Firm Name: Apple

Numbers of Jobs: Vulnerability Researcher

Education Need: Graduate

Job Hours: 8

Payment: $20-$30/Hours

What's Job City: Cupertino

Job Details:

• At Apple, the SEAR team is committed to upholding security standards. We are so committed to safety that we think the best offense is a good defense. Protecting the most sophisticated operating systems on more than a billion devices requires first identifying vulnerabilities.
•  If you believe you can make a difference on this scale, join our extraordinary team of security researchers and discover Apple product vulnerabilities before they are released.

 Key Conditions.

•  the ability to code securely and with code auditing.
•  an expert in reverse engineering (IDA Pro, Ghidra, etc. ) and developing plug-ins.
•  able to misuse the operating systems' security features today.
•  creating POCs with assurance that avoid anti-exploitation protections for common vulnerabilities.
•  programming knowledge in C, C++, Python, or Objective-C.
•  possessing a working knowledge of assembly languages and ARM architectures.
•  knowledge of current processor architecture.
•  a solid understanding of cryptographic protocols' basic principles and applications.
•  a project manager's ability to oversee and monitor numerous projects at once.

 Description.

•  Our team concentrates on safeguarding the hardware, firmware, boot ROMs, OS X, and iOS kernels as examples of low-level technologies. As you work with a variety of teams and vendors, your influence will be felt across all of Apple's remarkable products, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.
•  tasked with foreseeing threats and actively participating in Apple's reaction to emergent urgent issues. The work is as varied as it is significant and includes reverse engineering an exploit, providing insightful analysis, creating state-of-the-art tools, consulting with other teams on both hardware and software, auditing code, and reviewing designs. This position calls for a person with strong technical aptitude and a strong desire to secure systems by demonstrating how they can be compromised.
•  You will work in a variety of areas every day to contribute to making Apple's products the most secure on the market. You'll contribute to the evaluation of security-critical hardware and software, the creation of automated vulnerability discovery tools, the development of exploits to test the effectiveness of existing mitigation techniques, and the provision of security design consulting to other teams.
•  Designing secure embedded and -architecture systems for iOS and macOS benefits from prior experience.
•  Please get in touch with us if that is the case.

 Experience and knowledge.

•  Degree in computer science or computer electronics (or equivalent experience).

 Pay & Benefits.

•  Base pay, one element of total compensation at Apple, is set within a range. As you gain knowledge and expertise in a position, you have the opportunity to advance. Your base pay for this position will vary from $161,000 to $278,000 depending on your location, skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors.
•  Employees have the opportunity to become shareholders in Apple through participation in the company's adaptable employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards and have the option to sign up for the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which allows them to buy Apple stock at a discounted price. Along with these, if you pursue formal education aimed at developing your career at Apple, you'll also receive free services, discounts on a range of goods and services, retirement benefits, and reimbursement for some of your tuition costs. Relocation assistance, optional bonuses, and commission payments might also be offered for this position. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
•  It should be noted that Apple's benefit, compensation, and employee stock programs are subject to the eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.