Join OpenAI's Security Team: Safeguarding the Future of AI
At OpenAI, security is paramount. We're dedicated to ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity, and our Security team is at the forefront of protecting our technology, people, and products. We're a technical team with an operational mindset, committed to supporting every facet of OpenAI's groundbreaking research and development. Our core tenets include prioritizing high-impact work, empowering researchers, anticipating future technological shifts, and cultivating a strong security-conscious culture.
About the Role: Security Engineer - Detection & Response
As a Security Engineer specializing in Detection & Response, you'll work alongside OpenAI's world-class engineers and researchers, securing the transformative AI technologies of tomorrow. You'll play a crucial role in detecting insider threats and shaping controls to protect OpenAI's most valuable assets. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the security of cutting-edge AI development.
What You'll Do:
Innovate: Design and build state-of-the-art Detection and Response infrastructure, automating end-to-end detection and investigation workflows.
Detect: Develop, measure, and fine-tune detection rules to ensure effective and sustainable security operations.
Protect: Lead projects across OpenAI's entire technology stack, focusing on mitigating insider threats like access abuse and intellectual property theft, and addressing emerging risks within AI infrastructure.
Collaborate: Partner with cross-functional teams, including HR, Legal, and peer investigative units, providing technical expertise and evidence to support investigations.
Research: Collaborate on groundbreaking AI research and leverage AI to continuously improve OpenAI's overall security posture.
What Makes You a Great Fit:
Experience: 5+ years of experience in a detection/response or insider-risk role. We're looking for both mid-level and senior candidates.
Technical Skills: Deep familiarity with operating systems and platforms like macOS, Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes, along with experience in cloud infrastructure.
Threat Intelligence: Strong understanding of modern adversary tactics and attack paths, data exfiltration techniques, and experience running and leading incident response efforts.
Scripting: Proficiency in a scripting language such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Project Management: Ability to independently manage and execute projects, balancing preventative controls with user experience, and prioritizing efforts for maximum risk reduction.
Passion: A strong desire to secure transformative technology and the ability to adapt traditional security frameworks to the unique challenges of AI infrastructure.
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 AI capabilities and safely deploy them through our products. We believe AI must be developed with safety and human needs at its core. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
Join us in shaping the future of technology!
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