Drimva

NVIDIA

Staff Security Engineer - PAM and Agentic Identity

$168K–$270K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026

Experience
8+ years in relevant roles, including 4+ years directly related to PAM and NHI solutions.
Education
Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.

About the job

Modernizes and operates privileged access and non-human identity services, integrating secure access controls into infrastructure, developer platforms, and agentic workflows.

What you'll do

  • Extend PAM and NHI platforms with APIs, connectors, policy-as-code, and self-service tools.
  • Integrate access controls into AI/LLM applications, agent frameworks, and infrastructure; mature controls such as JIT access and credential rotation.
  • Own service reliability through monitoring, incident response, operational readiness, and continuous improvement.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years in security, infrastructure/platform engineering, SRE, IAM, or related enterprise technology roles, including 4+ years directly related to PAM and NHI solutions.
  • Balanced infrastructure and software development skills, including operating production services and building automation, integrations, APIs, and tools.
  • Practical experience with Linux and Windows, on-prem and cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, databases, CI/CD systems, and production operations.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience maintaining access platforms, building custom connectors, integrating unsupported targets, and automating access workflows.
  • Familiarity with short-lived credentials, identity-aware proxies, session recording, access requests, device trust, and workload identity.

Pay

168,000 USD - 270,250 USD (base salary)

Tools

Linux, Windows, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Idira/CyberArk, Teleport, Azure PIM, HashiCorp Vault

AI focus

Integrates PAM and NHI controls into AI/LLM-enabled applications, agent frameworks, coding agents, and autonomous workflows.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)