Distinguished Engineer, Security Architecture – DGX Cloud

NVIDIA

. Set the DGX Cloud security design standard across tenancy, GPU workloads, identity, supply chain, and isolation .

Posted 9/21/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $320,000 - $488,750 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in security architecture for large-scale distributed and cloud platforms, with a focus on multi-tenant isolation, identity and access management, and policy enforcement. Proven ability to lead and grow technical teams while driving security initiatives and fostering collaboration across engineering leadership.

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Security Architecture OwnershipCloud-Native ArchitectureThreat ModelingKubernetes SecurityHPC/AI Security Experience

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Hard Skills

Security Design StandardsMulti-Tenant IsolationPolicy EnforcementProduction Services at ScaleAI-Assisted Security AnalysisAttestationConfidential ComputingWorkload Identity FrameworksKernel-Level PrimitivesHigh-Throughput Environments

Soft Skills

Building ConsensusOrganizational AlignmentInfluence Without Authority

Tools & Technologies

DGX CloudLinux Systems SecurityRDMA-Based NetworksGPU Fleets

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceMaster's Degree in Computer SciencePhD in Computer Science

Industry Keywords

Security GapsRemediation NeedsSecurity Architecture PracticeOpen Source ContributionsEngineering-Focused Security Research

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsKubernetesLinuxOpen Source

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the DGX Cloud security design standard across tenancy, GPU workloads, identity, supply chain, and isolation
Create reference architectures, golden paths, and buildable security requirements
Embed with engineering teams, learn the code, and help ship secure systems
Drive multi-year architecture for common security infrastructure, including hardened baselines, patch SLOs, deploy-time policy, admission control, workload identity, supply-chain provenance, signing, attestation, detection, and response
Eliminate recurring risks at their architectural root and improve paved roads, baselines, and detections
Lead, hire, and grow a small team of Principal Engineers
Serve as DGX Cloud's technical connection to NVIDIA's central security organization
Partner with platform, production engineering, and network security teams
Document security gaps and remediation needs for executives who own the risk
Operate with influence rather than authority and do not personally block releases

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically 20+ years of experience across software engineering, infrastructure, and security, with recent depth securing large-scale distributed or cloud platforms
Proven record owning the security architecture of a large platform end to end across multi-tenant isolation, identity and access, policy enforcement, supply chain, and detection
Experience writing, shipping, and operating production services at scale
Ability to read unfamiliar codebases and identify security assumption failures
Experience with emerging technology, AI-generated code, AI-assisted security analysis, and agents acting inside systems
Expertise in threat modeling complex distributed systems
Cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes, Linux systems security, kernel-level primitives, and high-throughput multi-tenant environments
Ability to build consensus and organizational alignment across engineering leadership and senior executives
Typically 7+ years leading and growing senior technical talent
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience with a minimum of 18+ years of practical engineering experience
HPC/AI security experience, including high-performance computing environments, RDMA-based networks, large GPU fleets, or GPU-specific security challenges (ways to stand out)
Experience establishing a security architecture practice (ways to stand out)
Depth in attestation, TPM/HSM integration, confidential computing, or workload identity frameworks deployed at scale (ways to stand out)
Contributions to security-focused open source, standards work, or engineering-focused security research (ways to stand out)

Benefits

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Equal opportunity employment