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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
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Senior Manager, Cybersecurity will lead the Cyber Defense & Response team, overseeing the complete incident response lifecycle and operational readiness. This role involves leading day-to-day functions to investigate, contain, and recover from critical security incidents while managing a global, 24x7 team using agile methods. You will convert a threat-informed defense strategy into practical plans, focusing on broadening detection coverage across on-premises and multi-cloud environments, specifically targeting GPU-accelerated and AI/ML workloads. Key responsibilities include driving agentic transformation of manual SOC work into automated AI pipelines and owning operational metrics like MTTD and MTTR. Required expertise includes cloud security across AWS, Azure, and GCP, identity and access management, and digital forensics. You must possess deep technical skills in SIEM queries, log analysis, malware analysis, and security automation.
Lead the complete incident response lifecycle from initial investigation and containment to recovery and post-incident review.
Manage day-to-day Cyber Defense & Response functions to ensure operational readiness and alignment with corporate cybersecurity strategy.
Drive the automation of manual SOC tasks by converting repetitive analyst work into event-based AI pipelines.
Own and improve operational performance metrics including MTTD, MTTC, MTTR, detection coverage, and false-positive reduction.
Develop and operationalize security playbooks, tooling, and detections for on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
Lead global, 24x7 teams using agile methods to manage risk-prioritized backlogs and sprint metrics.
Set detection standards and monitoring requirements based on the organization's specific threat landscape and compliance needs.
Partner with engineering teams to safeguard corporate, cloud, and product environments, specifically targeting AI/ML workloads.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
Experience in cybersecurity.
4+ years of experience managing people within a SOC or incident response function.
Technical expertise in digital forensics, threat hunting, cloud security, detection engineering, log analysis, malware analysis, or security automation.
Knowledge of cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), identity and access management, endpoint protection, and securing containerized or GPU-based AI/ML workloads.
Experience building or improving incident response processes, playbooks, and critical issue workflows.
Proven ability to lead global, 24x7 teams using agile practices with ownership of backlog prioritization and sprint metrics.
Relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCFR, CISSP, or AWS/Azure Security (preferred).