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Original Job Post

Apple · 2 days ago

Platform Engineer - Security

Cupertino, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$171K/yr - $256K/yr

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional teams throughout the product development cycle to resolve system level issues without sacrificing product security or impacting world class product design.

Develop threat models and associated security architectures for exciting new Apple products and technologies, derive system security requirements, and design balanced and novel mitigations in creative collaboration with iconic product and engineering teams.

Develop detailed system-level specifications to guide product development, integration, and quality assurance teams in the creation of golden unit tests, reference data, and sample libraries to aid integration of our security technologies across team boundaries (e.g. client/server).

Collaborate with other security architects and researchers across Apple including software, hardware, silicon, server, and product groups on this high-visibility team.

Drive security requirements and architecture into external vendor provided silicon.

Use a wide range of interpersonal and technical skills to champion adoption of industry leading security technologies across multiple product categories.

Identify emerging threats, new attacks, and mitigation techniques as the external landscape evolves.

Qualification

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Security ArchitectureCross-Functional CollaborationTechnical CommunicationSecurity AnalysisOS SecurityCryptographic PrinciplesSoC ArchitectureMicroprocessor ArchitecturePythonC ProgrammingUNIX Shell ScriptingLeadershipCommunicationProblem-Solving

Required

Ability to effectively lead cross-functional initiatives

Initiative to provide architectural guidance to teams lacking resident security expertise

Breadth to work cross-functionally with Privacy, Safety, Service, Manufacturing, Software, and Product teams to resolve system-level security issues

Strong written and oral communications skills in effectively communicating highly technical details to non-technical individuals

Ability to critically analyze security properties of a system and evaluate security policy requests via an established security architecture specification

Knowledge of OS security arch and constructs

Knowledge of basic cryptographic principles (e.g., symmetric vs asymmetric crypto, encryption vs authentication, and public key infrastructure implementations)

Knowledge of SoC architecture, knowledge of microprocessor architecture a plus

Programming experience with Python, C, and UNIX shell scripting a plus

B.S. and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Reimbursement for certain educational expenses

Discretionary bonuses or commission payments

Relocation assistance

Company

Apple

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Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.

Founded in 1976

Cupertino, California, USA

10,001+ employees

http://www.apple.com

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