Senior Detection Engineer — Trusted Detections & Equity

Nvidia Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Senior Detection Engineer to join the Detection and Automation Engineering team. You will build and tune high‑confidence detections across platforms such as SIEMs, cloud logs, identity telemetry, and endpoints, translating incidents into production-ready detection logic.

You will own the full detection lifecycle from design through deployment, tuning, monitoring, and retirement, while working with incident response, threat intelligence, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years in detection engineering or related security fields.
• Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience building detections in a major SIEM or security analytics platform.
• Strong knowledge of query languages such as SPL, KQL, SQL, Python.

Responsibilities

• Build and tune high-confidence detections across platforms (SIEM, cloud logs, identity, endpoint).
• Translate incidents, hunts, and threat intel into testable detection logic.
• Investigate telemetry before alerting, analyzing field behavior, timing, baselines, and FP rates.
• Own the full detection lifecycle from design to retirement.
• Strengthen detection-as-code workflows with tests, metadata, and rollout safety.
• Collaborate with responders to cut noise and provide actionable context.
• Shape logging, enrichment, and retention requirements when telemetry is missing.
• Coach analysts through design reviews and guidance on detection credibility.

Skills

Detection engineering

Security engineering

Threat hunting

Cloud security

SIEM tuning

Query scripting

Git/CI_CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Cybersecurity/Engineering

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Code review

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Senior Detection Engineer to join the Detection and Automation Engineering team. You will build and tune high‑confidence detections across platforms such as SIEMs, cloud logs, identity telemetry, and endpoints, translating incidents into production-ready detection logic.

You will own the full detection lifecycle from design through deployment, tuning, monitoring, and retirement, while working with incident response, threat intelligence, and