Security Engineer

Summary

Join OpenAI's Cloud Security and Identity team as a Security Engineer. You will play a vital role in designing and implementing secure systems and controls for our global infrastructure. Collaborate with engineering and security teams to deploy security enhancements and automate tasks. This role requires a generalist approach, combining security expertise with broad technical skills. You will build partnerships across the organization and contribute to OpenAI's mission of creating safe and beneficial AI. This position offers remote work options or relocation assistance to OpenAI offices.

Requirements

• 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 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
• Excitement about collaborating with cross-functional teams to build secure, reliable systems that scale globally

Responsibilities

• 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 deployment of security enhancements and control changes across broad-scale infrastructure
• Deliver on 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 a mix of security expertise and broad technical skillsets to adapt to evolving challenges
• Build enduring and high-trust partnerships with colleagues across the organization

Benefits

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