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# Platform Architect - Security (Platform Architecture)

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Salary:** $216,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Apple Products, Computing Platforms, Biometrics, Client Server Models, Computer Programming, Python (Programming Language), Unix Shell, Public Key Infrastructure, Smart Cards, Virtualization Technology, Cloud Platform System, U-Boot, User Identification
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/apple/platform-architect-security-platform-architecture-d00e15

## About the Role

Minimum of 20 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.

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.

## 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., 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 to aid integration of our security technologies across team boundaries (e.g. client/ server).

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

Identify emerging threats, new attacks, and mitigation techniques as the external landscape evolves and drive architecture evolution to stay ahead of industry.


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