HPC Security Solutions Architect

Title: HPC Security Solutions Architect

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid and Relocation Assistance Provided)

Duration: Permanent Direct Hire

Compensation: $200K-$325K Base Salary, plus Bonus

Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

• As an HPC Security Solutions Architect, you will design and integrate end-to-end security architectures that safeguard HPC, AI/ML, and large-scale data-intensive workloads. You will act as a trusted advisor to customers, guiding them across the entire security lifecycle — from requirements discovery and architecture design, through proof-of-concept and deployment, to operational hardening, identity management, and ongoing optimization.
• This role blends infrastructure security, identity and access management (IAM), and Dev Sec Ops  practices. You will ensure that HPC environments are secure by design — covering compute, storage, networking, Kubernetes, and orchestration layers — while also embedding controls into CI/CD pipelines and enabling compliance at scale.
• You will work directly with customers, but also collaborate closely with product, engineering, and security teams, turning real-world insights into reference architectures, reusable security patterns, and platform roadmap enhancements.

• Act as the primary security and IAM subject matter expert (SME) for customers adopting HPC platforms.
• Partner with customers to define security, identity, and compliance requirements, aligning them with workload performance and scale needs.
• Design and document comprehensive security architectures, including identity federation, SSO, RBAC, multi-tenancy controls, and policy enforcement.
• Implement Zero Trust principles by advising on strong authentication, encryption, workload isolation, and network segmentation.
• Embed and optimize App Sec tooling (SAST, SCA, DAST) into CI/CD pipelines to detect risks early and accelerate secure adoption.
• Help customers establish and manage IAM frameworks, including directory integration, identity lifecycle management, privileged access management, and secrets management.
• Lead proof-of-concept security engagements, validating policy enforcement, workload isolation, and compliance adherence in HPC workloads.
• Provide technical guidance on container and Kubernetes security, including admission controllers, runtime security, and OPA/Gatekeeper policies.
• Build automation for secure infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, Ansible, or Python/Go-based tooling.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, blueprints, and playbooks for HPC security and IAM best practices.
• Conduct security and identity reviews of customer environments, recommending enhancements for resilience, compliance, and cost-effectiveness.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate customer-driven security requirements into platform features and roadmaps.
• Stay current with HPC security, IAM, and compliance trends (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, SOC
  2) and advise customers on long-term adoption strategies.
• Represent the organization at customer workshops, security assessments, and industry forums.

• Proven experience as a Security Solutions Architect, IAM Architect, or Security Engineer in HPC, cloud, or large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in:
  Identity and Access Management (IAM): SSO, RBAC, MFA, directory integration, federation (SAML, OIDC).
• Infrastructure and workload security:
  Zero Trust, encryption, workload isolation, segmentation.
• Kubernetes and container security: RBAC, admission controllers, runtime scanning, OPA/Gatekeeper.
• Application security tooling: SAST, SCA, DAST, SBOMs, CI/CD security integration.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting (Terraform, Ansible, Python, Go) for secure-by-default deployments.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks).
• Strong ability to translate customer security requirements into actionable architectures.
• Excellent customer-facing communication skills, able to engage technical and executive audiences alike.

• Experience designing and delivering secure multi-tenant HPC environments.
• Hands-on…