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Network Engineer

OpenAI· Security
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Hybrid (San Francisco)$347k - $510k + equityFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Network Engineer role at OpenAI focused on designing, operating, and improving global networks across offices, labs, campuses, PoPs, cloud environments, and hybrid setups with emphasis on security, reliability, and automation.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and operate secure, scalable enterprise networks across offices, labs, campuses, PoPs, cloud connectivity, and hybrid environments.
  • Set strategic direction for network services through architecture, standards, roadmaps, lifecycle planning, capacity strategy, and measurable reliability outcomes.
  • Own production operations, including on-call, incident response, escalations, and time-sensitive delivery, while protecting user experience, security, and business continuity.
  • Use incident learning, problem management, ticket trends, and telemetry as roadmap inputs, eliminating recurring failure modes through automation, Infrastructure-as-Code, and safer operating standards.
  • Develop dashboards, telemetry, alerts, and health checks that provide actionable visibility into network performance and failure domains.
  • Implement and operate routing, switching, wireless, WAN, Internet edge, firewall, NAC, segmentation, and core network services.
  • Lead network changes, migrations, refreshes, site launches, and service improvements from design through validation and operational handoff.
  • Partner with security and identity teams to apply least privilege, Zero Trust principles, RBAC, device identity, and appropriate access controls.
  • Balance long-term platform improvements with urgent operational priorities through clear ownership, documented decisions, deliberate tradeoffs, and transparent communication.

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience designing and operating enterprise networks using Cisco IOS, Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto, Arista, or equivalent technologies.
  • Strong routing and switching fundamentals, including BGP, OSPF, VLAN/VRF design, WAN, Internet edge, and high-availability patterns.
  • Production troubleshooting experience across packets, logs, telemetry, configurations, circuits, and physical infrastructure.
  • Experience with network observability using SNMP, syslog, NetFlow, packet capture, ELK, Grafana, or comparable platforms.
  • Strong network security fundamentals, including ACLs, firewalls, VPN, 802.1X/NAC, device profiling, segmentation, and least privilege.
  • Ability to automate infrastructure using a modern programming language and tools such as Python, Go, Terraform, Ansible, APIs, Git, and CI/CD.
  • Experience with enterprise wireless and at least one cloud or hybrid connectivity environment.
  • Clear communication, sound operational judgment, and the ability to own outcomes while partnering across technical and business teams.

Skills

Required:Network design and architectureRouting and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLAN/VRF)Network observability and telemetryNetwork securityAutomation and IaC

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 or safe time
  • 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.
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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