DevOps Engineer, Radar Engineering

Apple Inc.; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Ireland is seeking a DevOps Engineer for Radar to help build and run CI/CD pipelines and manage a containerized microservices ecosystem across hybrid cloud environments.

You will collaborate with Software Engineers, SREs, and QE to implement automated quality gates, improve deployment speed, and contribute to tooling and MCP integrations while embracing Apple's development practices. You will work with teams across California, Texas, and Ireland, receiving mentorship and

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python, Bash, Go, or Java.
• Fundamental Git workflows and CI/CD principles.
• Solid Linux/Unix administration and networking basics.
• Hands-on with containers (Docker/Kubernetes) and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/ArgoCD).

Responsibilities

• Build, automate, and streamline CI/CD pipelines across a microservices ecosystem.
• Automate environment provisioning and configuration management (IaC) across hybrid clouds.
• Collaborate with SRE, QE, and software engineers to reduce deployment lead time with automated quality gates.
• Triage and resolve build/deploy issues; implement proactive monitoring to prevent regressions.
• Explore and integrate developer tooling including AI-assisted automation and MCP integrations.

Skills

Python

Bash

Go

Java

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Job description

Summary

Do you want to have a significant impact on how work is done at Apple? Radar is usedbyevery major organization across Apple to help teams organize and track their work. AsApple’s primary tool for defining, tracking, and testing issues, Radar has been used fordecades across various teams, including hardware and software engineering. It serves as aunified platform for bug tracking, test case management, and product management, facilitat-ing seamless coordination among team members.

Description

As a DevOps Engineer for Radar, you will help build and run the pipelines that take Radar’scode from commit to production. Radar is Apple’s platform for product development, bugtracking, and work management, a high-traffic, business-critical system used by teams acrossall of Apple. Fast, safe releases are what let it keep pace with the company.You will join a growing team distributed across California, Texas, and Ireland. In our highlycollaborative environment, you will work closely with a team of passionate builders to deliverend-to-end features critical to Apple’s engineering workflows. You will receive structuredmentorship, comprehensive training in Apple’s development practices, and the support tolearn and develop your skills quickly.You will build, maintain, and automate CI/CD pipelines, environments, and infrastructureacross a complex microservices ecosystem, and learn how a platform at this scale ships fre-quently without sacrificing stability. As you ramp up, you will take on increasing ownership of pipelines and environments, contribute to design discussions, and help bring new tooling and technologies onto the platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Build & Optimize CI/CD Pipelines: Design, automate, and streamline build, test, and release workflows across our containerized microservices ecosystem.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate environment provisioning, configuration manage-ment, and system resilience across hybrid cloud environments.
• Ship Safely at Scale: Collaborate with Software Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers (SRE),and QE to build automated quality gates and reduce deployment lead time.
• Operational Excellence: Triage build and deployment issues, run blameless root cause analyses, and implement proactive monitors to prevent regressions.
• Innovate Developer Tooling: Explore and integrate next-generation developer tooling, including AI-assisted automation, MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations, and developer-productivity tooling.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency in at least one modern language/scripting tool (Python, Bash, Go, or Java).
• Fundamental understanding of Git workflows, version control best practices, and core CI/CD principles.
• Solid foundation in Linux/Unix system administration, networking fundamentals, and operating system basics.
• Hands-on experience or project work with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD).

Preferred Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation) or cloud environments (AWS).
• Curiosity about or hands-on experimentation with agentic workflows, LLM developer tools, or MCP integrations.
• Clear, structured technical communication and analytical troubleshooting skills.