Nvidia

Senior Software Engineer, Security

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5 days ago
Santa Clara, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$184k - $357k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead incident response and disaster recovery plans for pre-production clusters.
  • Harden systems in collaboration with infrastructure, networking, storage, operating system, firmware, and application teams.
  • Build and enforce security controls, systems, and policies for cluster infrastructure and new NVIDIA hardware.
  • Identify, assess, and reduce cybersecurity risks and communicate major risks to leadership.
  • Investigate security incidents and drive root-cause analysis.
  • Ensure systems meet IT, legal, regulatory, and information security standards.
  • Improve security governance, documentation, and audit readiness.
  • Train peers and users on practical security standard methodologies.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 8 years of relevant experience.
  • Strong proficiency in C/C++ and experience programming secure computing environments.
  • Experience with Linux kernel hardening using SELinux or AppArmor and observability using eBPF.
  • Experience securing large-scale Linux infrastructure and compute and networking security architectures.
  • Understanding of security risks, incident response, and breach handling.
  • Experience securing AI agents with sandboxing technologies and AI-based threat detection such as Mythos.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and leadership audiences.
  • Preferred experience developing secure software in Rust and using OAuth 2.1, OIDC, Kerberos, or FIDO2/WebAuthn.
  • Preferred experience with Microsoft Active Directory, Entra ID, SCIMv2, FreeIPA, RHEL IdM, SSSD, PKI lifecycle management, and Host-Based Access Control.
  • Preferred experience hardening Slurm, Lustre, NFS, Docker, Enroot, Kubernetes, and InfiniBand environments.
  • Preferred knowledge of Zero Trust, ZTNA, VRFs, VLANs, performance-optimized firewalls, CVSS 4.0, and SBOM-based supply-chain mitigation.

Benefits

  • Equity and benefits are provided.
  • The base salary range is $184,000-$287,500 for Level 4 and $224,000-$356,500 for Level 5.
  • The posting states that applications will be accepted at least until September 29, 2026.
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About Nvidia

10,000+ employees

Nvidia designs and sells GPUs and accelerated computing platforms for data centers, AI/ML, graphics, gaming, and automotive, monetizing through hardware, software platforms (CUDA, AI frameworks), and systems like DGX and networking. Customers include cloud providers, enterprises, researchers, and OEMs. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, it is a public company traded on NASDAQ under NVDA.

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