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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.\nWe 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. 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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.\nWhat you'll be doing:\nDevelop and lead incident response and disaster recovery plans for pre-production clusters.\n\nWork with infrastructure, networking, storage, OS, firmware, and application teams to harden systems.\n\nTrain peers and users on practical security standard methodologies.\n\nBuild and enforce security controls, systems, and policies for cluster infrastructure of new NVIDIA hardware.\n\nIdentify, assess, and reduce cybersecurity risks; report major risks clearly to leadership.\n\nInvestigate security incidents and drive root-cause analysis.\n\nEnsure systems meet IT, legal, regulatory, and information security standards.\n\nImprove security governance, documentation, and audit readiness\n\nWhat we need to see:\nExperience in programming secure computing environments, with strong proficiency in C/C++.\n\nLinux kernel hardening (SELinux/AppArmor) and observability (eBPF).\n\nExperience securing large-scale Linux infrastructure.\n\nProven understanding of security risks and how to reduce them.\n\nDemonstrated understanding of incident response and breach handling.\n\nClear written and verbal communication with technical and leadership audiences.\n\nExperience with compute and networking systems security architectures.\n\nExperience in securing AI agents using sandboxing technologies and AI-based threat detection (e.g. Mythos)\n\nBS in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or equivalent experience. 8+ yrs of relevant experience.\n\nWays to stand out from the crowd:\nDeveloping secure software in Rust, prioritizing memory safety.Experience with modern authentication and identity frameworks such as OAuth 2.1, OIDC, Kerberos, FIDO2/WebAuthn.\n\nExperience 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.\n\nExperience hardening HPC schedulers and storage, Slurm alongside parallel filesystems like Lustre and NFS.\n\nExperience securing containerized workloads (Docker, Enroot, Kubernetes).Knowledge of high-speed fabric security like InfiniBand PKeys/MKeys.\n\nZero Trust, ZTNA, VRFs, VLANs, performance-optimized firewalls.Use of advanced vulnerability management and supply chain mitigation (CVSS 4.0, SBOM).\n\nYour base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. 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