Cyber Security Analyst

About this role

NVIDIA is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst with deep   expertise   in incident response,   forensics   investigation, threat hunting, and proactive cyber defense. This role is ideal for a cybersecurity professional passionate about defending enterprise and product environments against advanced threats, and eager to tackle complex investigations across diverse platforms.  As part of our Cyber Defense & Response team, you will lead efforts to detect, analyze, and respond to sophisticated attacks targeting NVIDIA’s corporate, cloud, and product ecosystems. You will   leverage   your technical skills to drive investigations, orchestrate automated responses, and strengthen our security posture across infrastructure and products.   

This is an opportunity to make a significant impact in the industry, collaborating with elite experts in security, data science, and AI to shape the future of product security technologies. If this sounds like a fun challenge and you are a hands-on Security Analyst, we want to hear from you!    

What   you'll   be doing:  

• Lead Incident Response   efforts   for corporate, cloud, and product environments, including investigation, containment, eradication, and recovery.   

• Perform threat hunting across endpoints, networks, and cloud workloads to proactively   identify   indicators of compromise, emerging threats, and control gaps.   

• Conduct cloud incident   response   for AWS, Azure, and GCP, and other cloud environments including Kubernetes and containerized workloads, performing log analysis, identity compromise investigations, and workload forensics.   

• Drive product security incident response, collaborating with engineering teams to analyze potential exposure to vulnerabilities, exploits, and security flaws in NVIDIA products.   

• Perform digital forensics and malware analysis to support investigations and root cause analysis.   

• Develop and   optimize   security orchestration and automation playbooks in partnership with Security Engineering to accelerate detection and response.   

• Build and refine detections and defense strategies based on threat models and attacker behaviors across cloud, identity, endpoint, and product telemetry, using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK to map adversary tactics and enhance detection coverage.   

• Provide guidance to engineering and business teams on secure design and incident handling standards and contribute to security policies, standards, and metrics to continuously improve NVIDIA’s security posture.   

What we need to see:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science   or related field, or equivalent experience.   

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in incident response and threat hunting, including cloud environments.   

• Strong knowledge of cloud security principles, identity and access management, and workload protection.   

• Experience with product security investigations, vulnerability analysis, and secure coding practices.   

• Proficiency   in forensic analysis, intrusion detection, and threat intelligence.   

• Advanced knowledge of network analysis, OS internals (Windows/Linux/macOS), and web application security, including the ability to detect abnormal behaviors and assess exploit paths.   

• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across global teams.   

Ways to stand out from the crowd:    

• Certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, AWS/Azure Security Specialty, CISSP.   

• Experience with cloud-native security tools (e.g., AWS   GuardDuty , Azure Sentinel, GCP Security Command Center).   

• Development experience in Python, Go, or   similar for   building security automation.   

• Hands-on experience with container security (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD   pipeline ,   and AI security.   

• Advanced knowledge of digital forensics and malware reverse engineering.   

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of   the technology   world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If   you're   creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!   

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 160,000 USD - 258,750 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits .

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until September 4, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.  NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive 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.

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