Security Site Reliability Engineer - Apple Service Engineering

Apple Inc.; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); On-site; USD 123,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Security Site Reliability Engineer to join the Service Engineering team in Seattle, WA. You will help design, implement, and operate security-focused reliability across Apple services, ensuring high availability and robust defenses.

You will work with cross-functional teams to establish security baselines, automate tooling, and support 24/7 operations, aligning with Apple’s mission to protect critical data and services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security measures for Apple services, ensuring reliability and security.
• Define, advocate and drive adoption of minimum security requirements and measure progress.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to secure infrastructure and automate security tooling.

Skills

Python

Golang

Java

Rust

C#

C++

Linux security

Container security

SELinux

Operating systems concepts

24/7 support

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Security Site Reliability Engineer - Apple Service Engineering

Seattle, Washington, United States Software and Services

People at Apple don't just build products - they craft the kind of experience that have revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.The Apple Service Engineering (ASE) team builds and provides systems and infrastructure that fuel Apple’s services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, and Maps). We are the foundation on which Apple’s software developers build the products that our customers love. We are looking for passionate and talented Site Reliability Engineer to continue our focus in providing our customers the highest quality Apple Services experience. Our services have to scale globally, stay highly available, and "just work." If you love designing, engineering and running systems and infrastructure that will help millions of customers, then this is the place for you!The services that this team manages are foundational security services. From host access and disk encryption to identity and authentication, these services are both critical for operational as well as securing Apples fleet and protecting out most critical data. This is a role on a new SRE team dedicated to these security services, who will work in deep partnership with the ASE Security dev team to bring up and mature new services as part of our infrastructure investments.

Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Security Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our dynamic and growing team. As a Security SRE, you will play a critical role in ensuring the security, reliability, and scalability of our systems and infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain security measures, incident response protocols, and automation tools to enhance the overall security posture of our organisation.You will define, advocate and drive adoption for a common set of minimum security requirements and measure progress along the way. This is not a checkbox role, baselines are only meaningful if they are mapped to a reasonable threat, and the recommended mitigation is possible via battle-tested tools that exist today. You'll set the bar and shape the future of our security standards, by iterating on your experience with engineering team challenges as they adopt practices and tools to develop securely.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience. Advanced Degree preferred.
• 1+ years in a Site Reliability Engineering infrastructure focused role
• Significant and demonstrable experience in at least one of the following: Python, Golang, Java, Rust, C# or C++
• Deep knowledge of Linux security primitives, systems, packaging, container security and SELinux
• Strong understanding of operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage, performance and scale
• Experience running Tier 1 services for 24/7 support

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience with large scale, highly available, distributed, and fault tolerant systems
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization
• Understanding of SRE principles, including monitoring, alerting, error budgets, fault analysis, and other common reliability engineering concepts
• Understanding of MacOS security primitives is a bonus
• Prior experience in security related fields (or equivalent experience) Certs like OSCP, OSCE, OSEE, etc. helpful but not vital

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $122,700 and $214,300, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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