Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security

The role

You will set technical direction and drive execution on high-impact infrastructure security programs. You will own security outcomes for critical infrastructure areas including GPU supercomputing clusters, multi-cloud infrastructure, datacenters, and networking.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end security outcomes for critical infrastructure areas.
• Design and build security controls across physical hardware, firmware, OS, Kubernetes, networks, and CI/CD.
• Lead cross-functional programs to deploy security enhancements.
• Lead and drive threat modeling and design reviews for major infrastructure changes.
• Mentor and level up engineers across InfraSec and partner teams.

Required qualifications

• Deep understanding of security principles, best practices, and common vulnerabilities.
• Proactive mindset to address security gaps through automation and tooling.
• Track record of leading large, cross-org initiatives from concept to rollout.
• Deep expertise in the security of cloud platforms like Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience securing on-prem deployments and datacenters.
• Familiarity with container security, orchestration security, and authentication/authorization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills to convey complex security concepts to stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Expertise and curiosity about using frontier models and agents to effectively solve security challenges.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through their products.