Apple

Systems Software Engineer, Information Security

Apple • $100K — $140K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in information security or related field
  • Strong skills in systems programming languages
  • Experience with software development lifecycle processes
  • Understanding of operating system fundamentals
  • Knowledge of security frameworks and protocols (OAuth/OpenID/SAML)
  • Experience in continuous development practices (CI/CD)
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable services for secure operations
  • Stay updated with emerging security technologies
  • Perform root cause analysis for security issues
  • Support and refine Apple's security products in challenging environments
  • Act as a leader and mentor within the team
  • Manage shifting priorities and work under pressure
  • Cultivate collaborative relationships across the organization

Benefits

  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and mentorship
  • Exposure to cutting-edge security technologies
  • Dynamic role with changing requirements
  • Access to a network of professionals across Apple
Full Job Description
As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with multi-functional partners both internal and external to Apple to build innovative security products. You will support the development of embedded systems designed to enhance Apple's security posture. You will be challenged to provide forward-thinking solutions to problems and to be a good teammate under deadline constraints. Show us your talent in this challenging, fun, and exciting environment. As an Engineer in Apple Information Security, you will: * Be designing, developing and deploying robust, scalable services and platforms that enable secure operations across the organization. * Stay up-to-date with emerging security research, technologies and methodologies. * Have experience performing root cause analysis to identify, understand, and address issues. * Support, tune, and perfect Apple's information security products for resiliency in hostile environments. * Be a teammate, a leader, a student, and a mentor. * Be challenged to work under pressure and with ambiguity. * Be adept at shifting directions and priorities. * Be detail-oriented and self-motivated. * Excellent at multitasking, organizing, and prioritizing complex projects to meet deadlines. * Cultivate your network by meeting new colleagues from across the business. * Believe that automation, tooling and testing are critical parts of the software lifecycle. Strong skills in common systems programming languages. Understanding of operating system fundamentals. Experience with framework and daemon development. Experience with hardware and/or software development lifecycle processes. Experience in continuous development practices (CI/CD, rollback, canaries, feature flags, etc.). Understanding of the latest configuration management technologies, security issues, and protocols. Understanding of authentication and authorization frameworks and protocols, e.g. OAuth/OpenID/SAML. Working knowledge of network security and applied cryptography. Ability to transition seamlessly to new technologies/frameworks. Ability to develop new and innovative applications as well as maintaining existing code. Ability to thrive in a self-directed, fast-paced environment, that is highly collaborative and multi-functional. Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical people across functional teams. Ability to build and maintain strong internal and external collaborative relationships. Experience in system architecture development, including driver and firmware development. Experience with developing and shipping high quality software products on iOS/macOS/tvOS. Ability to comprehend hardware specs and schematics. Programming background, in Swift, C, C++ or Objective-C.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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