Vulnerability Response Manager - Apple Information Security

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Information Security seeks a Vulnerability Response Manager to lead a security engineering team across the United States and EMEIA. You will drive vulnerability discovery, analysis, and remediation while overseeing on‑call rotations and strategic tooling initiatives.

You will manage researchers, coordinate disclosure processes, and partner with engineering leadership to strengthen Apple’s security posture across a broad surface.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in information security with vulnerability management, web app pentesting, and incident response.
• 3+ years of people management leading security engineers.
• Hands-on web app security and secure coding in Python/Go/Bash.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools at enterprise scale.
• Experience with bug bounty / vulnerability disclosure programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a geographically distributed team across US and EMEIA.
• Own continuous vulnerability response including on-call escalation.
• Drive proactive assessment with penetration testing and large-scale scans.
• Manage external researcher engagement and report validation.
• Guide security tooling and automation for vulnerability tracking.
• Collaborate with engineering and leadership to align priorities.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Web application security

Incident response

People management

Python/Go/Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Vulnerability scanning tools

Bug bounty program experience

Job description

Vulnerability Response Manager - Apple Information Security

Austin, Texas, United States Corporate Functions

Apple Information Security is seeking an experienced security engineering manager to lead the Vulnerability Response team across the United States and EMEIA regions. Apple's external perimeter spans thousands of services relied upon by billions of users worldwide, and this team is responsible for continuously identifying, analyzing, and remediating vulnerabilities across that surface. You will combine hands‑on technical leadership with people management, overseeing programs that include subcomponents of Apple’s bug bounty program, proactive vulnerability discovery, WAF rule development, emerging threat response, and custom security tooling. You will play a critical role in protecting Apple’s services and customers by ensuring timely and thorough response to security risks, fostering engineering excellence, and driving strategic initiatives that strengthen Apple’s overall security posture. This role is both strategic and operational, requiring deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to manage a geographically distributed team operating in a continuous response environment.

Description

As a manager on the Vulnerability Response team, you will lead the day‑to‑day operations of security engineers across the US and EMEIA regions, as well as oversee resources providing around‑the‑clock support. You will set team priorities, drive execution across multiple concurrent programs, and ensure operational continuity for a function that requires uninterrupted coverage. This includes direct participation in on‑call escalation rotations, hands‑on technical contributions such as penetration testing, variant analysis, security tool development, and strategic planning to evolve the team’s capabilities over time. You will partner closely with teams across Apple to ensure coordinated and effective vulnerability response. You will represent the team in cross‑functional forums, advocate for security improvements with engineering leadership, and contribute to the development of policies, processes, and tooling that scale the team’s impact. You will also maintain the professional standards and reputation through oversight of researcher engagement, vulnerability adjudication, and program communications.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow a geographically distributed team of security engineers across the US and EMEIA regions. Set goals, support professional development, and oversee resources providing around‑the‑clock Tier 1 support.
• Vulnerability Response Operations: Own the team’s continuous vulnerability response function, including on‑call escalation, emerging threat and zero‑day assessment, and coordination of rapid remediation efforts across Apple’s external perimeter.
• Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation: Drive proactive security assessment programs, including penetration testing, variant analysis, and large‑scale scanning initiatives, to identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they are discovered or exploited by external parties.
• Security Program Management: Manage the lifecycle of external researcher engagement, report validation, risk assessment, and remediation coordination.
• Security Tooling and Automation: Guide the development and maintenance of custom security tools and automation that support vulnerability detection, analysis, and remediation tracking at scale, including the application of emerging technologies to increase operational efficiency.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Serve as a trusted security advisor to engineering, product, and leadership teams, partnering across security and infrastructure organizations to align vulnerability response priorities with broader security objectives and drive adoption of security improvements.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in information security, with demonstrated expertise in vulnerability management, web application penetration testing, and incident response for large‑scale internet‑facing services, including 3+ years of people management experience leading and developing teams of security engineers.
• Strong technical proficiency in web application security, including hands‑on experience identifying and remediating common vulnerability classes, and software development skills in one or more of Python, Go, or Bash.
• Experience managing or contributing to a vulnerability disclosure or bug bounty program, including researcher engagement, vulnerability validation, and coordinated disclosure processes.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools and methodologies at enterprise scale, including both commercial and open‑source solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones, with willingness to participate in on‑call rotations, including weekends, as part of a tiered escalation model.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex security issues and risk to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience with cloud‑native architectures, WAF technologies, and DNS security disciplines, with the ability to assess security implications across modern deployment and infrastructure environments.
• Background in applying AI and machine learning techniques to security operations, including automated analysis, classification, or remediation workflows.
• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, OSCE, GPEN, or equivalent are helpful but not required.

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