Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, SEAR

Washington DC Until 9/27/2026 7+ years exp First posted July 29, 2026 Last posted July 29, 2026
Job description

As part of our efforts to protect our users, Apple is looking for a world-class senior threat intelligence analyst to join a team of security researchers and threat intelligence analysts. This team works together and cross-functionally to drive efforts to solve security engineering challenges, with an emphasis on supporting decisions that provide the greatest long-term security. The success we are striving for is the result of very skilled people working in an environment that cultivates creativity, partnership, and solving old problems in new ways.

Description

You will have a broad set of skills that make you successful as threats continue to evolve, capable of analyzing cyber threats to our users’ devices. Our environment fosters innovation, rapid solution development, and a liberating amount of autonomy. You will be expected to work with security engineers and researchers in order to quickly bring to market new security methods and technologies addressing the complex needs of mobile and distributed computing.

Minimum Qualifications

Intellectually curious team player with a genuine passion for discovering, understanding, and mitigating cyber threats.
In-depth understanding of the threat intelligence cycle and cyber operations.
Minimum of 7 years experience conducting threat research, preferably as a technical lead.
Experience in analyzing highly-complex threat actor campaigns, including infrastructure, malware, and victim endpoints.
Ability to distill complex problems into manageable tasks and then drive those tasks to completion.

Preferred Qualifications

Some knowledge of iOS internals.
Impeccable attention to detail.
Growth mindset, thrives in fast-paced, changing environment.
Excellent communications skills (verbal and written).
Proven history of successfully working on solo and group projects (experience with virtual/remote collaboration is a plus).

About this role

Summary

Analyze cyber threats, threat actor campaigns, and develop security solutions.

Job title

Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, SEAR

Experience level

7+ years

Minimum experience

7+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Washington DC, on-site preferred

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

threat researchthreat intelligence cyclecyber operationsmalware analysis

Preferred skills

iOS internalscommunication

Specializations

cyber threatsthreat intelligencemalwarethreat actor campaigns
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Washington, DC, USA

On-site City