Senior Security Engineer, Data Center Network

San Francisco Bay Area Until 10/5/2026 10+ years exp First posted August 6, 2026 Last posted August 6, 2026
Job description

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless.” Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here. Infrastructure Services is part of IS&T and the foundation of Apple's global network operations — managing data center equipment and systems to deliver compute, storage, and networking services for teams across Apple, including its internal developer community. From individual facilities to a worldwide network, Infrastructure Services ensures the technology underneath everything works without question.

Description

As part of the Data Center Network Security Engineering team, you will collaborate closely with the SDI team to influence the design of next-generation security products and features, and to operationalize innovative security solutions that power Apple’s hyperscale network infrastructure. Our environment extends well beyond Apple’s data centers and edge locations, encompassing Apple Cloud platforms as well as third-party cloud environments.
This role spans the full spectrum of network security, from on-premises data centers to hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. We are seeking a highly motivated engineer with a strong passion for designing, implementing, and securing large-scale cloud and data center network infrastructures. You will play a key role in protecting hybrid environments by applying advanced network security controls, automation, and industry best practices across on-prem, cloud, and multi-cloud deployments.

Minimum Qualifications

Sophisticated knowledge of TCP/IP, routing protocols, security protocols and large scale network features.
Deep technical background in network-layer security mechanisms
Routing isolation
Routing security
Stateful and stateless firewalls
Network access control
VPN and tunneling technologies
Cloud-scale networking security background in developing, enforcing, and maintaining security frameworks, policies, and best practices.
Experience deploying and scaling overlay networking technologies (VXLAN, GRE, IPSec, etc)

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years experience in building, securing, and deploying large scale data center network & cloud environments
CISSP or equivalent certification(s)
Extensive understanding of public & private cloud networking security architecture & compute virtualization technologies
Experience in OVS, Container & Kube networking
Engineering leadership experience
Self-starter, self-motivated, self-directed, and self-sufficient. Drives ideas from inception to implementation
Demonstrates consistent technical, organizational, and industry-level awareness.
Technical presentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate concepts, designs and decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Proficiency in one or more software languages (Swift, Golang, Python, etc)
Linux/Unix competence

About this role

Summary

Design, implement, and secure large-scale data center and cloud network infrastructures.

Job title

Senior Security Engineer, Data Center Network

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

San Francisco Bay Area; remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

TCP/IProuting protocolssecurity protocolsfirewallsVPNtunneling technologiescloud networking securityoverlay networking

Preferred skills

CISSPpublic & private cloud securityOVScontainer networkingKube networkingsoftware languagesLinux/Unix

Specializations

network securitycloud securityrouting protocolsfirewallsoverlay networking
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

Work arrangement unknown