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Join the Platform Architecture Security Team as a Secure Systems Engineer to define and oversee the architecture of distributed systems that enforce security policies across the development, manufacture, deployment, and operation of consumer devices. You will be responsible for identifying emerging threats, developing threat models, managing security policies, and building prototypes or tooling to automate enforcement while ensuring high availability and performance. The role requires expertise in Python, Go, C, or C++, along with experience in cryptography, PKI, TLS, Key Management, Secure Boot, and authentication/authorization protocols. You will also utilize DevOps practices like CI/CD and infrastructure as code to manage scalable infrastructure. This position focuses on the technical challenge of ensuring end-to-end security guarantees for hardware and software systems by proactively addressing vulnerabilities within complex distributed environments and micro-services.
Define security requirements and architecture for distributed systems that enforce product security policies.
Identify emerging threats and develop threat models for internal services.
Manage security policies to ensure end-to-end security guarantees across all Apple products.
Build prototypes and tooling to validate security designs and automate policy enforcement.
Lead cross-functional teams through the service lifecycle from design to deployment and operation.
Resolve system-level issues while maintaining high standards for security, availability, and performance.
Advocate for robust security designs and best practices across multiple engineering teams.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related engineering field, or equivalent experience.
Experience applying security practices to the design, development, or operation of production services.
Proficiency in common programming languages such as Python or Go.
Experience conducting security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and identifying vulnerabilities in complex distributed systems.
Experience with cryptography and security protocols including PKI, TLS, Key Management, Secure Boot, or Authentication/Authorization.
10+ years of relevant industry experience.
Experience designing and developing secure services and scalable infrastructure for high-availability applications like microservices and cloud platforms.
Experience with systems programming languages such as C or C++.