Principal Security Architect
Core
Design, maintain, and secure scalable infrastructure solutions for cryptographic key management, including Hardware Secure Modules (HSM) and secret lifecycle management.
Role type
Principal Security Architect (Infrastructure & Cryptography)
Builds
Scalable, secure infrastructure solutions for key management and automation
Domain
AI Computing Hardware, Cryptography, Cloud Security
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Hardware Secure Module (HSM) deployment and governance, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), encryption technologies, authentication backends (OIDC, LDAP, cloud IAM), secret engines, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), CI/CD automation, disaster recovery planning, secure software development lifecycle
Preferred skills
Vault integration with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), industry security standards contributions (TCG, OCP, Linux Foundation), SPIFFE/SPIRE, zero-trust architectures, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Platform Root of Trust, DICE and attestation
Technologies
HSM, Vault, Terraform, AWS, Azure, GCP, OIDC, LDAP, SPIFFE/SPIRE
Responsibilities
Design and deploy scalable, secure infrastructure solutions from scratch; own HSM governance; develop organizational standards, policies, and access models; conduct risk and compliance assessments; collaborate on requirement analysis and capacity planning; advocate for best practices in secret lifecycle management; create tooling and automation for team onboarding
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence
