HPC Security & IAM Architect

HPC Security & IAM Architect

Location: Dallas, TX (Uptown – Hybrid 3/2)

Type: Direct Hire

• Competitive base salary performance bonus

• 100% company-paid benefits

The Position

We are seeking an HPC Security & IAM Architect to design and deliver end-to-end security architectures for large-scale HPC, AI/ML, and next-generation CaaS / GPUaaS platforms.

This is a highly technical, customer-facing role focused on embedding security across the full platform stack—from infrastructure and identity to application and pipeline security. You will guide customers through the entire security lifecycle, including requirements definition, architecture design, proof-of-concept, deployment, and ongoing optimization.

This role blends infrastructure security, identity & access management (IAM), and DevSecOps, ensuring platforms are secure by design across compute (CPU/GPU), storage, networking, Kubernetes, and orchestration layers. You will play a key role in securing multi-tenant, GPU-accelerated environments, enabling scalable and compliant delivery of GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) and Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) offerings.

You will also translate real-world challenges into scalable security patterns, reference architectures, and platform enhancements across HPC and AI infrastructure environments.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Engagement & Security Strategy

• Act as the primary security and IAM advisor for customers adopting HPC, AI/ML, and CaaS / GPUaaS platforms
• Define security, identity, and compliance requirements aligned with performance, scalability, and multi-tenant platform needs
• Guide long-term security strategy for GPU-accelerated and containerized environments

Security Architecture & Platform Design

• Design end-to-end security architectures across infrastructure, identity, and application layers
• Define models for identity federation, SSO, RBAC, multi-tenancy, and policy enforcement
• Architect secure frameworks for multi-tenant GPUaaS and CaaS platforms, including tenant isolation and workload segmentation
• Implement Zero Trust principles including authentication, encryption, segmentation, and workload isolation

IAM & Identity Engineering

• Design and implement IAM frameworks including directory integration, lifecycle management, and access governance
• Support privileged access management (PAM), secrets management, and federation (SAML, OIDC)
• Ensure secure identity models across multi-tenant HPC and Kubernetes-based environments

DevSecOps & Application Security

• Embed security tooling (SAST, SCA, DAST, SBOMs) into CI/CD pipelines supporting platform and workload delivery
• Enable secure software delivery across CaaS and GPUaaS environments
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate security controls into platform pipelines

Container, Kubernetes & Platform Security

• Provide expertise in Kubernetes security including RBAC, admission controllers, runtime security, and OPA/Gatekeeper
• Define and enforce security standards for containerized HPC and AI workloads
• Secure orchestration layers supporting containerized HPC and GPU-based workloads at scale

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Conduct security and identity assessments, identifying gaps and recommending improvements
• Align architectures with frameworks such as NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and CIS
• Support compliance and audit readiness across multi-tenant AI infrastructure platforms

Automation & Platform Security

• Develop automation for secure infrastructure provisioning (Terraform, Ansible, Python, Go)
• Build reusable security frameworks, playbooks, and reference architectures
• Drive consistency through infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code approaches

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with product and engineering teams to influence security capabilities for HPC, CaaS, and GPUaaS platforms
• Lead workshops, architecture reviews, and technical engagements
• Stay current on emerging security trends across HPC, AI infrastructure, and GPU ecosystems

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Security Architect, IAM Architect, or Security Engineer in HPC, cloud, or distributed environments
• Experience supporting or securing CaaS, GPUaaS, or multi-tenant platform environments
• Strong expertise in:
• IAM (SSO, RBAC, MFA, federation – SAML, OIDC)
• Infrastructure security (Zero Trust, encryption, segmentation, isolation)
• Kubernetes security (RBAC, admission control, runtime security, OPA/Gatekeeper)
• Application security tooling (SAST, SCA, DAST, CI/CD integration)
• Experience with automation (Terraform, Ansible, Python, Go)
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS)
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Preferred:

• Experience securing GPU-accelerated or AI/ML platforms
• Experience with PAM, secrets management, and identity lifecycle automation
• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Relevant certifications (CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CKS, AWS Security Specialty)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field