Distinguished Security Engineer, Apple
$293.3-468.5k
Office located in Cupertino, CA
Personal technology company
Job no longer available
Personal technology company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$293.3-468.5k
Office located in Cupertino, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
Apple's mission is to bring the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware, software, and services.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Experience: 10+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, including expertise in one or more areas such as cloud security, network security, or application security
- Expert knowledge in threat modeling, vulnerability management, security architecture, and secure coding practices
- Deep expertise in AWS, GCP or Azure
- Strong coding or scripting skills (e.g., Python, Go, Java) and experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and DevSecOps practices
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS, HIPAA)
- Leadership: Proven ability to lead security strategy and mentor teams across functions, driving a security-focused culture
Desirable
- Visionary: Capable of anticipating future challenges and crafting security strategies that prepare us to meet them
- Problem Solver: Analytical mentality with an aim to solve sophisticated security challenges and deliver balanced solutions
- Communicator: Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to influence and inspire technical and non-technical partners
What the job involves
- Weekly Hours: 40
- We are seeking a Distinguished Security Engineer to lead the charge in safeguarding our platforms and products with world-class security solutions
- In this high-impact role, you will be a leader with vision and technical authority, collaborating across teams to design, implement, and drive adoption of security frameworks that protect our critical infrastructure
- This is an opportunity to set the standard in security engineering, influencing a diverse range of projects and ensure our platforms remain resilient against emerging threats
- Take on a role where your contributions will have a direct and important impact on the security of our products and our customers
- Work in a dynamic environment where you can push the boundaries of security technology and standard processes
- Join a team committed to continuous learning, professional development, and the pursuit of technical excellence
- Be part of a collaborative, innovative, and purposeful organization that values diverse perspectives and a security-first attitude
- In this role, you will act as the senior security architect, defining and implementing security standards and practices that align with company goals, regulatory requirements, and industry standards
- You serve as the go-to authority on a broad range of security domains, including cloud security, network security, data protection, application security, and emergency response
- You will drive the design and deployment of secure and scalable architectures, ensuring security is embedded into our platforms from the ground up, stay ahead of emerging threats by continuously monitoring security trends and threat landscapes
- You will conduct detailed risk assessments, identify vulnerabilities, and develop mitigation strategies
- You will collaborate with engineering, product, legal, and compliance teams to integrate security seamlessly into product design and infrastructure, encouraging a security-first culture across the organization
- You will mentor and guide engineers across the organization, building a culture of security awareness and technical excellence
- You will provide thought leadership to drive innovative security practices
- You will lead and coordinate complex security incidents and investigations, including post-mortem analysis and forensic reviews, to continuously improve security protocols and responses
Our take
With a market capitalisation that reached $3 trillion in 2022, Apple is the world's most valuable company. A vertically integrated approach and obsessive focus on the user experience have helped to make Apple one of the most successful companies in the world.
Since taking over at Apple, Tim Cook has been carefully curating the company's reputation as a champion of consumer privacy, trying to set the company apart from others that monetise their users' data.
The company even went as far as to introduce sweeping privacy changes which made it difficult to tailor ads to Apple’s 1bn+ iPhone users. This rocked the $400bn digital ads market, seriously harming the revenue of its bigger rivals in the lucrative industry and forcing them to rebuild their ad infrastructure.
Despite this, the company has been shaken by supply chain issues and moved a considerable amount of its manufacturing from China to India, and increased its Vietnam presence. This is because of multi-pronged production disruption in China, the second largest customer market for Apple, and triggered an estimated 10% revenue drop in the first quarter of 2023.
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Company benefits
- Everyone has different needs and schedules, and that’s why we offer medical plans that cover both physical and mental healthcare
- In addition, employees have the option to access medical professionals from almost anywhere and get free confidential counselling — virtual or in person
- You could also be eligible for help with fitness-related expenses
- Our medical coverage plans include family-friendly features such as fertility treatments
- Because we know there’s more than one way to bring a new child into your family, we support all kinds of new parents with paid leave and our gradual return-to-work programme
- You also get paid time away if you need to care for an ill family member and free guidance to help you find support for childcare, elderly care, legal referrals and more
- At Apple, we make sure women earn the same as men performing similar work. As part of that effort, your salary history is history — we won’t ask
- Every employee here also has the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder, because all are eligible for stock grants and also a discount when purchasing Apple stock
- To help you prepare for retirement, our pension can help you meet your savings goals. And to help you prepare for the unexpected, you’ll have the security of multiple forms of income protection
- Plan on developing both professionally and personally. Apple University creates classes, seminars and beyond-the-classroom tools that help employees understand Apple’s culture, organisation, values, and role in the world. You can sharpen general business and software skills through online classes
- For more formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, we’ll reimburse you for certain educational expenses, including tuition
- Whether you’re exploring personal pursuits, welcoming a new child or caring for a family member, rest assured that you’ll have paid time away when you need it most
- When you give money to an eligible organisation, we’ll match your donations one-for-one, so your contribution is doubled. And if you choose to donate your time, we’ll contribute US$25 for every hour you volunteer. Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match your contributions up to US$10,000 a year
- Get the world’s best prices on the world’s best products — Apple products. You’ll also get deals on great third-party accessories
- And there are services to help you manage life’s day-to-day tasks: dinner reservations, pet-sitters, shopping, personal travel, financial guidance and more
Company values
- We believe that we’re on the face of the Earth to make great products
- We believe in the simple, not the complex
- We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products we make
- We participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution
- We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us
- We believe in deep collaboration and cross-pollination of our groups, which allow us to innovate in a way that others cannot
- We don’t settle for anything less than excellence in every group in the company, and we have the self-honesty to admit when we’re wrong and the courage to change
Company HQ
Cupertino, CA
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Leadership
Tim Cook
(CEO, not founder)Joined Apple in 1998 and held various senior roles before being promoted to CEO in 2011. Previously Spent 12 years with IBM, most recently as director of North American Fulfilment, where he led manufacturing and distribution functions for IBM’s Personal Computer Company in North and Latin America
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