Principal Cyber Security Engineer - Agentic Identity and Security

At NVIDIA, AI agents are becoming part of how work gets done across engineering and enterprise workflows! As these systems begin to access tools, call APIs, and participate in multi-step operations, the identity and security controls built primarily for human users need to evolve to support non-human and agent-driven workflows safely and reliably. We are seeking a Principal Engineer to help define and build core agentic identity capabilities that enable trusted AI agents across NVIDIA’s internal ecosystem. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who can turn complex problems into practical designs, quickly prototype solutions, and work across identity, security, platform, and application teams to bring the right infrastructure into production. What you will be doing: Architect and build agent identity security features for agent use cases across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Apply relevant standards and patterns where possible. Rapidly prototype, validate, and iterate on innovative ways when gaps remain, such as credential brokering, token exchange, delegation, workload identity, and lifecycle management. Rapidly identify the highest-value MVP for ambiguous security and identity problems, prototype solutions, validate them with partner teams, and iterate toward production-ready services. Build reusable skills, CLI tools, APIs, and integration pattern [... source excerpt omitted ...] , including significant hands-on technical leadership. Proven track record to frame sophisticated problem spaces, define an MVP, prototype quickly, and evolve ideas into reliable production systems.. Strong software engineering skills, including crafting and building backend services, APIs, automation, or platform components in programming environments. The role requires quickly learning new languages, frameworks, and tools as needed. Experience in offensive security, adversarial thinking, red teaming, or attack-path analysis, capable of applying that perspective to architecture decisions and security tradeoffs. Experience with device trust, endpoint posture, or hardware-backed [... source excerpt omitted ...] m you! Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 240,000 USD - 379,500 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until April 26, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, nat