HPC Security Architect at SBHU
Stony Brook, NY
$142,000–$182,000from the description
Jul 11, 2026
Stony Brook, NY
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role is responsible for designing and governing the security architecture across a university's suite of high-performance computing clusters, including systems handling clinical, genomic, and AI/ML research data. The work spans building compliance frameworks for regulations such as HIPAA and NIST 800-171, architecting identity and access controls, conducting threat modeling, and advising researchers on secure computing practices. It suits an experienced cybersecurity professional with a background in HPC or large-scale distributed infrastructure.
Senior level · 5+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 25 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 7–35
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $143,559 (middle half $110,181–$179,574). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (10)
The official job title on the posting is 'Supervising Programmer/Analyst' (salary grade SL5), but the functional role is clearly an HPC Security Architect — a senior individual-contributor security architecture role. SOC 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) is the best fit; 15-1299 is noted as a runner-up given the strong architecture/engineering flavor.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's, but the JD explicitly allows substitution with 9 years of directly related experience in lieu of a degree — because the JD does offer a degree-free path, this is a judgment call; the Bachelor's is listed as the primary stated requirement.
Total years minimum is set to 5, reflecting the explicit '5 years of experience in cybersecurity' hard gate. The 9-year figure applies only to the degree-substitution path.
The role is hybrid (up to 5 remote days per pay period) at Stony Brook, NY — not fully remote.
NIST 800-171/CMMC is listed separately from the required-qualifications NIST 800-171 entry because the duties section references CMMC alongside it as a distinct compliance framework; both are treated as required given their placement in the duties description.
Federated identity (InCommon, SAML, OIDC) and HPC environment experience appear under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
Cumulus, Mellanox Onyx, and SONiC are listed in the duties section as 'familiarity with one or more of' — treated as preferred/nice-to-have rather than a hard gate.
SailPoint appears only in the duties narrative as an example IAM tool, not in the required qualifications — marked preferred.
Kubernetes, SLURM, Singularity/Apptainer, GPFS, and Azure appear in the duties/platform section as context for the work environment, not as gated requirements.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): NIST 800-171/CMMC.
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