Forward Deployed Security Engineer

The role

You will secure novel applications of OpenAI's technology by embedding with strategic public sector customers. You will work throughout the lifecycle from design to production and ongoing operations to ensure secure infrastructure deployments.

What you will do

• Embed with strategic public sector customers to implement and maintain robust security controls.
• Act as a design and technical thought partner for protective controls including access controls, authentication, encryption, network, and system security.
• Collaborate 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.

Required qualifications

• An active US security clearance.
• 5+ years of security engineering experience, with an emphasis on infrastructure security, application security, network security, datacenter security, and systems engineering.
• 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.
• Comprehensive knowledge of modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• The ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Thrive in dynamic environments and can navigate ambiguity with ease.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance

Before you apply

• An active US security clearance is required.
• Background checks for applicants will be administered.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.