Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Own end-to-end security outcomes for one or more critical infrastructure areas, including multi-quarter strategy, roadmap, and delivery
• ▹Design and build security controls across diverse layers (physical hardware, firmware/BMC, OS, Kubernetes, networks, CI/CD) to defend against sophisticated adversaries and insider threats
• ▹Lead cross-functional programs to deploy security enhancements and control changes across broad-scale infrastructure, balancing security guarantees with reliability and velocity
• ▹Take a generalist approach to building security controls, combining security expertise with broad technical skillsets
• ▹Lead threat modeling and design reviews for major infrastructure changes
• ▹Mentor and level up engineers across InfraSec and partner teams, contributing to a strong security culture

Requirements

• ▹Deep understanding of security principles, best practices, and common vulnerabilities, including strong judgment under ambiguity
• ▹Proactive mindset, identifying and addressing security gaps or inefficiencies through automation and tooling
• ▹Track record leading large, cross-org initiatives from concept to rollout, navigating tradeoffs and delivering measurable risk reduction
• ▹Deep expertise in the security of cloud platforms (Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure), especially multi-cloud networks and cloud-agnostic system design
• ▹Experience securing on-prem deployments and datacenters, from construction to multi-tenant use
• ▹Familiarity with container security, orchestration security, and authentication/authorization

Soft skills

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics.