Overview
OpenAI is seeking a Data Center Physical Security Systems Engineer to design and deliver physical security technology architecture for AI data center environments.
What you'll do
- Define and design a physical security technology architecture strategy for AI data center environments.
- Establish enterprise architecture standards and technical patterns for access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and integrated monitoring.
- Lead architecture and governance for physical security systems and supporting platforms.
- Set security standards and requirements across diverse infrastructure deployment models.
- Define standards for secure deployment, operational resilience, maintenance, and lifecycle management of security technologies.
- Partner with Security Operations, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Compliance, Legal, Procurement, and external providers to integrate and operate physical security systems.
What you'll need
- 15+ years of experience in physical security systems architecture, infrastructure security engineering, or security technology design.
- Significant experience in physical security technology or security engineering and turning ambiguous problems into working systems.
- Experience moving from architecture into implementation, including prototyping, integrating, commissioning, validating, and resolving hard field issues.
- Experience designing physical security systems across multi-site or global infrastructure environments.
- Experience partnering with engineering, construction, networking, cybersecurity, SOC/GSOC, compliance, procurement, and provider teams.
- Strong execution judgment on when direct execution is required versus using scalable partners/platform models.
- Ability to translate complex architecture decisions into operational security outcomes.
Details
- Ability to travel approximately 25% globally for design reviews, deployments, and site assessments.
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