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Security Domain Expert, Perimeter and Network Security, Enterprise Technology Services

Apple· Emerging Technologies, Information Security and general-purpose, reusable platforms (IS&T)
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Sunnyvale, CA$262.5k - $394kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

The Emerging Technologies team at Apple seeks a Security Domain Expert to serve as the outward face and technical authority for Apple's perimeter and network security platform. The role combines deep technical leadership with executive-facing communication, shaping platform strategy, and aligning cross-organizational security initiatives across on-premises and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the domain authority for perimeter and network security across the Emerging Technologies organization — providing expert guidance on WAF, DDoS mitigation, bot prevention, TLS management, real-time threat intelligence, and security policy enforcement across proxy tiers.
  • Represent the security platform in architecture forums, security reviews, cross-organizational reviews, and leadership briefings — serving as the team's technical voice in all external settings.
  • Advise application teams across Apple on their traffic patterns and security requirements, articulating how the platform's capabilities — across edge proxies, origin/application load balancers, service mesh, and API & AI security gateways — address their specific needs.
  • Evaluate emerging threats, attack vectors, and defensive technologies — bring industry perspective to shape the team's security strategy and keep Apple's defenses at the forefront.
  • Drive alignment on cross-organizational security initiatives — build consensus on priorities, trade-offs, and sequencing for efforts that require coordinated action across security, infrastructure, SRE, cloud, and application teams.
  • Synthesize cross-team intelligence — bring insights from partner engagements and organizational priorities back to the engineering team to inform and influence platform strategy and roadmap direction.
  • Partner with the platform architect and engineering managers to ensure the team's technical direction — defense-in-depth strategy, threat coverage, and platform evolution across on-premises and cloud environments (GCP, AWS).
  • Contribute to technical design reviews and security architecture discussions, bringing the external perspective of partner team requirements and cross-organizational constraints.
  • Assess gaps in cross-organizational security coverage; proactively recommend solutions and drive remediation in partnership with the engineering team.
  • Translate complex perimeter security concepts into clear, compelling narratives for audiences ranging from engineers to senior leadership.
  • Mentor and elevate team members in security domain knowledge, cross-functional engagement, and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or equivalent technical discipline.
  • 12+ years of experience in security engineering or security architecture, with a strong hands-on technical foundation.
  • Deep expertise in perimeter and network security — WAF design, DDoS mitigation strategies, bot detection techniques, TLS/mTLS, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, and DNS security.
  • Strong understanding of proxy technologies (NGINX, Envoy, HAProxy) across edge, origin, service mesh, and API gateway tiers — including how security controls are implemented and enforced at the proxy layer.
  • Experience with security policy enforcement and configuration management across distributed infrastructure at scale.
  • Familiarity with systems that span on-premises data centers and public cloud environments (GCP, AWS).
  • Proven experience representing a security team as a domain authority — in architecture reviews, security forums, executive briefings, and cross-organizational planning.
  • Experience working directly with application and infrastructure teams to understand their traffic and security requirements and design integrated solutions.
  • Ability to communicate complex security topics with equal clarity to engineers and senior leadership.
  • Track record of influencing security direction and outcomes across organizational boundaries without direct management authority.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Skills

Required:WAF design and deploymentDDoS mitigationBot detection techniquesTLS/mTLSProxy technologies (NGINX, Envoy, HAProxy)Security policy enforcement at scaleCloud platforms (GCP, AWS)Architecture reviews and stakeholder communication

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Educational expense reimbursement including tuition
  • Potential discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • Relocation assistance
  • Employee stock programs (RSUs)
  • Stock purchase plan
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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