Senior Software Engineer, Security
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NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years.
It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people.
Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing.
An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world.
Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent.
As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work.
Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.
We are looking for an outstanding Senior Software Engineer to work on our security team focused on securing at scale infrastructure, high-performance computing environments, and AI cluster systems.
Be a key player in protecting some of the most sophisticated computing hardware, software, and datacenter platforms in the world.
You will help design, implement, and evolve security systems, policies, and operational practices that protect critical infrastructure and intellectual property.
You will work with engineering, infrastructure, research, platform, legal, compliance, and executive teams to identify risks, respond to incidents, and build resilient security programs for next-generation AI infrastructure.
What you'll be doing:
Develop and lead incident response and disaster recovery plans for pre-production clusters.
Work with infrastructure, networking, storage, OS, firmware, and application teams to harden systems.
Train peers and users on practical security standard methodologies.
Build and enforce security controls, systems, and policies for cluster infrastructure of new NVIDIA hardware.
Identify, assess, and reduce cybersecurity risks; report major risks clearly 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
What we need to see:
Experience in programming secure computing environments, with strong proficiency in C/C++.
Linux kernel hardening (SELinux/AppArmor) and observability (eBPF).
Experience
securing large-scale Linux infrastructure.
Proven understanding of security risks and how to reduce them.
Demonstrated understanding of incident response and breach handling.
Clear written and verbal communication with technical and leadership audiences.
Experience
with compute and networking systems security architectures.
Experience
in securing AI agents using sandboxing technologies and AI-based threat detection (e.g.
Mythos)
BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience. 8+ yrs of relevant experience.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
Developing secure software in Rust, prioritizing memory safety.
Experience
with modern authentication and identity frameworks such as OAuth 2.1, OIDC, Kerberos, FIDO2/WebAuthn.
Experience
with Microsoft Active Directory and Entra ID, including cross-realm trusts and identity federation (SCIMv2).
Experience
managing centralized Linux identity (FreeIPA/RHEL IdM/SSSD), including PKI lifecycle management and Host-Based Access Control.
Experience
hardening HPC schedulers and storage, Slurm alongside parallel filesystems like Lustre and NFS.
Experience
securing containerized workloads (Docker, Enroot, Kubernetes).
Knowledge of high-speed fabric security like InfiniBand PKeys/MKeys.
Zero Trust, ZTNA, VRFs, VLANs, performance-optimized firewalls.
Use of advanced vulnerability management and supply chain mitigation (CVSS 4.0, SBOM).
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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