Forward Deployed Security Engineer

OpenAI
Washington
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 293,000 - 385,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Problem-solving"]

Embedded security engineer focused on securing OpenAI deployments for strategic public sector customers. Partners with engineering teams to design and implement robust security controls across infrastructure, cloud, and applications, while performing ongoing threat monitoring and security validation in a hybrid, on-site/off-site model.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
3 months ago

Forward Deployed Security Engineer

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Job Summary

Embedded security engineer focused on securing OpenAI deployments for strategic public sector customers. Partners with engineering teams to design and implement robust security controls across infrastructure, cloud, and applications, while performing ongoing threat monitoring and security validation in a hybrid, on-site/off-site model.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity

Key Responsibilities

  • •Embed with strategic public sector customers to implement and maintain robust security controls.
  • •Be a design and technical thought partner by leveraging security expertise on protective controls including access controls, authentication, encryption, network, and system security.
  • •Collaborate closely 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.
  • •Travel to and working from customer sites as required.
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 293,000 - 385,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of security engineering experience with emphasis on infrastructure security, application security, network security, datacenter security, and systems engineering
  • •Familiarity with deployment models to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and underlying infrastructure primitives (Kubernetes, Terraform)
  • •Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Golang, or similar
  • •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
Experience:5+ yearsCybersecuritySecurity engineering
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationProblem-solving
Tech Stack:PythonGolangAzureAWSKubernetesTerraform

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Active US security clearance

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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