Security Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 63,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a freelance Security Engineer in Syracuse to own and drive security initiatives. The role emphasizes incident response, pen testing, and migration of on-prem services to cloud-native architectures. You’ll mentor teammates, refine legacy code, and lead architectural discussions with a focus on practical, secure design.

With a flexible schedule and ownership of impactful projects, you’ll grow within a backdrop of cutting-edge technology and a collaborative engineering culture.

Qualifications

• 3+ years applying Incident Response in a tech setting.
• Mentor peers without commandeering work.
• Owns problems and drives to solution.
• Hands-on customer service experience appealing in reviews.
• Portfolio speaks louder than resume.

Responsibilities

• Wrangle Incident Response config across environments so Syracuse staging mirrors production.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Ship Penetration Testing features that move NVIDIA's technology roadmap forward.
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture.
• Lead technical design reviews for mid-level technology initiatives.
• Spot and address Customer Service anti-patterns in reviews.
• Sketch the Customer Service architecture, defend it in review, then build it.
• Apply Cryptography and OWASP Top 10 to solve engineering challenges.

Skills

Incident Response

Mentoring

Ownership

Customer Service

Estimation Confidence

Job description

This freelance Security Engineer seat at NVIDIA pays $63,000 - $91,000 and comes with a backlog of genuinely interesting technology problems. A $63,000 - $91,000 Security Engineer role for a self-starter who wants ownership, collaboration, and a genuine path forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Wrangle Incident Response config across environments so Syracuse staging mirrors production
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Ship the warm-yet-rigorous Penetration Testing features that move NVIDIA's technology roadmap forward
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture
• Lead technical design reviews for mid-level technology initiatives
• Spot the agile Customer Service anti-pattern in review before it spreads through NVIDIA
• Sketch the Customer Service architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing
• Apply Cryptography and OWASP Top 10 to solve growth-minded engineering challenges

What You'll Bring

• 3+ years putting Incident Response to work in a technology setting
• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• The self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve
• Hands-on Customer Service experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• At least 3 years of standing behind your own estimates
• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume

Growing steadily over 3 years, NVIDIA now leads tinker-friendly innovation in the technology market. Ownership at NVIDIA means you fix the broken thing even when nobody assigned it to you.

For your 3 of Penetration Testing, expect $63,000 - $91,000, a mentor, a benefits package, and the room to grow on a flexible schedule.

This role is being actively staffed, with offers expected before the quarter closes.