DevOps Software Engineer - Security Research, SEAR
Apple· Security Engineering & Architecture (SEAR)
Hybrid (Paris)Full-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
DevOps Software Engineer to scale security research prototypes into reliable, production-grade services. Owns end-to-end lifecycle from prototype readiness through deployment and ongoing operation, partnering with global security researchers to build scalable, secure infrastructure and production services for Apple's security tools and data pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Own the complete journey from evaluating prototype readiness and hardening codebases for scale, through deployment, to ongoing reliable operation.
- Assess existing research codebases for production readiness, extend and improve them for scale, and build service APIs and integrations for broader accessibility.
- Design containerized deployments, establish CI/CD pipelines, implement secrets management and access controls, and build monitoring and observability practices to keep platforms performant and secure.
- Provide DevOps support across partner research teams—gather requirements, architect solutions, lead rollouts, and communicate progress and impact to engineers, managers, and leaders across the organization.
Qualifications
- Experience designing and operating cloud and on-premises service infrastructure, with advanced knowledge of containerization, Kubernetes, data storage, networking, authentication/authorization (OIDC, OAuth), queuing, logging, and monitoring.
- Advanced knowledge in scripting and programming languages, including Python and Bash.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent), and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch/ELK).
- Self-starter with strong ownership, accountability, and ability to work autonomously and collaboratively across teams and organizations in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience building or operating security research tooling.
- Experience with and/or strong enthusiasm for security, especially offensive security.
- Prior experience working with large-scale data pipelines and storage systems.
- Familiarity with AI/ML workflows and agents.
Skills
Required:ContainerizationKubernetesData storageNetworkingOIDC/OAuthCI/CDPythonBash
Last updated Sep 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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