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Platform Engineer - Security (Platform Architecture)

Apple
Posted a day ago, valid for a month
Location

Austin, TX 78714, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Apple's Platform Architecture group is seeking a dedicated individual to enhance the security of its product lineup, focusing on privacy and user experience.
  • The role requires a BS degree or equivalent industry experience, along with a minimum of 10 years in relevant fields.
  • Candidates should possess expertise in cryptographic principles, platform security primitives, and threat modeling across software and hardware.
  • The position involves leading cross-functional teams and collaborating with various security architects to design security solutions for Apple's devices.
  • Salary information is not explicitly stated, but the role emphasizes the importance of advanced security measures for millions of customers worldwide.
At Apple, we strive to do our life's best work by building a seamless ecosystem across tightly integrated hardware, software, and services. The Platform Architecture group is at the forefront of defining, designing and connecting this ecosystem. PA-Security group is a team of engineers who are dedicated to securing the world’s most advanced consumer devices that are trusted for protecting individual privacy and storing personal data, while providing the highest quality user experience. We're looking for hardworking and inspired individuals to help raise the bar on the security of Apple’s growing product line up, while continuing to ensure a quality user experience. In this role, you will identify and define platform level security requirements for new products, define and maintain device-level security policies across multiple environments for existing products, and drive adoption of platform level security architectures incorporating hardware, software, and server elements, through our cross-function partners. Together with the rest of the Platform Architecture team, your work will ensure millions of customers all around the world can confidently trust the devices they use every single day.

Description


As a member of Platform Architecture, you will lead cross-functional teams throughout the product development cycle. Further, as part of this high-visibility team, you will frequently collaborate with other security architects and researchers across Apple including software, hardware, silicon, server, and product groups to identify, define and design security solutions that elevate overall security profile of our SOCs, devices, and factories.

Minimum Qualifications


BS degree or relevant industry experience. Experience working with basic cryptographic principles. (e.g., symmetric vs asymmetric crypto, encryption vs authentication, post-quantum algorithms, or public key infrastructure implementations) Experience with platform security primitives. (e.g. Secure Boot, Secure Update, Secure Communication across entities, Secure lifecycle management etc.) Experience in threat modeling of security features and architecture. (preferably spanning across software, hardware and system designs Experience in leading cross-functional initiatives to define, drive and productize security features.

Preferred Qualifications


Minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience. Experience in threat modeling of security features and architecture, specifically spanning across software, hardware and system designs. Experience in effectively communicating highly technical details to a non-technical audience. Experience with user identification and authentication technologies, such as biometrics, smart cards etc. Experience with Operating System concepts, such as isolation, privilege levels etc. and platform security concepts, such as virtualization and confidential computing. Experience with defining / evaluation of platform security features spanning across client/server and deployed across infrastructure in factories, or organization, or internet. Basic experience with programming and/or auditing experience with Python, C, and unix shell scripting, and with utilizing AI to facilitate research, design and evaluation activities.



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