Information Security Systems Engineer
NVIDIA Corporation · Herndon, VA
$136,000–$270,250from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on managing and maintaining organization-wide IT systems that comply with federal security frameworks such as NIST 800-171 and CMMC. Day-to-day work involves administering Azure environments, enforcing security policies, supporting audits, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders on compliance. It suits an experienced systems administrator with an active Secret clearance and a background in federal security requirements.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Secret clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $152,225 (middle half $125,286–$177,673). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role spans both information security compliance (NIST 800-171/CMMC, audit support, accreditation) and hands-on systems administration (Azure tenant, GPO, AppLocker, virtualization), making it a genuine hybrid between 15-1212 Information Security Analysts and 15-1244 Systems Administrators; 15-1212 was chosen as primary given the compliance/security framing of the title and most responsibilities.
The posted compensation covers two internal levels: Level 3 ($136,000–$224,250) and Level 4 ($168,000–$270,250). The min and max reported here span the full range across both levels.
A Bachelor's degree in a related field is listed as required but explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience,' so no minimum degree is flagged.
Azure is listed as the primary cloud/virtualization environment; Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, and Citrix are listed as 'or equivalent' alternatives and are captured as such.
Tableau and Power BI are listed together as examples of data analytics/visualization tools for compliance reporting; Tableau is the primary with Power BI as an alternative.
NIST 800-171 and CMMC appear in the main requirements section (implementation of compliant systems); FISMA and FedRAMP appear only under 'Ways to stand out from the crowd' (preferred).
FSLogix/host pool management is explicitly called out as 'nice to have' in the preferred section.
ITAR/EAR export controls knowledge appears under 'Ways to stand out from the crowd' and is treated as preferred.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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