Summary

Posted: Aug 21, 2024

Role Number:200564633

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Join Apple's Cloud Service Infrastructure team as a site reliability engineer to help support and scale cloud services for thousands of development and operations engineers. This is a hands-on role to establish SRE practices for a private cloud service to accelerate our ability to reliably and consistently deliver thousands of applications.

Description

As a Site Reliability Engineer you will be responsible for providing the platform for important cloud systems to maintain constant uptime, scale seamlessly, and allow for new applications and services to thrive. The successful candidate will be highly self-motivated with a passion for excellence, quality and detail. The SRE will not only support operations, but also work closely with the developers and architects within the team to aid in the design and assist with the implementation to improve stability, security and scalability. AS AN SRE AT APPLE, YOU WILL: - Operate, monitor, and creatively prioritize all aspects of our production and non-production environments. - Design, build and implement innovative solutions for previous, present and future issues. - Prepare alert handling procedures, runbooks, and collaborate with the off-shore SRE teams. - Automate deployment and orchestration of services into the cloud environment as well as other routine processes. - Actively participate in capability planning, scale testing, and disaster recovery exercises. - Get along with and support partner teams, including engineering, QA, and program management. - Cultivate and manage relationships with internal and external third-party vendors.

• 8+ years in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure focused role
• Must be an expert and have in-depth professional experience with cloud operations, with a focus on "infrastructure-as-a-service" (compute, storage, and network virtualization)
• Proficient in Python and a solid understanding of GoLang
• You bring experience operating large-scale multi-tenant Infrastructure as a Managed service
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts (zones, regions, VPCs, etc)
• Experience with Infrastructure as a Service orchestration tools (OpenStack, CloudStack, etc) is a plus
• Able to solve issues across the entire infrastructure stack
• Experience with Linux system virtualization (Libvirt, QEMU, KVM, etc), along with the APIs
• Ability to implement and coordinate telemetry using monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus
• Working understanding of common authentication schemes, certificates, and securely handling secrets
• Outstanding interpersonal and communications skills

• B.S. in computer science or similar field or equivalent experience.

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 $175,800 and $312,200, 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.

• Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.