Infrastructure Security Engineer
About the Team
At OpenAI, security isn't an afterthought – it's the bedrock of our mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Our Security team is dedicated to protecting OpenAI’s groundbreaking technology, our people, and the innovative products that are changing the world. We blend technical prowess with operational excellence, providing unwavering support to all product and research initiatives across OpenAI.
We live by these tenets:
Prioritizing for maximum impact
Empowering our researchers with secure environments
Proactively preparing for future transformative technologies
Fostering a robust and security-conscious culture
About the Role
Are you a security engineer passionate about building secure, scalable infrastructure? Join our Infrastructure Security team and be at the forefront of securing OpenAI's revolutionary AI technologies. As a Security Engineer, you'll be a key player in designing and implementing effective security measures, collaborating with cross-functional partners to embed security into the very fabric of our systems.
This role is for proactive, resilient team players ready to tackle complex security challenges in a fast-paced environment. If you thrive on collaboration and are driven to build a cohesive security team, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.
This role is open to remote employees, or relocation assistance is available to one of our OpenAI offices in San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City.
In this role, you will:
Design and implement scalable systems and controls to secure infrastructure, ensuring robust functionality across a global footprint.
Collaborate with engineering and security teams to drive the deployment of security enhancements and control changes across broad-scale infrastructure.
Deliver key projects that enhance security operations, from improving infrastructure visibility to automating routine tasks and workflows.
Take a generalist approach to building security controls, balancing security expertise with broad technical skills to adapt to evolving challenges.
Contribute to the mission of creating safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence through a combination of partnership, hands-on engineering, infrastructure security, and automation.
Build enduring and high-trust partnerships with colleagues across the organization.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
Deep understanding of security principles, best practices, and common vulnerabilities.
A proactive mindset, with the ability to identify and address security gaps or inefficiencies through automation and tooling.
A track record of delivering scalable solutions and driving impactful changes across infrastructure in real-world projects.
Expertise in the security of cloud platforms (e.g., Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure), especially securing multi-cloud networks and infrastructure, and designing cloud-agnostic systems.
Familiarity with container security, orchestration security, and authentication/authorization.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and objectively assess security risks.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Excitement about collaborating with cross-functional teams to build secure, reliable systems that scale globally.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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