DevOps Engineer, Retail and Marcom Engineering

Apple, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 278 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Apple, Inc. is seeking a DevOps Engineer for Retail and Marcom Engineering in Sunnyvale, CA. You will design scalable processes, automate deployments, and manage AWS/EKS-based infrastructure, while integrating security across the SDLC and leading cloud migrations.

The role emphasizes on-call reliability, Kubernetes administration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to support Apple’s customer-facing experiences.

Qualifications

• 5 years of Ops/SRE experience
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Helm
• Scripting in Bash/Python/Node/Java
• CI/CD with Jenkins or GitHub Actions
• Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Responsabilités

• Design and implement engineering processes to maximize development team effectiveness
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and monitoring for scalability and security
• Manage and upgrade Kubernetes environments and AWS EKS
• Create Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments on AWS
• Oversee AWS infrastructure, including disaster recovery setups
• Assess security for threat modeling and audits; integrate security in SDLC
• Guide engineering on security and compliance requirements (PCI, SOC2, SOX)
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Manage configurations with Ansible and Terraform
• Monitor systems with Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana
• Improve reliability through monitoring frameworks and on-call rotations
• Troubleshoot network/storage/OS/app issues; handle P1 incidents
• Lead migration from on-prem to cloud platforms
• Coordinate traffic failover and data center switches
• Manage load balancers (Akamai) for traffic redundancy
• Collaborate with application teams on infra requirements

Connaissances

Bash scripting

Python scripting

CI/CD workflows

Cloud deployment

Formation

Bachelor's Degree in CS or equivalent

Outils

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

Helm

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Description du poste

DevOps Engineer, Retail and Marcom Engineering

Sunnyvale, California, United States Software and Services

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.Retail and Marcom Engineering, an IS&T team, builds and operates the systems and experiences that connect Apple's products with its customers. The team owns the technology behind both Apple's online and physical stores and drives the interactive marketing experiences and tools that keep creative operations moving. Together, those functions deliver the technology behind every product story Apple tells and every purchase a customer makes.

Description

Our Operations Team, part of the CS&E organization, plays a critical role in ensuring the stability, reliability, and performance of multiple customer-facing applications that serve millions of users across diverse services. We specialize in sustaining and optimizing our systems, driving operational excellence through automation, cloud infrastructure management, and proactive monitoring. Our team thrives on solving challenging problems about Traffic, Deployments, DDOS, WAF, enhancing system resilience, and enabling seamless experiences for our customers. By collaborating closely with development, security, and business teams, we ensure that every application we manage meets Apple's standards of Site Reliability and Security.We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer who is passionate about operational excellence through automation and engineering processes. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the seamless integration of development and operations processes to deliver best-in-class and highly available systems. Your expertise in cloud platforms, automation, and infrastructure management will be vital to the success of our projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement engineering processes to maximize the effectiveness of development teams by simplifying the process of building, deploying, and operating software.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and monitoring to ensure scalability, efficiency, and security.
• Manage and upgrade Kubernetes environments, including version upgrades and EKS deployments.
• Create Helm charts for deploying applications on Kubernetes and AWS EKS.
• Oversee AWS infrastructure creation and management, ensuring robust disaster recovery setups.
• Assess current application security to develop threat models and conduct security assessments.
• Integrate security practices into all stages of the software development lifecycle.
• Provide guidance to the engineering organization on navigating security and compliance requirements, including preparing and executing PCI, SOC2, SOX, or other compliance audits.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Garage, and Fortress.
• Manage configurations and deployments using tools like Ansible and Terraform.
• Implement and refine continuous integration and continuous delivery processes to support agile development practices.
• Configure and monitor systems using Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Continuously improve reliability by implementing actionable monitoring frameworks and being part of the production on-call rotation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to network, storage, OS, and application-level problems, including P1s or P1c incidents.
• Lead the migration from on-premises to third-party cloud platforms.
• Execute "Pull the Plug" activities, ensuring successful traffic switches between data centers and effective failover operations.
• Manage Load balancers setup using Akamai for efficient traffic distribution and redundancy.
• Work closely with application development teams to understand infrastructure requirements and provide solutions that promote efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address security, compliance, and operational challenges.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of experience as a Ops/SRE Engineer or in a similar role.
• Proficiency with Cloud Fleet deployment strategies using as Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, or equivalent with knowledge on Helm, Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience in programming and scripting skills with languages such as Bash, Python, Node, or Java.
• Proficiency in CI/CD using Jenkins, GitHub, with observability technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or similar.
• Bachelors Degree in CS or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Cloud migrations.
• Familiarity with AEM upgrades, troubleshooting, and Apache upgrades.
• Experience in handling high-priority incidents and root cause analysis.
• Experience with AI software development tools (Claude or similar).

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 $150,400 and $277,600, 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.

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 seek to promote 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.

At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.