Cyber Security Analyst

NVIDIA • Charlottesville, VA

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About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking a Security Analyst with deep expertise in incident response, threat hunting, and cloud security operations. 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 Security Defense Operations 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 world-class 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!

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ 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.
• Familiarity with network protocols, OS internals (Windows, Linux, macOS), and web application security.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across global teams.

Nice To Haves

• 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) and CI/CD pipeline security.
• Advanced knowledge of digital forensics and malware reverse engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead Incident Response for corporate, cloud, and product environments, including containment, eradication, and recovery.
• Perform threat hunting across endpoints, networks, and cloud workloads to proactively identify indicators of compromise and emerging threats.
• Conduct cloud incident response for AWS, Azure, and GCP environments, including log analysis, identity compromise investigations, and workload forensics.
• Drive product security incident response, collaborating with engineering teams to analyze 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 to accelerate detection and response.
• Utilize frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK to map adversary tactics and techniques, and enhance detection capabilities.
• Build and maintain tools and processes for critical infrastructure protection, monitoring, and remediation.

Benefits

• You will also be eligible for equity and benefits .
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees