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.
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Senior Global Security Investigator at OpenAI in San Francisco. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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