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Security Engineer roles in the U.S. qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or a related field. The E-3 has no lottery and no annual cap, making it a reliable path for Australian professionals with a qualifying job offer.
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Get Access To All JobsWe are the Apple Services Engineering (ASE) Security Red Team. We focus on deep technical security review work of critical ASE services and infrastructure. These security reviews will be scoped and focused on review depth and quality. We are growing our team and looking for an AI Security Engineer to lead deep reviews that identify meaningful security improvement opportunities. In this role, you will work closely with the AI platform teams, security engineering, InfoSec, privacy, SRE, detection, and design review teams to keep Apple's services and AI agents secure for our users. You will identify security weaknesses, validate and design detection mechanisms, and provide actionable recommendations to enhance our security posture. You will go beyond simple to find risks and identify obscure and complex risks within AI integrations and deployments. You will collaborate with AI architecture and engineering teams to continuously validate and improve our security controls and detection capabilities, with a strong focus on developing repeatable testing frameworks and metrics-driven security improvements. If you love diving into complex AI systems and driving the security of that system over time, we want to talk to you!
Description
In this role, you will scope and lead focused security reviews on critical internet scale AI deployments that include the agents, MCPs, their platform and supporting infrastructure. You will learn services’ AI architecture and risk profile to build a scope for our AI deployments that enables a meaningful security review. You will ensure that scope focuses on the use and relevant risks of in-use AI models, while maintaining the model itself as out of scope. You will use AI to expedite all stages of your work, while maintaining accountability for all outcomes. You will use your depth of knowledge to identify risks that go undetected by agentic tools and processes to reinforce and improve those processes.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the enumerating risks, planning reviews, and executing those reviews to identify vulnerabilities and improvement opportunities
- A technical expert in uncommon and obscure risks within AI deployments and AI platforms
- A technical expert in complex business logic risks that require a depth of understanding of the agents, MCPs, models, services and their architectures
- A technical expert in methodologies for security testing of AI Agents
- Ability to identify areas that are ripe for improvement and establish appropriate security goals
- Current on new security technologies, vulnerabilities, and methodologies
- Ability to develop proof of concept systems to automate security recommendations, vulnerability discovery, and process workflows
- Ability to effectively use AI within your workflows
- Ability to identify areas of security risk that require additional focus and review after AI has performed initial reviews
- Ability to contribute improvement opportunities to AI tool and process engineering teams
Minimum Qualifications
- 6+ years in an information security field or software engineering; 2 or more of those years conducting security reviews
- 1+ year reviewing AI deployments such as MCPs and Agents
- 2+ years of manually reviewing source code to assist in finding vulnerabilities
- Experience building or contributing to AI tools or AI security tools
- Ability to adapt quickly to prioritization shifts and investigate unfamiliar technologies
- Extensive infrastructure, cloud, and application security experience
- Experience communicating risk to engineering and leadership teams
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years in an information security field; 4 or more of those years conducting security reviews
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering or a related field, with emphasis in security related fields (or equivalent experience)
- Ability to reason about and influence software architecture for security
- Community contributions like public CVEs, bug bounty recognition, open source tools, blogs, talks etc.
Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,000 and $308,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
We are the Apple Services Engineering (ASE) Security Red Team. We focus on deep technical security review work of critical ASE services and infrastructure. These security reviews will be scoped and focused on review depth and quality. We are growing our team and looking for an AI Security Engineer to lead deep reviews that identify meaningful security improvement opportunities. In this role, you will work closely with the AI platform teams, security engineering, InfoSec, privacy, SRE, detection, and design review teams to keep Apple's services and AI agents secure for our users. You will identify security weaknesses, validate and design detection mechanisms, and provide actionable recommendations to enhance our security posture. You will go beyond simple to find risks and identify obscure and complex risks within AI integrations and deployments. You will collaborate with AI architecture and engineering teams to continuously validate and improve our security controls and detection capabilities, with a strong focus on developing repeatable testing frameworks and metrics-driven security improvements. If you love diving into complex AI systems and driving the security of that system over time, we want to talk to you!
Description
In this role, you will scope and lead focused security reviews on critical internet scale AI deployments that include the agents, MCPs, their platform and supporting infrastructure. You will learn services’ AI architecture and risk profile to build a scope for our AI deployments that enables a meaningful security review. You will ensure that scope focuses on the use and relevant risks of in-use AI models, while maintaining the model itself as out of scope. You will use AI to expedite all stages of your work, while maintaining accountability for all outcomes. You will use your depth of knowledge to identify risks that go undetected by agentic tools and processes to reinforce and improve those processes.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the enumerating risks, planning reviews, and executing those reviews to identify vulnerabilities and improvement opportunities
- A technical expert in uncommon and obscure risks within AI deployments and AI platforms
- A technical expert in complex business logic risks that require a depth of understanding of the agents, MCPs, models, services and their architectures
- A technical expert in methodologies for security testing of AI Agents
- Ability to identify areas that are ripe for improvement and establish appropriate security goals
- Current on new security technologies, vulnerabilities, and methodologies
- Ability to develop proof of concept systems to automate security recommendations, vulnerability discovery, and process workflows
- Ability to effectively use AI within your workflows
- Ability to identify areas of security risk that require additional focus and review after AI has performed initial reviews
- Ability to contribute improvement opportunities to AI tool and process engineering teams
Minimum Qualifications
- 6+ years in an information security field or software engineering; 2 or more of those years conducting security reviews
- 1+ year reviewing AI deployments such as MCPs and Agents
- 2+ years of manually reviewing source code to assist in finding vulnerabilities
- Experience building or contributing to AI tools or AI security tools
- Ability to adapt quickly to prioritization shifts and investigate unfamiliar technologies
- Extensive infrastructure, cloud, and application security experience
- Experience communicating risk to engineering and leadership teams
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years in an information security field; 4 or more of those years conducting security reviews
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering or a related field, with emphasis in security related fields (or equivalent experience)
- Ability to reason about and influence software architecture for security
- Community contributions like public CVEs, bug bounty recognition, open source tools, blogs, talks etc.
Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,000 and $308,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Security Engineer
Align your credentials with U.S. specialty occupation standards
Your Australian cybersecurity or computer science degree needs to map directly to the Security Engineer role. A three-year bachelor's is generally accepted as equivalent, but gather official transcripts and a credential evaluation before applications start.
Search for employers with active LCA filing history
Target companies that have filed Labor Condition Applications for security roles before. DOL's public disclosure data shows which employers regularly sponsor tech roles, so you can focus your outreach on organizations already familiar with the E-3 visa process.
Clarify the sponsorship process during your offer negotiation
Many U.S. employers confuse the E-3 with the H-1B visa and assume sponsorship is complicated. Explain that the E-3 requires no lottery, no PERM labor certification, and that the employer's main obligation is filing a certified LCA with the DOL before your consulate appointment.
Confirm your role meets specialty occupation requirements
Security Engineer positions generally qualify as specialty occupations, but the job description must explicitly require a degree in a specific field. If your offer letter says 'degree preferred' rather than 'required,' ask your employer to revise it before the LCA is filed.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle the paperwork
Once you have an offer, Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service manages your LCA filing, DS-160, and consulate appointment preparation end-to-end, so your employer doesn't need to engage a separate immigration attorney for the process.
Prepare for security clearance questions at your consulate interview
Security Engineer roles sometimes involve access to sensitive systems or government contracts. If your position references clearance eligibility, be ready to explain the scope of your work clearly at your visa interview without disclosing confidential project details.
E-3 Visa Security Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Security Engineer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for U.S. roles with E-3 sponsorship. You can filter Security Engineer positions by employers who are already familiar with the E-3 process, which saves time compared to cold-applying and then educating hiring teams about the visa from scratch.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Security Engineer role qualify as an E-3 specialty occupation?
Yes, in most cases. The E-3 requires the position to normally require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field. Security Engineer roles typically require a degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or information technology, which satisfies the specialty occupation definition. The job description must state the degree as a requirement, not a preference.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Security Engineer roles?
The E-3 is significantly more predictable for Security Engineers. There's no annual lottery, no randomized selection, and the 10,500-slot annual allocation has never been exhausted, meaning you can apply at any time of year. The H-1B cap and lottery mean most applicants wait a year or more just to enter the pool. For Australian nationals, the E-3 is the faster and more reliable path.
What happens to my E-3 status if I change Security Engineer roles mid-employment?
Your E-3 is employer-specific, so changing roles or employers requires your new employer to file a fresh LCA with the DOL and you'll need a new visa stamp before re-entering the U.S. if your current stamp has expired. If you're already in the U.S., you can often begin work with the new employer once the new LCA is certified, but consult an E-3 specialist before making the move.