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NVIDIA District of Columbia, United States

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What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the development and deployment of an innovative, AI-enhanced SOC that employs autonomous detection, response, and remediation capabilities.
• Define the architecture for SOC engineering functions, integrating AI copilots, SOAR workflows, and agent-based detection logic.
• Supervise the lifecycle of SOC toolsets (SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, cloud-native security services, TIP).
• Optimize tool integration, coverage, and cost-effectiveness across enterprise and cloud environments.
• Lead the detection engineering program to develop, test, and maintain high-fidelity detection logic aligned to MITRE ATT&CK.
• Build a threat engineering function to simulate adversary behavior, validate controls, and stress-test detection pipelines.
• Facilitate the creation of automation pipelines to reduce mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR).
• Incorporate analytics for anomaly detection, incident triage, and contextual enrichment.
• Build and mentor a cross-functional team of detection engineers, threat engineers, automation specialists, and tool engineers.
• Work closely with the SOC Operations, Threat Intelligence, and Cloud Security teams to ensure coverage of top threats.

What We Need To See (Qualifications)

• We are looking for candidates with an MS degree or equivalent experience, a Ph.D. degree or equivalent experience in CS, EE (or a related technical field).
• 15+ overall proven experience in cybersecurity with at least 6+ years in a leadership/manager role.
• Proven track record in SOC engineering, detection engineering, or automation/security tool management.
• Background in building or running an SOC environment that incorporates AI/ML is strongly favored.
• Proven understanding of SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, and cloud-based security solutions (such as AWS GuardDuty, GCP SCC, Azure Sentinel).
• Hands-on experience with detection logic, rule tuning, and correlation pipelines.
• Familiarity with adversary simulation (red/purple team), MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE D3FEND.
• Proficiency with automation and scripting (Python, PowerShell, Terraform, etc.).
• Understanding of agent-based AI models and their application in cybersecurity.
• Ability to build, mentor, and encourage highly technical teams with strong communication skills across various functions to influence both engineers and executives.

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Understanding of GPU architectures, and associated programming techniques.
• Application development skills: C, C++, Java, Python.
• Candidates with an MS or Ph.D. or equivalent experience in CS, EE (or a related technical field) or relevant background are preferred.
• Experience with brand new AI, automation, and threat detection initiatives at enterprise scale.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 216,000 USD - 345,000 USD. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 11, 2025. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and 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.

JR2005638

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• General Business
• Industries: Computer Hardware Manufacturing, Software Development, and Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

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