Security SRE: Host & Fleet Security Tools for Services

Apple, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 309,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join the ASE Security SRE team in Seattle. You will collaborate with development partners to operate host access, disk encryption, and fleet-wide security tooling, ensuring reliability, security, and scalable operations across Apple services.

The role emphasizes planning, design reviews, and accountable operational quality, with on-call duties and a focus on practical security engineering across a large, heterogeneous environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years in an Site Reliability or infrastructure role.
• Experience with security tooling and fleet-wide deployments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with development teams on design, rollout, and operation of host and fleet level security tooling.
• Own or co-own operational health, deployment safety, and incident response for services and agents.
• Participate in on-call for the services you support, alongside the development team.
• Drive improvements to fleet-wide deployment, rollback, and coverage mechanisms.
• Represent operational health in planning and review forums for the area.

Skills

Swift/Java/Rust/Golang/C/C++

Linux security

Distributed systems

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Apple is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to join the ASE Security SRE team in Seattle. You will collaborate with development partners to operate host access, disk encryption, and fleet-wide security tooling, ensuring reliability, security, and scalable operations across Apple services.

The role emphasizes planning, design reviews, and accountable operational quality, with on-call duties and a focus on practical security engineering across a large, heterogeneous environment.