About this role
NVIDIA is hiring an Insider Threat Engineer to protect people, intellectual property, engineering systems, and data. You'll build detections, automation, and investigation tools across identity, endpoint, cloud, and source-code systems while conducting sensitive insider-threat investigations.
Must have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Data Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience in insider threat, detection engineering, security operations, incident response, digital forensics, data protection, or threat hunting
Experience conducting security investigations including defining scope, collecting evidence, developing timelines, and documenting findings
Experience with security technologies such as SIEM, DLP, UEBA, EDR, insider-risk management, identity security, case management, or security orchestration
Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript
SQL, security-query, and data-analysis skills including correlating data from multiple sources
Knowledge of identity and access management, endpoints, cloud services, collaboration platforms, SaaS integrations, and data-exfiltration methods
Experience translating insider-risk scenarios into telemetry requirements, detection logic, and investigation workflows
Ability to assess activity objectively and distinguish indicators from substantiated findings
Clear written and verbal communication skills for working with technical, legal, privacy, HR, and business partners
Technologies
Responsibilities
Build, test, deploy, and tune detections across identity, endpoint, cloud, SaaS, collaboration platforms, source-code repositories, and data movement
Lead and support investigations involving unusual data movement, unapproved application use, external sharing, access anomalies, and compromised accounts
Collect and correlate information from multiple sources to reconstruct activity and establish timelines
Develop automation, data pipelines, integrations, dashboards, and investigation tools to reduce manual work
Operate and improve insider-risk and data loss prevention capabilities by assessing policy performance and detection coverage
Use documented hypotheses, threat models, test cases, and peer review to improve detections
Present findings that distinguish facts from inferences and explain confidence levels to partners
Work with authorized partners on evidence preservation, containment, escalation, and remediation
Benefits
Recruitment process
Base salary range is 168,000 USD - 270,250 USD for Level 4, and 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5
Eligible for equity and benefits
Applications accepted at least until August 21, 2026
Posting is for an existing vacancy
NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes
NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment
