About the job
About Our Team
At OpenAI, our Platform and Infrastructure Engineering team is dedicated to driving the mission of creating artificial general intelligence (AGI) that benefits all. We deliver secure, scalable, and resilient technological solutions, building and maintaining a robust infrastructure that protects OpenAI's data and systems. Our focus on security, reliability, and user-centric solutions empowers our employees to excel in AI research, corporate operations, and product innovation.
About the Position
As a Network Security Engineer at OpenAI, you will be pivotal in designing and maintaining both campus and cloud network infrastructure. Your role involves crafting secure, scalable, and high-performance network solutions that connect on-premises environments with public cloud resources. With your expertise in routing and switching, you will ensure optimal network performance and reliability across a variety of settings. You will champion automation initiatives utilizing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and GitOps methodologies, enhancing network provisioning, configuration consistency, and overall IT workflows. Additionally, you will develop CI/CD pipelines tailored for IT infrastructure to improve deployment efficiency and integrate robust network security practices. Comprehensive observability and proactive issue resolution strategies will also be part of your responsibilities.
We are looking for passionate individuals who thrive in network automation, security, and scalable IT solutions to support campus and cloud network operations. You should have extensive experience with enterprise network technologies and a strong foundation in network security principles. In this role, collaboration with Security, IT, and Engineering teams will be essential to align automation workflows with Zero Trust principles, enforce role-based access controls, and implement security best practices throughout our network infrastructure. If you excel in cross-functional environments and have a proven track record of delivering innovative and secure network solutions, this position presents a unique opportunity to shape OpenAI's security-centric, automation-driven network ecosystem.
Your Responsibilities:
Design, build, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and high-performing network infrastructure, automation workflows, and network security solutions.
Lead critical network and IT automation initiatives through software development and internal tooling to optimize our network operations.

