Senior Manager, Cybersecurity

NVIDIA

. Lead day-to-day Cyber Defense & Response functions, ensuring operational readiness, execution rigor, and alignment with NVIDIA’s cybersecurity strategy .

Posted 10/6/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesSenior💰 $240,000 - $379,500 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Cyber Defense and Incident Response, with a strong focus on operational metrics, automation, and multi-cloud security environments. Proven ability to lead teams and improve incident response processes while effectively communicating complex security concepts.

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Cybersecurity ManagementIncident Response LifecycleCloud SecuritySecurity AutomationOperational Metrics

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Hard Skills

SIEM QueriesDigital ForensicsThreat HuntingLog AnalysisMalware AnalysisDetection EngineeringAlert InvestigationAutomation WorkflowsIncident Response ProcessesPlaybook Development

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipCross-Functional CollaborationClear Communication

Tools & Technologies

AWSAzureGCPEndpoint ProtectionContainerized WorkloadsAI/ML WorkloadsSecurity OrchestrationAnalytics ToolsEvent-Based AI PipelinesSIEM/EDR Integration

Certifications & Qualifications

GCIHGCFAGCFRCISSPAWS SecurityAzure Security

Industry Keywords

Cyber DefenseIncident ResponseOperational ReadinessCompliance RequirementsMulti-Cloud EnvironmentsDetection CoverageFalse-Positive ReductionAgile PracticesRisk-Prioritized Backlogs24x7 Team Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead day-to-day Cyber Defense & Response functions, ensuring operational readiness, execution rigor, and alignment with NVIDIA’s cybersecurity strategy
Own the complete incident response lifecycle, including investigation, containment, recovery, and post-incident review
Act as the point person for critical security incidents and make containment decisions
Broaden detection and response coverage across on-premises and multi-cloud environments, including GPU-accelerated and AI/ML workloads
Define detection expectations, monitoring requirements, coverage goals, and compliance requirements
Own operational metrics and outcomes, including MTTD, MTTC, MTTR, detection coverage, alert quality, and false-positive reduction
Run Cyber Defense & Response improvements using agile methods, risk-prioritized backlogs, planning, reviews, and retrospectives
Drive automation of manual SOC work through event-based AI pipelines
Partner with Security Engineering to operationalize tooling, automation, playbooks, and post-incident improvements
Support team health, operational processes, and cross-functional collaboration
Safeguard NVIDIA’s corporate, cloud, and product environments

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
10+ overall years of experience in cybersecurity
4+ years managing people within a SOC or incident response function
Strong technical depth in SIEM queries, automation workflows, alert investigation, case quality, digital forensics and incident response, threat hunting, cloud security, detection engineering, log analysis, malware analysis, or security automation
Strong knowledge of AWS, Azure, GCP, identity and access management, endpoint protection, and containerized or GPU-based AI/ML workloads
Experience owning operational metrics and driving measurable improvements
Experience building or improving incident response processes, playbooks, and critical issue workflows
Proven ability to lead global, 24x7 teams across distributed shift structures using agile practices, backlog prioritization, and sprint metrics
Ability to convey complex security concepts clearly to engineers, executives, and legal and compliance partners
Experience deploying security automation, orchestration, analytics, and AI agentic SOC workflows
Experience developing detections and response playbooks for AI/ML systems
Experience with product or supply-chain security teams
Experience integrating or migrating SIEM/EDR across hybrid multi-cloud environments, including CSP log sources, MDR partners, and co-managed detection and response models
Relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCFR, CISSP, or AWS/Azure Security are advantageous

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Benefits
Equal opportunity employer
Inclusive work environment