Forward Deployed Security EngineerActive$293K–$385K

The opportunity

Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects OpenAI’s technology, people, and products.

What you'll do

  • Deeply embed with our most strategic public sector customers to implement and: maintain robust security controls.

  • Be a design and technical thought partner by leveraging security expertise on: protective controls including access controls, authentication, encryption, network, and system security.

  • Collaborate closely with teammates, cross-functional teams, customers, and: service providers to achieve security and compliance goals.

  • Ensure continuity of critical security and monitoring controls through: routine security assessments, threat monitoring, and security validation exercises.

  • An active US security clearance.

  • + years of security engineering experience, with an emphasis on: infrastructure security, application security, network security, datacenter security, and systems engineering.

What they're looking for

  • Familiarity with deployment models, including to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS): and the underlying infrastructure primitives (Kubernetes, Terraform)
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, or similar.
  • A proven track record of developing high-quality, scalable, and secure infrastructure.
  • Experience with security operations including insider threat monitoring,: network/endpoint detection and response, or red team or penetration testing operations.