CareerPlan

Kubernetes Security Engineer

Austin, United States of AmericaFull-time2026-10-20 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, develop, and deploy security tooling, frameworks, and controls for large-scale Kubernetes platforms powering Apple services.

Role type

Senior IC Kubernetes Security Engineer

Builds

Security solutions, monitoring, and documentation for Kubernetes infrastructure

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Cybersecurity

Required skills

Kubernetes at scale, Golang, Python, security solution design, policy as code, workload identity, Linux security, SIEM tooling, GitOps, supply-chain security, container runtimes, image signing, admission control, cluster configuration monitoring, threat detection, service mesh, operator development

Preferred skills

Kubernetes certifications (CKS, CKAD, CKA), AI/ML application, complex security initiative leadership

Technologies

Kubernetes, Golang, Python, OPA, SPIFFE/SPIRE, SELinux, Seccomp, eBPF, DataBricks, Splunk, Flux, ArgoCD, SBOMs, Syft, Grype, containerd, Notary, Cosign, Gatekeeper, Kyverno, Pod Security Admission, kube-bench, Falco, Cilium, controller-runtime