Staff Security Engineer

We are looking for a Staff Security Engineer, Data Science Platform. At NVIDIA, we pride ourselves on data-driven decision-making, and the data science team is at the heart of this initiative. We are looking for an excellent Staff Security Engineer for Nvidia’s Data science platform. This outstanding opportunity will allow you to make a significant impact by securing large-scale infrastructure and various foundational NVIDIA unified cloud services. If you are a dedicated engineer with a profound understanding of cloud infrastructure security and distributed systems, and you thrive in an exciting, innovative environment, this could be the perfect role for you.

What you’ll be doing:

• Engage actively with product engineering teams to conduct detailed security reviews of new services and features being developed. Utilize threat modeling techniques to identify potential security risks and vulnerabilities. Design security controls to mitigate all identified risks.

• Collaborate with product engineering teams to ensure successful implementation of the identified security controls, thus establishing a robust security posture for all services and features being rolled out.

• Assess security issues flagged by diverse scanning tools and guide product engineering teams on the identified risks and the mitigation plan.

• Perform code reviews to identify security issues and work with engineers to address these issues.

• Design and implement cloud security controls to secure the cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes cluster, and services that run on it.

• Monitor the infrastructure and services to alert on security events.

• Develop tooling to automate the remediation of security events.

• Collaborate between multiple business units, vendors, and engineer teams on security and compliance certifications such as PCI, SOC2, etc.

What we need to see:

• A Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in designing and building security controls to support large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed services.

• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Expertise in Cloud Security, Kubernetes security, application security, and performing security code reviews.

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tools like Terraform.

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python.

• Proficiency in various monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Cloudwatch etc.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• You’re always looking for ways to improve the security of existing systems and processes.

• Have a deep understanding of the latest technologies and trends in cloud security and distributed systems. You’re not just familiar with the tools but also understand the underlying principles and can leverage this knowledge to make strategic decisions.

• Committed to personal and professional growth. You’re always seeking opportunities to learn new skills and deepen your expertise.

NVIDIA is leading the way in groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing and Visualization. The GPU, our invention, serves as the visual cortex of modern computers and is at the heart of our products and services. Our work opens up new universes to explore, enables amazing creativity and discovery, and powers what were once science fiction inventions from artificial intelligence to autonomous cars. NVIDIA is looking for great people like you to help us accelerate the next wave of artificial intelligence.

The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 356,500 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.