posture as we scale our AI‑led technology platform. The ideal candidate will combine deep expertise in cybersecurity, Dev Ops practices, and cloud‑native architectures with strong leadership and strategic planning capabilities.

Key Responsibilities Security Leadership

• Define and implement the company’s IT security strategy, policies, and frameworks.
• Lead risk assessments, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and other relevant standards.
• Oversee incident response and monitoring to ensure rapid detection and remediation.
• Champion a security‑first culture across engineering, research, and business teams.

Dev Ops & Infrastructure

• Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Architect and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Collaborate with data science and engineering teams for AI/ML workloads.
• Implement observability practices (monitoring, logging, alerting).
• Drive SRE best practices and disaster recovery strategies.

Leadership & Strategy

• Act as the guardian of guardrails while empowering product squads to move fast.
• Partner with product vertical leads (Trade, VAS, Data) to align platform services with business needs.
• Drive a culture of secure‑by‑design and AI‑first engineering practices.
• Lead and grow the Security and Dev Ops teams and develop infrastructure roadmap.
• Partner with CTO, CISO, and other executives to align strategy with business goals.
• Act as SME for security and resilience in board/client discussions.
• Evaluate emerging tools, frameworks, and practices in Dev Sec Ops  and AI infrastructure.

Platform & Architecture Governance

• Define and enforce architectural standards, reference designs, and reusable frameworks.
• Oversee core infrastructure, cloud, Dev Ops, CI/CD pipelines, and observability.
• Lead architectural reviews and ensure system scalability, resilience, and maintainability.

AI Productivity & Enablement

• Deploy, manage, and optimize AI coding assistants (Copilot, ChatGPT API, etc.).
• Build and maintain prompt libraries, reusable code templates, and automation workflows.
• Train teams to maximize AI adoption in development, QA, documentation, and operations.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Stay ahead of AI trends and evaluate emerging tools for adoption.
• Champion automation and “shift-left” practices for QA, security, and compliance.
• Drive efficiency and developer happiness by reducing friction in development workflows.

Required Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of experience in IT security leadership and Dev Ops/SRE management.
• Strong expertise in Cloud security & architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Knowledge of IAM, Zero Trust, SIEM, and intrusion detection/prevention systems.
• Experience…