Security Engineer, Insider Threat Detection & Response

San Francisco, United StatesRemote

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About the Team Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
About the Role As a Security Engineer you will join our OpenAI engineers and researchers in building, operating and securing transformational AI technologies.
- Drive projects across OpenAI’s technology stack with a focus on insider threats, ranging from access abuse and intellectual property theft to novel risks emerging within AI infrastructure.
- Collaborate on cutting-edge AI research, and use AI to improve OpenAI’s Security posture.
experience working in a detection/response or insider-risk role..
We are seeking mid-level and senior candidates. - You have broad familiarity with operating systems and platforms such as macOS, Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes, along with
experience in cloud infrastructure. - Knowledge of modern adversary tactics and attack paths, data exfiltration techniques, and have
experience running and leading incidents. - Proficiency with a scripting language (e.g.
Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar). - Independently manage and run projects , balance preventative controls with user friction, and prioritize efforts for risk reduction. - You’re motivated by securing transformative technology and can adapt familiar security frameworks to new risks in AI infrastructure About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence

The Security team protects OpenAI’s technology, people, and products.
We are technical in what we build but are operational in how we do our work, and are committed to supporting all products and research at OpenAI.
Our Security team tenets include: prioritizing for impact, enabling researchers, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging a robust security culture.
This role will focus on all aspects of Detection & Response but with a strong emphasis on detecting insider threats and influencing controls to safeguard OpenAI's most sensitive assets.
you will: - Innovate on Detection and Response infrastructure to engineer and automate end-to-end detection and investigation workflows.
- Develop, measure, and tune detection rules to ensure effective and sustainable operations.
- Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including HR, Legal, and peer investigative teams, providing technical expertise and evidence to support investigations.