Staff Identity Governance Engineer
At its midpoint, $200k/yr, this role pays more than the $175k/yr midpoint for Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) openings today (usual band $153k–$322k/yr).
The full posting
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 Identity Governance Engineer to make every access grant at Nscale requested, approved, time-bound where it should be, and reviewed - with evidence an auditor can trust.
You'll work with app owners and managers to drive adoption of access reviews and approvals, and partner with the privileged access engineer to govern admin roles on Tier Zero SaaS platforms. You'll own the identity governance platform and stand behind the evidence it produces with auditors, making access governance reliable in practice as well as demonstrable for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and SOX.
Location: Houston, Seattle, New York, San Francisco.
Governance platform and access requests
- Stand up and run Nscale's identity governance platform; Okta Identity Governance is licensed, with other tools under consideration.
- Build access request flows through the service desk with app owner approval.
- Configure access expiry so grants are time-bound where appropriate.
Access reviews and privileged access
- Design and run quarterly access review campaigns for privileged access and annual campaigns for standard access.
- Implement automatic revocation as part of access reviews.
- Govern admin roles on Tier Zero SaaS platforms - Okta, Google Workspace and GitHub - with the privileged access engineer.
- Drive adoption of reviews and approvals with app owners and managers.
Access models and audit evidence
- Define birthright access by persona using Workday attributes.
- Define the app ownership data that access governance depends on.
- Produce audit evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and SOX directly from the tools rather than screenshots, and stand behind it with auditors.
KPIs
- Quarterly privileged access review completion
- Annual standard access review completion
- Automatic revocation completion following access reviews
- Coverage of tool-generated evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and SOX access controls
About You
- 7+ years in identity or security engineering, including at least 4 years implementing identity governance.
- Implementation experience with Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint, Saviynt, ConductorOne, Opal, Lumos or similar platforms.
- Experience designing and running access reviews and certifications end to end, including revocation.
- Experience with role or persona modelling, birthright rules and separation of duties.
- Working knowledge of SOC 2, ISO 27001 or SOX access controls and the evidence auditors ask for.
- Scripting and API integration skills for apps that lack native connectors.
- Ability to get app owners and managers to adopt access reviews and approvals, and explain the supporting evidence to auditors.
What we can offer you
At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.
Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months. 🚀
Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies - your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed. ✨
Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy - always with our full support.
Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.
Equal Opportunities Statement
We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.
The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.
For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.
For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.
Salary Range
The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.
The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.
Salary Range
$170,000 - $230,000 USD
For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.
Nscale does not accept unsolicited candidate submissions from recruitment agencies.
Text as Nscale published it; last compared with the original on 11 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details and CV, then 4 questions.
- 1.What is your current or most recent employer?Short answer · optional
- 2.What is your preferred name?Short answer
- 3.Are you currently legally authorized to work in the country where this role is based?Yes or no
- 4.Will you now or in the future require Nscale to sponsor or support an immigration application for you to be authorized to work in the role's country?Yes or no
Taken from Nscale's application form as it stood on 11 Nov 2026.
The employer: Nscale
Builds and runs GPU data centers for AI in Europe and beyond; its security hiring covers red teaming, detection, cloud security and site security.
Pay and benefits: Full-time roles; the cyber seats are US-based, the site security posts are in Europe and Indonesia.
Want companies to ask for you?
Security teams sometimes ask us directly for someone with a given specialty, clearance or certification. Join the candidate pool once and we put you forward when a brief matches, and only after you say yes. No cost to you.
Hear first when Nscale posts a security role
We read Nscale's careers system around the clock and send its new security roles in a weekly email, along with comparable openings at other employers. Free; leave whenever you like.