Nscale

Technology

SeniorStaffSecurityEngineer-NetworkSecurity

$220–280k United States; Canada Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Staff Security Engineer - Network Security at Nscale. Skills: Network security, Data center networking, Infrastructure security. Define network security patterns. Implement network security patterns”

What You'll Achieve.

Current-state network trust-boundary map completed; Minimum security baseline defined; Urgent network design reviews completed; Usable network telemetry coverage achieved; Usable network logging coverage achieved

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Network troubleshooting; Risk decisions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years of experience in network security, 8+ years of experience in data center networking, 8+ years of experience in infrastructure security, 8+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering, Deep hands-on experience with routing, Deep hands-on experience with switching, Deep hands-on experience with segmentation, Deep hands-on experience with firewalls, Deep hands-on experience with internet edge, Deep hands-on experience with WAN, Deep hands-on experience with remote access, Deep hands-on experience with wireless, Deep hands-on experience with network troubleshooting, Experience designing secure networks, Experience reviewing secure networks, Experience securing OT networks, Experience securing BMS networks, Experience securing industrial networks, Experience securing facilities networks, Experience securing operational networks, Understanding of zero-trust principles, Understanding of identity-aware access, Understanding of least privilege, Understanding of explicit authorization, Understanding of limits of network location-based trust, Ability to translate network diagrams, Ability to work effectively with infrastructure teams, Ability to work effectively with facilities teams, Ability to work effectively with IT teams, Ability to work effectively with platform engineering teams, Ability to work effectively with security operations teams, Ability to work effectively with physical security teams, Ability to work effectively with third-party providers, Experience building reusable network security standards, Experience building reusable design review processes, Experience building reusable deployment gates

Nice to Have

Exposure to AI infrastructure, Exposure to GPU clusters, Exposure to high-performance computing, Exposure to sovereign infrastructure, Exposure to hyperscale data center environments

What You'll Do.

Define network security patterns

Implement network security patterns

Define data center network security reference architecture

Establish trust-boundary decisions

Translate network diagrams into trust boundaries

Translate network diagrams into required flows

Translate network diagrams into security controls

Translate network diagrams into monitoring requirements

Translate network diagrams into risk decisions

Create clear policy position for corporate site networks

Design segmentation patterns

Design firewall policy principles

Design routing controls

Design network access control requirements

Specify requirements for local safety-critical telemetry paths

Review new data center network designs

Review colocation network designs

Review office network designs

Review site network designs

Assess urgent network designs

Identify decisions requiring approval

Identify decisions requiring change

Identify decisions requiring compensating controls

Set security standards for third-party network providers

Set security standards for installation partners

Set security standards for managed service providers

Set security standards for data center specialists

Build reusable design checklists

Build reusable diagrams

Build reusable decision records

Define network telemetry requirements

Define network logging requirements

Define detection requirements

Partner with Identity and Security Data

Collaborate with cross-functional teams

Support practical security decisions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Infrastructure teams; Facilities teams; IT teams; Platform engineering teams; Security operations teams; Physical security teams; Third-party providers

Full Job Description

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. About the Role We’re hiring a Staff Security Engineer - Network Security to define and implement the network security patterns that keep Nscale’s corporate, OT/BMS, production management, customer management, telemetry, and internet access paths separated, observable, and secure. This role sits at the intersection of security, infrastructure, facilities, IT, platform engineering, security operations, physical security, and third-party providers. You’ll work across data centers, colocation sites, office environments, and production management networks, reviewing designs before hardware and implementation decisions are locked and creating repeatable baselines that support fast deployment in real-world conditions. Your work will help Nscale avoid one-off network security decisions at each new site build. By establishing clear trust boundaries, segmentation patterns, and practical standards, you’ll enable the business to move quickly while reducing the risk of corporate networks becoming accidental privileged access zones and ensuring operational networks have the controls they need. What you'll be doing Reference architecture and trust boundaries Define data c

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