OpenAI · 3 days ago
Data Center Security Technical Lead
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
15+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a highly experienced and strategic cybersecurity leader to lead their data center security efforts, driving the overall vision and execution of cyber defense and security architecture for OpenAI’s expanding datacenter footprint.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
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
Integrate hardware‑rooted trust, segmented enclaves, side‑channel mitigations, and insider‑risk countermeasures tuned for persistent, well‑resourced adversaries
Drive security design reviews, threat modeling, supply‑chain risk assessments, secure provisioning, runtime monitoring, incident response, and structured decommissioning
Deeply collaborate with engineering, operations, and security teams to define, implement, enforce, and evolve security best practices, including network segmentation, physical security, identity management, and access control policies
Engage with suppliers and partners to evaluate and mitigate risks associated with third-party hardware, firmware, and software dependencies
Prepare and deliver executive-level updates on risk posture, compliance, incident status, and program progress
Ensure our facilities meet the strictest compliance requirements
Continually evolve the security of our data centers alongside advances in cybersecurity controls, adversary activity, and commensurate with increased sophistication and risks of our frontier models
Qualification
Required
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
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
Leadership Team
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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