Apple
Kubernetes Security Engineer
Austin, Texas · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- No number of years stated; deep hands-on Kubernetes-at-scale experience and extensive Kubernetes security solution design experience required.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience preferred.
About the job
Secures Apple’s large-scale Kubernetes platforms by developing and deploying security tooling, frameworks, and controls with security teams, SREs, and developers.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with security teams, SREs, and developers to align security priorities and drive adoption of initiatives.
- Design and develop Kubernetes platform security solutions.
- Deploy solutions and provide monitoring and documentation.
What they ask for
- Deep, hands-on experience with Kubernetes environments at scale.
- Extensive experience designing Kubernetes security solutions for platform-level issues.
- Software development skills in Golang, scripting skills in Python, and experience running code at scale in production environments.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
- Experience with listed security technologies, Kubernetes certifications (CKS, CKAD, CKA), independently driving complex security initiatives, AI-assisted work, or strong documentation and communication skills.
Tools
Kubernetes, Golang, Python, OPA, SPIFFE/SPIRE, SELinux, Seccomp, eBPF
AI focus
Experience leveraging AI to accelerate work and approach new problems is preferred; specific AI development work is not described.
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