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Ok, so the are rumblings all over the iPhone blogosphere that Apple is hiring a iPhone OS Platform Security Manager. Ok, cool. What’s the job description?

The Core OS group is looking for a talented and inspired manager to lead a team focused on the platform security of iPhone OS. The team is responsible for secure booting and installation of the OS, partitioning and hardening of security domains within the OS, cryptographic services, and risk analysis of security threats. The team is made up of a variety of security experts with backgrounds in system security and reverse engineering.

This position requires a very technical and hands-on leader, someone with a passion for understanding security exploits and coming up with innovative methods to create secure platforms. You must be a highly self-motivated individual who seeks to create a dynamic and creative team environment in which old problems are solved in new and innovative ways.

I didn’t see “…to stop people from unlocking and jailbreaking the iphone” in there, did you? What is everyone considering this an offensive move against the iPhone hacking community without warrant? I mean seriously, it could be for just that or perhaps it could be someone to lead a team to make the iPhone more secure for enterprise. Maybe? I mean it could very well be someone to help make the iPhone more secure on networks. It could be plugging up some holes that may or may not already be exploited by hackers. It still could mean an end to unlocking and jailbreaking, but come on people, don’t assume the worst from a damn job listing. You guys do know that the iPhone isn’t very secure right?

Source of the rumors: Job Listing (via)