Cyber Security Engineer

Nvidia

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Work type
Remote
Location
CANVORWA
Salary
$168,000–$270,250 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

Nvidia currently has 1673 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Cyber Security Engineer

JOB TITLE: Cyber Security Engineer The Cyber Security Engineer joins the Cyber Defense & Response team to protect corporate, cloud, and product ecosystems from advanced threats. This role involves leading incident response efforts, including investigation, containment, and recovery, while performing proactive threat hunting across endpoints, networks, and cloud workloads. You will conduct cloud incident response for AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and containerized workloads, performing log analysis and workload forensics. Responsibilities include malware analysis, developing security orchestration playbooks, and refining defense strategies using the MITRE ATT&CK framework. Required skills include proficiency in forensic analysis, network analysis, and OS internals for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Candidates should possess experience with Python, Go, and cloud-native security tools to address vulnerabilities and exploits within complex product environments and infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Lead incident response efforts including investigation, containment, eradication, and recovery for corporate, cloud, and product environments.
  • Perform proactive threat hunting across endpoints, networks, and cloud workloads to identify indicators of compromise and control gaps.
  • Conduct cloud incident response for AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and containerized workloads using log analysis and forensics.
  • Drive product security incident response by analyzing potential vulnerabilities and exploits in NVIDIA products with engineering teams.
  • Perform digital forensics and malware analysis to support investigations and root cause analysis.
  • Develop and optimize security orchestration and automation playbooks to accelerate detection and response times.
  • Build and refine detections based on threat models and attacker behaviors using the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
  • Provide guidance on secure design and incident handling standards while contributing to security policies and metrics.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in incident response and threat hunting, including cloud environments.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud security principles, identity and access management, and workload protection.
  • Experience with product security investigations, vulnerability analysis, and secure coding practices.
  • Proficiency in forensic analysis, intrusion detection, and threat intelligence.
  • Advanced knowledge of network analysis, OS internals (Windows/Linux/macOS), and web application security.
  • Certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, AWS/Azure Security Specialty, or CISSP (preferred).
  • Development experience in Python, Go, or similar for building security automation (preferred).

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