# Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $184k – $385k/yr
**Skills:** Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, CI/CD, Container Security, Network Security, Secret Management, Cloud Security, Datacenter Security, Firmware Security
**Posted:** 2025-10-06

> Designs and builds security controls for infrastructure including GPU clusters, multi-cloud setups, datacenters, Kubernetes, and networks to protect AI models and data from advanced threats. Requires deep security expertise, cloud platform knowledge, and proactive problem-solving across on-prem and cloud environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and build security controls across diverse layers (e.g., physical hardware, firmware/BMC, OS, **Kubernetes**, networks, and **CI/CD**) to defend against sophisticated adversaries and insider threats.
- Collaborate with engineering and security teams to drive deployment of security enhancements and control changes across broad-scale infrastructure.
- Tackle high-impact projects such as checkpoint encryption, network isolation, secret management, and machine identity, while continuously raising the security bar for emerging AI workloads.
- Take a generalist approach to building security controls, balancing a mix of security expertise and broad technical skillsets to adapt to evolving challenges.

## Requirements
- Deep understanding of security principles, best practices, and common vulnerabilities.
- Proactive mindset, with the ability to identify and address security gaps or inefficiencies through automation and tooling.
- Track record of delivering scalable solutions and driving impactful changes across infrastructure in real-world projects.
- Expertise in the security of cloud platforms (e.g., **Amazon AWS**, **Microsoft Azure**), especially securing multi-cloud networks and infrastructure, and designing cloud agnostic systems.
- Experience securing on-prem deployments and datacenters from construction to multi-tenant use.
- Familiarity with container security, orchestration security, and authentication/authorization.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to think critically and objectively assess security risks.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excitement about collaborating with cross-functional teams to build secure, reliable systems that scale globally.

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