Nscale

AI Infrastructure

StaffEngineer,EndpointSecurity

$175–225k United States; Canada Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Staff candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Engineer, Endpoint Security at Nscale. Skills: Endpoint security, Device management, Security architecture. Own endpoint and device security architecture. Define secure baseline standards”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive stronger managed-device coverage; Drive hardened baselines; Drive local admin reduction; Drive healthier telemetry; Drive clearer evidence device risk is going down

Industry & Context.

AI Infrastructure
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years in endpoint security, Hands-on experience securing Windows, macOS, or Linux endpoints, Experience with device management, Experience with endpoint detection, Experience with OS hardening, Experience with disk encryption, Experience with browser security, Experience with host firewalls, Experience with endpoint telemetry, Experience reducing standing local admin privileges, Experience implementing controlled elevation models, Scripting, automation, packaging, configuration, or endpoint workflow engineering skills, Ability to balance endpoint controls with user experience, Ability to balance endpoint controls with operational reliability, Ability to balance endpoint controls with business velocity, Experience partnering with IT stakeholders, Experience partnering with identity stakeholders, Experience partnering with infrastructure stakeholders, Experience partnering with security operations stakeholders, Experience partnering with legal stakeholders, Experience partnering with privacy stakeholders, Experience partnering with business stakeholders, Experience securing high-risk engineering populations, Experience securing data center support teams, Experience securing privileged administrators, Experience securing remote-first workforces, Experience using device posture in conditional access, Experience using device posture in privileged access, Experience using device posture in production access decisions, Experience producing audit-ready evidence for device controls, Experience producing audit-ready evidence for endpoint security posture

Nice to Have

Experience with Kubernetes a plus

What You'll Do.

Own endpoint and device security architecture

Define secure baseline standards

Develop practical device standards

Establish device posture requirements

Integrate endpoint posture with identity

Integrate endpoint posture with privileged access

Integrate endpoint posture with vulnerability management

Integrate endpoint posture with detection workflows

Support high-risk application access decisions

Support production access decisions

Drive local admin reduction

Implement controlled elevation patterns

Lead endpoint rollout readiness

Create an exception model

Define endpoint telemetry requirements

Build visibility into device security posture

Measure progress through metrics

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with IT; Partnering with Identity; Partnering with Infrastructure; Partnering with Security Operations; Partnering with Legal; Partnering with Privacy; Partnering with business stakeholders

Communication Scope

Executive reporting

Process & Methodology

Deployment sequencing, Exception handling, Rollback planning

Full Job Description

About Nscale 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 focused on Endpoint and Device Security to build and operate the endpoint and device security foundation for Nscale employees, engineers, data center staff, and privileged operators. This is a hands-on engineering role centered on turning endpoint security from a collection of tools and policies into a measurable operating model. You’ll work across employee laptops and workstations, engineering endpoints, privileged admin devices, and site-support devices, partnering closely with IT, Identity, Infrastructure, Security Operations, Legal, Privacy, and business stakeholders to design controls that are secure, reliable, and workable in practice. This role is critical because endpoint and device security is one of the fastest ways to reduce enterprise risk without slowing the business down. Your work will drive stronger managed-device coverage, hardened baselines, local admin reduction, healthier telemetry, and clearer evidence that device risk is going down across the organization. What you'll be doing Architecture & Standards Own endpoint and device security architecture across employee devices

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