macOS Endpoint Security Engineer

Role: Senior macOS Cyber Security Engineer, Endpoint Security (C++/Swift) Location: Remote (PST working hours) Client : Accenture/Amazon Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen (USC) or Green Card (GC) holders only Requirement Type : Contractual Experience : 6-10 years, we can evaluate more senior as well but need to build a pyramid. W-2 Rate: $65 - $70/hr. J ob Description: About the work You'll work on the macOS sensor for CrowdStrike Falcon, an on-device security agent. It monitors file, process, network and identity activity, blocks malicious behavior, and streams telemetry to the cloud. The sensor runs entirely in user space as a System Extension. Much of the code is shared with Windows and Linux. The work requires high concurrency, high reliability, careful attention to memory & CPU usage and performance. Required Languages: modern C++ (C++17/20) and Swift 6 (async/await, actors, strict concurrency checking). Also Objective-C++ to bridge Swift, C++ and C APIs. macOS systems programming: Foundation and CoreFoundation, GCD and pthreads, POSIX/BSD APIs, Mach IPC, launchd daemons and agents, and XPC (C API and NSXPCConnection). · Performance, debugging and test: o Profiling CPU and memory with Instruments and os_signpost. o Debugging with LLDB, crash logs and os_log. o XCTest, sanitizers, fuzzing, and xcodebuild-based CI. o Apple Silicon and Intel. Experience with codebases shared across Mac, Windows and Linux. Core skills (one or more of the areas listed below) Process model