Site Reliability Engineer – Apple Services Engineering

Summary

Posted: Nov 19, 2024

Role Number:200579224

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 mission critical cloud systems to maintain constant uptime, scale seamlessly, and allow for new applications and services to flourish. 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 triage all aspects of our production and non-production environments. – Pioneer and implement the next-generation telemetry system. – 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 capacity planning, scale testing, and disaster recovery exercises. – Interact with and support partner teams, including engineering, QA, and program management. – Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal and external third-party vendors.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience. Advanced Degree preferred.
• Interest in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure focused role.
• Must have some experience working with Kubernetes.
• Basic proficiency in GoLang.

Preferred Qualifications

• General knowledge of the Linux operating system and its variations
• Experience with GitOps, CI/CD tools, and deployment strategies like Spinnaker, Argo
• Able to troubleshoot issues across the entire infrastructure stack
• Outstanding organizational and communications skills

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 $135,400 and $250,600, 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.