Lead Certifications Engineer

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.

Are you eager to apply your software development skills to real-world cloud security compliance challenges? Do you get excited about using automation and AI to ensure cloud-native infrastructure remains secure, compliant, and audit-ready at all times? Join us in securing our product to the highest federal standards. We’re seeking a Lead Certifications Engineer to help scale our automated, data-driven approach to achieving and maintaining our Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) processes. In this role, you'll collaborate with Security, IT, Product, and Engineering teams to build the tools and automation that power our compliance operations—making security smarter, faster, and more reliable.

What you'll be doing:

• Build and maintain automation for GRC processes, aligning metrics over time

• Work across teams to drive automation of evidence generation, collection, and reporting

• Automate infrastructure (IaC), documentation (DaC) and policy (PaC) as code

• Leverage AI, programming and scripting to reduce manual effort in recurring security tasks such as user access reviews, evidence collection for assessments, policy reviews and change management reviews.

• Recommend and implement continuous improvements for process efficiency and compliance with current and evolving standards

• Support the certification and compliance audit operations team

What we need to see:

• Bachelor's degree in information security, IT, Compliance, or a related field, or equivalent experience (Master’s preferred).

• 12+ years experience in information security and compliance, overseeing compliance programs or certification lifecycles.

• Proficiency in traditional programming languages (ex. C#, Java, Go) and scripting (ex. Python)

• Experience implementing GRC from the ground up with GRC tooling (LogicGate, Auditboard, ServiceNow)

• Demonstrated impacts from past GRC implementation experience 

• Ability to cultivate the right data from the right sources to satisfy a control

• Data & Process Engineering Background

• Proven skillset with Data Visualization tools such as PowerBI/ Tableau

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Product Owner / Program Manager experience

• Inter-Application API Integration experience 

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and passionate people on the planet working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 192,000 USD - 304,750 USD for Level 5, and 232,000 USD - 368,000 USD for Level 6.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 2, 2025.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we 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.