Software Development - Applications

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas is seeking a Systems Engineer to manage enterprise systems while innovating solutions to complex problems. You'll support system upgrades, manage resources, and balance multiple projects in a dynamic environment.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems with 4+ years of relevant experience and must thrive under pressure while ensuring system performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in related occupation.
• Experience with cloud and bare metal servers.
• Experience in managing firewalls and secure SSH.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support enterprise systems in a global technical team.
• Architect, design, implement and support scalable enterprise solutions.
• Plan and implement system upgrades and apply security patches.
• Implement and manage backup and recovery strategies.

Skills

Collaboration across cross functional teams

Zero downtime deployment strategies

AI/ML applications with Python or React JS

RHEL systems management

System and application monitoring

Centralized logging tools

Application delivery and infrastructure stability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

Tools

NGNIX (Shield)

Observe

Ignio

Prometheus

Graphana

Splunk

Fluentd

Job description

Austin, Texas, United States Corporate Functions

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Austin, Texas. Manage and support multiple enterprise systems. Participate in a global technical team you will adapt quickly to dynamic environments, learn new technologies, and develop elegant solutions to complex problems. Demonstrate problem solving and multi-tasking skills while working under pressure and exercising your knowledge of Java technology. Accountable for landscape management, availability and performance of all managed systems. Maintain comprehensive documentation for systems landscape, configurations, and procedure. Architect, design, implement & support highly available and scalable enterprise solutions that can match Apple volumes. Provide support throughout the lifecycle of projects from time to time. Maintain comprehensive documentation of software configurations, changes, and troubleshoot procedures. Plan and implement system upgrades and apply patches as necessary to keep systems up-to-date and secure. Implement and manage backup and recovery strategies for supported systems to minimize data loss in case of failures. Perform routine maintenance tasks to ensure the stability and reliability of the Java applications. Investigate and troubleshoot issues related to Java software and resolve them in a timely manner. Collaborate with development teams to identify root causes and implement permanent fixes. Continuously identify opportunities to improve system performance, scalability, and reliability. Collaborate with Project Managers, Operations team and service providers. 40 hours/week.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, and 4 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
• 2 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:
• Collaborating across cross functional teams to develop, deploy and maintain applications on cloud, bare metal servers and handle runtime management, application version control, software upgrades.
• Designing and developing zero downtime deployment strategies for new product launches in B2B environment using NGNIX (Shield) technology.
• Architecting, implementing and testing new AI/ML applications using Python or React JS, providing both infrastructure and development support for data pipelines, model training, and inference workflows.
• Provisioning and managing RHEL systems, including OS upgrades, kernel patching, network configuration, file system and user access management, managing firewalls, secure SSH.
• Partnering with functional teams to build scalable solutions that handle global content data in CMS B2B, retail applications with high availability and reliability along with designing and maintaining disaster recovery systems and backup processes, managing certificate lifecycle, maintaining version control, rollback strategies, and release documentation.
• Setting up system and application monitoring using tools including Observe, Ignio, Prometheus or Graphana.
• Implementing centralized logging using tools including Splunk and Fluentd for configuring automated alerting and ticketing to proactively manage system health and performance.
• Working with development, functional, and DevOps teams to build and ensure smooth application delivery and infrastructure stability.
• Participating in on-call rotations to promptly respond to system incidents, troubleshoot issues, and ensure minimal downtime and quick resolution of critical infrastructure and application problems and maintain on call run book documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

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