Senior Data Center Physical Security Engineer

Department: Security

Location: Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA

Compensation: $150K – $250K • Offers Equity

Employment Type: FullTime

About Fluidstack

At Fluidstack, we’re building the infrastructure for abundant intelligence. We partner with top AI labs, governments, and enterprises - including Mistral, Poolside, Black Forest Labs, Meta, and more - to unlock compute at the speed of light.

We’re working with urgency to make AGI a reality. As such, our team is highly motivated and committed to delivering world-class infrastructure. We treat our customers’ outcomes as our own, taking pride in the systems we build and the trust we earn. If you’re motivated by purpose, obsessed with excellence, and ready to work very hard to accelerate the future of intelligence, join us in building what's next.

About the Role

The Senior Data Center Physical Security Engineer will help 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 framework.

Focus

• Manage all aspects of the physical security system design 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 government, industry and other international standards.

• Assist with the development and maintenance of the Physical Security 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, VSS, intrusion-detection and 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.

• Experience working in an engineering environment; able to read and understand RFIs, Submittals, Specifications, Drawings.

• Experience collaborating with other engineering teams on designs, such as on Divisions 8, 26, 27, 28, and 32.

• Deep knowledge of system hardening, structured cabling, door hardware, CPTED, installation methodologies, gates/fences, PIDS or other end-to-end components of an enterprise integrated security system.

• Experience with enterprise electronic security products down to the component level.

• CPP, PSP, CISSP, and other relevant certifications are desirable.

Salary & 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.

The base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $250,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

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