Description
Senior Global Security Investigator
About the Team
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 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
We are seeking a senior Global Security Investigator with a technical background to lead complex, long-running security investigations involving a full spectrum of threats – whether originating from internal employees, external threat actors, or supply chain partners. This role is about seeing the full chessboard and independently driving complex, multi-month cases across cyber, physical, and human domains.
In this role you will:
- Independently conduct comprehensive security investigations from initial detection to resolution, including cases involving insiders, external actors, and supply chain and third-party risks.
- Lead proactive, data-driven threat-hunting efforts that weave together disparate signals to surface undetected insider or external threats before they escalate into incidents.
- Perform comprehensive technical analysis of complex hardware, software, and supplier supply chains to identify, enumerate, and mitigate risks.
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams, including Human Resources, Legal, Security, and IT, and external stakeholders or law enforcement when necessary.
- Collaborate with technical counterparts to enhance detections, resolve telemetry gaps, and implement new capabilities to identify security issues involving cyber, physical, and human domains.
- Collect, preserve, and analyze evidence from a variety of sources, including log data, digital forensics, subject interviews, access records, threat intelligence, and open-source intelligence (OSINT), to support investigative findings.
- Continuously improve investigative procedures and security controls based on investigations and lessons learned.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Cybersecurity, or a related field (or equivalent experience) and 8+ years of investigative experience in counterintelligence, insider risk, forensic investigations, cybersecurity, supply chain security, or related domains.
- Unimpeachable integrity, sound judgment, and the ability to handle confidential matters with discretion.
- An active US security clearance, or willingness and eligibility to obtain one.
- Deep specialization in geopolitical threat domains, with hands-on experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating adversarial risks through tailored countermeasures.
- Expert knowledge of common security tooling, including EDR, DLP, UEBA, SIEM, SOAR and other related platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to independently write complex queries, automate data workflows, and analyze structured datasets.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distill complex findings into clear, actionable reports and explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
- Exceptional collaboration skills with the ability to work across diverse teams (HR, Legal, IT, etc.) to lead projects and investigations with minimal guidance.
Compensation
- San Francisco, Seattle or New York: $288K – $500K • Offers Equity
- Zone B: $230.4K – $500K • Offers Equity
The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus for eligible employees and benefits.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick and safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked)
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
- Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.