Infrastructure Security Engineer
About the Team
Security is paramount to OpenAI's mission of ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Join a team that's not just building security, but building a safer future.
Our Security team is dedicated to protecting OpenAI's cutting-edge technology, our people, and our innovative products. We blend technical expertise with operational pragmatism, supporting every facet of OpenAI's research and development. We prioritize impact, empower researchers, anticipate future tech challenges, and foster a strong security culture.
About the Role
We're seeking a Security Engineer to join our dynamic Infrastructure Security team. You'll be on the front lines, building secure systems and implementing robust security measures in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Leveraging your deep security knowledge and engineering prowess, you'll design and develop secure software solutions and infrastructure, ensuring security is woven into the very fabric of OpenAI's systems. This role demands a proactive and resilient team player ready to contribute to a cohesive security team.
This position is open to remote employees. Relocation assistance is also available to our offices in San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City.
What You'll Do:
Design and implement scalable systems and controls to secure infrastructure across a global footprint.
Collaborate with engineering and security teams to deploy 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 deep security expertise with broad technical skills to adapt to evolving challenges.
Combine partnership, hands-on engineering, infrastructure security, and automation to support OpenAI's mission of creating safe and beneficial artificial general intelligence.
Build enduring, high-trust partnerships with colleagues across the organization.
What You'll Bring:
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 security 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 an 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.
Enthusiasm for collaborating with cross-functional teams to build secure, reliable systems that scale globally.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We're pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities and safely deploying them through our products. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
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