Principal Data Center Security Systems Engineer

About FluidStack

Fluidstack is the AI Cloud Platform. We build GPU supercomputers for top AI labs, governments, and enterprises. Our customers include Mistral, Poolside, Black Forest Labs, Meta, and more.

Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on providing a world class supercomputing experience. We put our customers first in everything we do, working hard to not just win the sale, but to win repeated business and customer referrals.

We hold ourselves and each other to high standards. We expect you to care deeply about the work you do, the products you build, and the experience our customers have in every interaction with us.

You must work hard, take ownership from inception to delivery, and approach every problem with an open mind and a positive attitude. We value effectiveness, competence, and a growth mindset.

About the Role

The Principal Security Systems Engineer will lead and design the multi-layer physical-security stack that protects Fluidstack’s most valuable asset, our data. Your work spans perimeter hardening to rack-level tamper detection, all integrated into a zero-trust monitoring framework.

Focus

• Manage all aspects of the security system for data centers coordinating with all other discipline requirements.

• Create strategy for data center security system design and deployment.

• Develop security system standards in compliance with US DoD and other international standards.

• Develop and maintain the basis of design, master specification, master drawings.

• Facilitate developing project specific drawings and documentation based on the master design with local adaptation working with external design consultants.

• Engineer access-control, CCTV, intrusion-detection and biometric systems to meet SOC 2 & ISO 27001.

• Create zoning and mantrap layouts, badge/biometric authentication flows and visitor-management SOPs.

• Specify encryption and retention policies for video, logs and alarms.

• Integrate security events into DCIM and corporate SIEM platforms.

• Drive resiliency (dual-path comms, battery backup) and regular penetration-test programs.

About You

• 10+ years designing hyperscale / enterprise or mission-critical physical-security systems.

• Deep knowledge of ONVIF, SIA DC-09, OSDP, Wiegand, BACnet.

• Experience with Genetec, LenelS2, Honeywell or Avigilon ecosystems.

• CISSP-ISSAP or PSP certification is desirable.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).

• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

• Fluidstack is remote first, but has offices in key hubs. For all other locations, we provide access to WeWork.