Senior Security Engineer - Security Assurance Scaling

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Services Engineering (ASE) seeks a Senior Security Engineer to partner with engineering teams across the development lifecycle, protecting ASE services and building a secure foundation for Apple.

You will conduct security reviews, perform threat modeling, and develop security standards while collaborating with security, privacy, and platform teams to raise the security bar for millions of users.

Qualifications

• 8+ years conducting security reviews, threat modeling, tracking findings, and communicating risk to engineering and leadership.
• Hands-on experience in cloud security engineering with demonstrated expertise in securing at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or AliCloud) in production environments.
• Experience securing cloud-native applications and workloads, including containerized environments (Kubernetes/EKS/GKE), serverless architectures (Lambda/Cloud Functions), and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Conversant in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, Go, or Swift.

Responsibilities

• Partner with infrastructure and application teams to identify and apply security standards and controls across ASE.
• Conduct security reviews, develop threat models, and build standard methodologies across products and services.
• Prioritize security capabilities and coordinate with security engineering and platform teams to enforce them.
• Define, prioritize, and advocate for platform-wide security improvements, raising the security bar for all engineering teams.

Skills

Cloud security engineering

Kubernetes/EKS/GKE

CI/CD pipelines

Python/Java/Go/Swift

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

Open Policy Agent

Job description

Summary

Apple Services Engineering (ASE), the team behind iCloud and Media services and the infrastructure that powers them, is looking for a Senior Security Engineer 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 scaling assurance activities, including security risk assessments, threat modeling, and development of security standards. You will work with partner teams in security engineering, privacy, and offensive security to keep Apple's services secure for our users. If you love diving into complex technical systems, sharing security improvements, and making security better, we want to talk with you!

Description

In this role, you will partner with infrastructure and application teams to identify areas where security standards and where security controls should be applied across the ASE organization. You will work with engineering teams throughout their development lifecycle, conduct security reviews, and develop threat models, using the insights from these engagements to build standard methodologies. As Apple's security risk experts for these services, you will help prioritize which security capabilities and controls need to be applied, and partner with our security engineering team and other platform teams to get them enforced. You will help define, prioritize, and advocate for platform-wide security improvements, raising the security bar for all engineering teams at Apple.

As a technical lead responsible for the security of Apple's internet-facing services and backend infrastructure, you will be:

• Innately curious, listening for nuances and digging into details to understand systems and their weaknesses
• Able to identify areas ripe for improvement and establish appropriate security goals
• Experienced and comfortable establishing relationships with teams to drive security improvements
• Current on new security technologies, vulnerabilities, and methodologies
• Able to identify opportunities for automated enforcement and partner with security and platform engineering teams to implement them
• Able to use data to drive security review efficiency and prioritize high-value security team engagement
• Responsible for security decisions impacting millions of users

Minimum Qualifications

• 8 or more years conducting security reviews, threat modeling, tracking findings, and communicating risk to engineering and leadership
• Hands-on experience in cloud security engineering with demonstrated expertise in securing at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or AliCloud) in production environments
• Experience securing cloud-native applications and workloads, including containerized environments (Kubernetes/EKS/GKE), serverless architectures (Lambda/Cloud Functions), and modern CI/CD pipelines
• Experience building, evaluating or directing the use of AI/ML-based security tooling to scale secure design review capacity, demonstrating the ability to recognize and act on automation opportunities
• Conversant in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, Go, or Swift

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Experience identifying and prioritizing security enforcement points within infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi) and CI/CD pipelines, and partnering with platform/security engineering teams to embed controls that apply consistently across many teams, rather than relying on manual, one-off reviews
• Familiarity with policy-as-code approaches (e.g., Open Policy Agent, Sentinel, Checkov) sufficient to define control requirements and evaluate proposed implementations for coverage and risk reduction, even if not personally authoring the policy code

Pay & Benefits

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 $184,700 and $324,800, 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.