Security Engineer, Threat Intelligence

About the team

Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.  

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. 

About the Role

As a Security Engineer you will join our OpenAI engineers and researchers in building, operating and securing transformational AI technologies. This role will focus on all aspects of Detection & Response, including infrastructure and operations, and will also contribute to the Security team as a strong generalist. In this role, you will:

• Drive projects in threat intelligence, detection engineering and incident response
• Maintain relationships in and outside of OpenAI for information sharing 
• Collaborate on cutting-edge AI research, and use AI to improve OpenAI’s Security posture 

You’ll make an impact at OpenAI by:

• Innovating on threat intelligence infrastructure 
• Data collection 
• Tune and measure detection rules 
• Automate manual analysis processes 
• Apply threat intelligence to solve security problems 

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• Experience in Security or a Security-adjacent field
• Experience working with Trust and Safety teams
• Experience tracking and disrupting sophisticated threat actors
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and/or cloud infrastructure platforms
• Knowledge of modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Proficiency with a scripting language (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar).
• Ability to empathize and collaborate with colleagues, independently manage and run projects, and prioritize efforts for risk reduction.