As a Senior Security Architect at NVIDIA in Santa Clara, CA, you will lead the architectural vision for cloud authentication and authorization systems across AI-enabled platforms and enterprise connectors. Your daily responsibilities include developing security frameworks for human, workload, and autonomous agent identities, conducting threat modeling, and establishing identity lifecycle patterns. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between architecture decisions and risk management strategies. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in cloud security and IAM, proficiency in protocols like OIDC and OAuth 2.0, and hands-on knowledge of AI security risks. This role requires expertise in Zero Trust Architecture, workload identity systems, and certificate lifecycle management to address emerging threats effectively.
Outline security architecture strategy for cloud authentication and authorization across NVIDIA platforms.
Develop frameworks for AI agents and enterprise connectors to ensure secure token exchange and prioritized authority.
Lead architecture reviews and threat modeling for high-risk identity and access flows.
Establish patterns for identity lifecycle management, including emergency disablement procedures.
Convert emerging AI security risks into specific authentication and authorization requirements.
What we're looking for
8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security architecture, cloud security, IAM, application security, product security, platform security, infrastructure security, or security engineering for distributed systems.
Extensive hands-on experience in developing, managing, deploying, and assuming direct responsibility for authentic security controls related to cloud authentication, authorization, workload identity, agent identity, non-human identity, and identity architecture.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
Proficiency in authentication and authorization protocols such as OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML, federation, delegation, token exchange, mTLS, certificate-backed identity, prioritized access, and associated technologies.
Experience developing authorization boundaries for distributed systems, including fine-grained authorization patterns, control points, sensitive-action approval, execution boundaries, and AI security risks assessment.
Strong foundational cybersecurity judgment with skills in threat modeling, architecture review, risk analysis, practical mitigation development, clear communication of assumptions, partner-team alignment, and follow-through through implementation.
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$184,000–$287,500
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$112,800–$205,060
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About Nvidia
Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing
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Locations Chantilly, Virginia, US31 days ago
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