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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