Data Center Security Technical Lead

July 9

🏄 California – Remote

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🗽 New York – Remote

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💵 $490k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Artificial Intelligence • SaaS • Enterprise

OpenAI is a leading research organization and company dedicated to creating advanced artificial intelligence technology, with a strong emphasis on safety and ethical considerations. OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. The company develops AI products like ChatGPT, which can assist users with tasks ranging from everyday requests to complex enterprise solutions. OpenAI also provides an API platform that integrates its AI models into various applications. The company is focused on innovation in AI and improving data analysis capabilities, while emphasizing safety and ethical governance of their systems.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• 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 seeking a highly experienced and strategic cybersecurity leader to join our team to lead our data center security efforts. • This role is open to remote employees, or relocation assistance is available to one of our OpenAI offices in San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City. • Spearhead the overall security vision, architecture, execution, and sustained operations to protect data center infrastructure across a global footprint. • Recruit, mentor, and lead a diverse, distributed, and multidisciplinary team of security professionals across multiple timezones to securely enable mission impact.

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years in security, including 10+ years leading large-scale infrastructure or datacenter programs with global scope. • Proven track record protecting hyperscale, colocation, or hybrid environments against sophisticated adversaries, including insider threats and close-access attacks. • Demonstrated success recruiting, developing, and retaining multidisciplinary security teams across time zones and cultures. • Deep knowledge of security design and operations, including host-level hardening, network segmentation, IAM/PAM, secure provisioning, firmware and bare-metal security, and governance frameworks. • Strong familiarity with control frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2) and experience driving compliance in regulated environments.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family • Mental health and wellness support • 401(k) plan with 50% matching • Generous time off, many company holidays, and multiple coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge. • Paid parental leave (24 weeks paid birth-parent leave & 20-week paid parental leave) and family-planning support • Annual learning & development stipend ($1,500 per year)