Senior SRE Manager - Cloud Platform & Services

Lex; Dublin; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Compute Site Reliability Engineering Manager in Ireland to lead a team of 6-8 senior SREs and own the roadmap for virtualization and container platforms powering services at scale.

You will own SLOs/SLIs, drive incident response excellence, and partner with engineering leadership to ensure uptime and seamless growth for iCloud, Maps, and more. This role requires strong leadership and hands-on cloud expertise.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership in cloud computing and leading engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience with public/private cloud environments and multi-tenant infrastructure.
• Strong ownership, transparency, and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in cross-functional settings.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of 6-8 senior Site Reliability Engineers, including hiring, performance reviews, career development, and succession planning
• Set technical direction and roadmap for the team's owned platforms/services in partnership with engineering leadership
• Own SLOs/SLIs and error budgets for the team's owned services, and drive accountability when budgets are breached
• Participate in the on-call rotation, lead incident response and operational excellence, while improving the on-call experience for the team

Skills

Cloud leadership

Infra management

Team mentorship

Cross-functional

Engineering background

Communication

Education

Engineering or Computer Science degree

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Puppet/Chef

KVM/QEMU

AWS / GCP

Job description

Apple is seeking a Compute Site Reliability Engineering Manager in Ireland to lead a team of 6-8 senior SREs and own the roadmap for virtualization and container platforms powering services at scale.

You will own SLOs/SLIs, drive incident response excellence, and partner with engineering leadership to ensure uptime and seamless growth for iCloud, Maps, and more. This role requires strong leadership and hands-on cloud expertise.