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Graphcore, a globally recognized leader in AI computing systems and member of the SoftBank Group, is seeking a Principal Security Architect to design, deploy, and secure scalable infrastructure solutions for cryptographic key management. The company is opening a new AI Engineering Campus in Austin, and this strategic role will be central to building secure foundations for AI computing infrastructure.
In this position, you will own the design and deployment of Hardware Secure Modules (HSMs) from the ground up, ensuring compliance with regional standards and security frameworks. You will develop organizational policies, access models, and workflows for consistent, secure platform usage across multiple teams. Key responsibilities include:
- Design and deploy scalable, secure infrastructure solutions aligned with business requirements and security standards
- Own Hardware Secure Module governance, deployment, and management
- Develop organizational standards, policies, and access models for secure platform usage
- Conduct risk and compliance assessments to support system security plans and disaster recovery strategies
- Collaborate on requirement analysis, capacity planning, and user story operations
- Advocate for best practices in secret lifecycle management, authentication methods, and identity federation
- Create tooling, automation, onboarding guides, and libraries to enable team access and correct usage
- Influence engineering teams and executive leadership on complex security concepts without direct authority
You will work in a hybrid arrangement across Austin and Milpitas locations, supporting Graphcore's mission to deliver specialized AI computing hardware with enterprise-grade security.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Education: MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, or related highly technical field
- 10+ years of deep technical experience with proven expertise in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Hardware Security Modules deployment and management
- Strong knowledge of encryption technologies, security controls, and compliance frameworks
- Deep understanding of authentication backends (OIDC, LDAP, cloud IAM), secret engines, PKI, encryption, and token/credential lifecycle management
- Familiarity with infrastructure maintenance, disaster recovery planning, and capacity management
- Skilled in coding standards, secure software development lifecycle, and configuration management processes
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD automation
- Exceptional ability to distill complex security concepts into engineering specifications and influence teams without direct authority
DIFFERENTIATORS (preferred):
- Experience integrating Vault with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and CI/CD pipelines
- Active participation in or contribution to industry security standards (TCG, OCP Security Project, Linux Foundation, Arm security working groups)
- Knowledge of SPIFFE/SPIRE, workload identity, or zero-trust architectures
- Understanding of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and its impact on hardware lifecycle and secure boot
- Knowledge of Platform Root of Trust, Platform Identity, DICE, and attestation mechanisms
