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Security Engineer, Detection and Response

OpenAI
London
1 month ago
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About the Team

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

The Security team protects OpenAIs 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 all major security verticals including: AppSec InfraSec OffSec and Detection and Response

  • Innovate to solve novel security problems

  • Collaborate on cuttingedge AI research and use AI to improve OpenAIs Security posture

This role is based in London UK. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role you will:

  • Innovate on Detection and Response infrastructure

  • Build tools for managing the lifecycle of detection rules

  • Develop measure and tune detection rules to ensure effective and sustainable operations.

  • Automate manual response processes

  • Ensure visibility and control of OpenAIs endpoint fleet (macOS Windows)

  • Driving improvements across identity access and management (IAM) device management productivity software and our use of public cloud environments (e.g. AWS Microsoft Azure)

You might thrive in this role if you:

  • Experience in Security or a Securityadjacent field

  • 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.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that generalpurpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core and to achieve our mission we must encompass and value the many different perspectives voices and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race religion national origin gender sexual orientation age veteran status disability or any other legally protected status.

OpenAI Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

For US Based Candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities and requests can be made via thislink.

OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy

At OpenAI we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.


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Employment Type :Full-Time
Department / Functional Area:Security
Experience:years
Vacancy:1

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