Security Engineer, Infrastructure SecurityActive$230K–$385K

The opportunity

Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

What you'll do

  • Design and build security controls across diverse layers (e.g., physical: hardware, firmware/BMC, OS, Kubernetes, networks, and CI/CD) to defend against sophisticated adversaries and insider threats.

  • Collaborate with engineering and security teams to drive deployment of: security enhancements and control changes across broad-scale infrastructure.

  • Tackle high-impact projects such as checkpoint encryption, network isolation,: secret management, and machine identity, while continuously raising the security bar for emerging AI workloads.

  • Take a generalist approach to building security controls, balancing a mix of: security expertise and broad technical skillsets to adapt to evolving challenges.

  • 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.

What they're looking for

  • 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.
  • Experience securing on-prem deployments and datacenters from construction to multi-tenant use.
  • Familiarity with container security, orchestration security, and authentication/authorization.