Senior Strategic Risk Manager - Account Security

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Security Engineer to join the Apple Services Engineering Security team in Cupertino. You will help manage security needs of Apple’s services worldwide, building controls and guardrails that protect customer data in Apple’s infrastructure.

You’ll design security processes, assess risks, and help surface security weaknesses, contributing to roadmaps and hands-on program management across teams.

Qualifications

• BS in CS/CE/InfoSec or 5+ years hands-on security experience.
• Ability to design, document, and implement security processes.
• Deep knowledge of threat modeling, threat intel, attack vectors, and cryptography.
• Experience with enterprise log collection and analysis platforms (Splunk, OSQuery).

Responsibilities

• Identify and surface risks to customer accounts and data, and develop roadmaps.
• Design and implement security controls, guardrails, and frameworks with global impact.
• Collaborate across teams to review, implement, and test security programs.

Skills

Threat modeling

Security process design

Security engineering

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Tools

Splunk

OSQuery

Job description

The Apple Services Engineering Security team builds and provides secure systems and infrastructure that fuel Apple’s services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, App Store, and Maps). As part of the ASE Security team, you will help manage the security needs of Apple’s services around the world. You will build and integrate the security controls, guardrails, and frameworks that help protect our customers data in Apple’s infrastructure. Your work will help build solutions to a variety of outstanding security risks to Apple systems and data. Join us, and you’ll play a meaningful role in ensuring the highest standard of security for one of the most-watched companies in the world.

DESCRIPTION

In this role, you will work with highly skilled security professionals passionate about identifying, assessing, and mitigating security risks. This role is central to the controls that protect Apple’s customers, data, and brand. You’ll have the opportunity to design security processes and technology with a global impact. Combining aspects of solutions engineering, design review, architecture, analysis and technical program management, you will help identify and surface risks to customer accounts and data, and help develop short and long term roadmaps to address it. You will play a hands on role in ensuring that programs are reviewed, adjusted, implemented and tested appropriately.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Security, or 5+ years of equivalent hands‑on experience
• Demonstrated ability to design, document, and implement new security processes
• Deep understanding of threat modeling, operational threat intelligence, and common attack vectors and frameworks. Strong understanding of applied cryptography, access control, and other security mechanisms
• Experience with enterprise log collection and analysis platforms (e.g., Splunk, OSQuery).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in applying and experimenting with AI/ML, to solve security related use‑cases
• Experience working with data engineers to define metrics and interpret results from detection and risk models.
• Knowledge of authentication mechanisms, including OAuth, SAML, and other identity management protocols