Senior Global Security Investigator

Location: US - Remote; hybrid workplace

Salary: Zone B: $230.4K–$500K with equity; Zone A: $259.2K–$500K with equity; San Francisco, Seattle, New York City or Washington DC: $288K–$500K

Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company developing general-purpose artificial intelligence and products intended to benefit humanity.

What you will do

• Independently lead comprehensive security investigations from detection through resolution across insider, external, supply-chain and third-party risks.
• Conduct proactive, data-driven threat hunting to identify emerging insider and external threats.
• Analyze hardware, software and supplier supply chains to identify and mitigate technical risks.
• Collect, preserve and analyze logs, digital forensics, interviews, access records, threat intelligence and OSINT evidence.
• Partner with HR, Legal, Security, IT, technical counterparts, external stakeholders and law enforcement when necessary.
• Improve detections, telemetry, investigative procedures and security controls based on lessons learned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Cybersecurity or a related field, or equivalent experience, plus 8+ years of investigative experience in counterintelligence, insider risk, forensic investigations, cybersecurity, supply chain security or related domains.
• Active US security clearance, or willingness and eligibility to obtain one.
• Deep specialization in geopolitical threat domains and hands-on experience identifying, assessing and mitigating adversarial risks through tailored countermeasures.
• Expert knowledge of security tooling including EDR, DLP, UEBA, SIEM and SOAR.
• Ability to independently write complex queries, automate data workflows and analyze structured datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including distilling complex findings into actionable reports and explaining technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• Unimpeachable integrity, sound judgment, discretion with confidential matters and the ability to collaborate across diverse teams with minimal guidance.

Culture & Benefits

• Security work supports OpenAI’s technology, people, products and research.
• The security function prioritizes impact, enables researchers, prepares for transformative technologies and promotes a robust security culture.
• Hybrid workplace arrangement.
• Offers equity.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to reasonable accommodations and legally compliant background checks.