Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security

Details

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. The Infrastructure Security team protects the foundations of OpenAI's research and production environments, including GPU supercomputing clusters, multi-cloud infrastructure, datacenters, networking, storage, and critical services powering frontier AI models.

The team secures systems ranging from bare-metal hardware and firmware to Kubernetes clusters, service meshes, data storage, and access pathways for highly sensitive model weights and user data.

Responsibilities

• Design and build security controls across physical hardware, firmware/BMC, operating systems, Kubernetes, networks, and CI/CD to defend against sophisticated adversaries and insider threats.
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to deploy security enhancements and control changes across large-scale infrastructure.
• Lead high-impact projects involving checkpoint encryption, network isolation, secret management, and machine identity.
• Continuously raise the security bar for emerging AI workloads.
• Take a generalist approach to building security controls, balancing security expertise with broad technical skills to address evolving challenges.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of security principles, best practices, and common vulnerabilities.
• Proactive mindset and ability to identify and address security gaps or inefficiencies through automation and tooling.
• Track record of delivering scalable solutions and driving impactful infrastructure changes in real-world projects.
• Expertise in securing cloud platforms such as Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure, including multi-cloud networks and infrastructure and cloud-agnostic system design.
• Experience securing on-premises deployments and datacenters from construction through multi-tenant use.
• Familiarity with container security, orchestration security, authentication, and authorization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess security risks critically and objectively.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Enthusiasm for collaborating with cross-functional teams to build secure, reliable systems that scale globally.

Benefits

• Equity, performance-related bonuses for eligible employees, and comprehensive benefits.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuter expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
• Paid time off, company holidays, office closures, and paid sick or safe time as required by law.
• Mental health and wellness support.
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily meals in offices and eligible meal delivery credits.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.
• Additional benefits may include charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.

OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer. Background checks are administered in accordance with applicable law, and reasonable accommodations are available to applicants with disabilities.