Network Engineer

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 293,000 - 385,000 annuallyFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Skills: ["Communication","Operational judgment","Ownership","Reliability tradeoffs","Incident response"]

Design, operate, and improve OpenAI’s global enterprise networks that connect offices, labs, campuses, PoPs, and cloud environments. Shape network architecture, standards, roadmaps, capacity planning, and automation, while owning production operations including on-call, incident response, escalations, and time-sensitive delivery. Use telemetry, observability, and incident learning to eliminate recurring failure modes, and partner with Security and Identity to implement Zero Trust, least privilege, RBAC, and segmentation.

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OpenAI
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Network Engineer

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Job Summary

Design, operate, and improve OpenAI’s global enterprise networks that connect offices, labs, campuses, PoPs, and cloud environments. Shape network architecture, standards, roadmaps, capacity planning, and automation, while owning production operations including on-call, incident response, escalations, and time-sensitive delivery. Use telemetry, observability, and incident learning to eliminate recurring failure modes, and partner with Security and Identity to implement Zero Trust, least privilege, RBAC, and segmentation.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, implement, and operate secure, scalable enterprise networks across offices, labs, campuses, PoPs, cloud connectivity, and hybrid environments.
  • •Set strategic direction for network services through architecture, standards, roadmaps, lifecycle planning, capacity strategy, and measurable reliability outcomes.
  • •Own production operations including on-call, incident response, escalations, and time-sensitive delivery while protecting user experience, security, and business continuity.
  • •Use incident learning, problem management, ticket trends, and telemetry to eliminate recurring failure modes through automation and safer operating standards.
  • •Implement and operate core network services including routing, switching, wireless, WAN/Internet edge, firewalling, NAC, segmentation, and core connectivity.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 293,000 - 385,000 annually
Perks:Relocation

Key Requirements

  • •Hands-on experience designing and operating enterprise networks using platforms such as Cisco IOS, Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto, Arista, or equivalent technologies.
  • •Strong routing and switching fundamentals, including BGP, OSPF, VLAN/VRF design, WAN, Internet edge, and high-availability patterns.
  • •Production troubleshooting across packets, logs, telemetry, configurations, circuits, and physical infrastructure.
  • •Network observability experience using tools and protocols such as SNMP, syslog, NetFlow, packet capture, ELK, Grafana, or comparable platforms.
  • •Ability to automate infrastructure using a modern programming language and tools such as Python, Go, Terraform, Ansible, APIs, Git, and CI/CD.
Skills:CommunicationOperational judgmentOwnershipReliability tradeoffsIncident response
Tech Stack:Cisco IOSCisco MerakiPalo AltoAristaBGPOSPFVLAN/VRFWANInternet edgeHigh-availabilitySNMPSyslogNetFlowPacket captureELKGrafanaACLsFirewallsVPN802.1X

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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Glassdoor: 4.4
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