Senior Security Engineer

Apple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services.
$120,000 - $200,000
Security
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS
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Description For Senior Security Engineer

Apple Services Engineering (ASE), the team behind iCloud services and the infrastructure that powers it, is looking for security engineers to partner with engineering teams working on new products and features. You will collaborate with developers, site reliability engineers, and security teams to protect ASE services and design a secure foundation for services at Apple. Your work will include full end-to-end security assurance activities including security architecture, threat modeling, some security testing, and risk management. You will be working with partner teams in security engineering, privacy, and offensive security to keep Apple's services secure for our users.

In this role, you will be the primary security team point of contact for several large engineering efforts. You will work with engineering teams throughout their development lifecycle. You will conduct security reviews and develop threat models and use the insights from these engagements to build standard methodologies. You will help define, automate and advocate for platform-wide security improvements. You will partner with your colleagues to raise the security bar for all engineering teams at Apple.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Be a technical specialist responsible for the security of Apple's internet-facing services and backend infrastructure
  • Identify areas for improvement and establish appropriate security goals
  • Establish relationships with teams to drive security improvements
  • Stay current on new security technologies, vulnerabilities, and methodologies
  • Develop proof of concept systems to automate security recommendations, vulnerability discovery, and process workflows
  • Use data to drive security review efficiency and prioritize high-value security team engagement
  • Make security decisions impacting millions of users

This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge security challenges at a massive scale, directly impacting the safety and privacy of Apple's global user base.

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Responsibilities For Senior Security Engineer

  • Conduct security reviews and develop threat models
  • Build standard security methodologies
  • Define, automate, and advocate for platform-wide security improvements
  • Partner with colleagues to raise the security bar for all engineering teams at Apple
  • Establish relationships with teams to drive security improvements
  • Develop proof of concept systems to automate security recommendations and vulnerability discovery
  • Use data to drive security review efficiency and prioritize high-value security team engagement
  • Make security decisions impacting millions of users

Requirements For Senior Security Engineer

Python
Java
Go
Ruby
  • 5 or more years conducting security reviews, threat modeling, tracking findings, and communicating risk to engineering and leadership
  • Knowledge of distributed systems' design patterns and security implications
  • Experience with common infrastructure components including: network architecture, server fleet provisioning and configuration, OOB management, storage, load balancing, virtualization, Kubernetes
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, Go, or Ruby
  • Experience with security standard processes of third party cloud environments

Benefits For Senior Security Engineer

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge security challenges at a massive scale
  • Chance to directly impact the safety and privacy of Apple's global user base
  • Collaboration with top-tier security professionals and engineering teams

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