Infra Security Lead: Global Cloud & Data Center Security

Coinscapture; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI seeks a Principal Security Engineer to join the Infrastructure Security (InfraSec) team. You will own end-to-end security outcomes for critical infrastructure, including multi-clouds, datacenters, and Kubernetes, while guiding cross-functional programs and ensuring secure, scalable systems.

You will mentor engineers, drive threat modeling, and balance security with reliability and velocity. Strong collaboration and communication are essential for executive and technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of security principles, best practices, and vulnerabilities.
• Proactive mindset to identify gaps and automate improvements.
• Curiosity about frontier models and agents for security challenges.
• Experience leading cross-org initiatives from concept to rollout.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end security outcomes for critical infra areas and roadmaps.
• Design and build security controls across physical, firmware, OS, Kubernetes and networks.
• Lead cross-functional programs to deploy security enhancements at scale.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to security culture across teams.
• Drive threat modeling and design reviews for major infra changes.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Cloud security

Kubernetes security

Automation

Cross-org leadership

On-prem security

Communication

Frontier models and agents security

Tools

AWS

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

OpenAI seeks a Principal Security Engineer to join the Infrastructure Security (InfraSec) team. You will own end-to-end security outcomes for critical infrastructure, including multi-clouds, datacenters, and Kubernetes, while guiding cross-functional programs and ensuring secure, scalable systems.

You will mentor engineers, drive threat modeling, and balance security with reliability and velocity. Strong collaboration and communication are essential for executive and technical stakeholders.