Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Services

Apple; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization seeks a Site Reliability Engineer to help ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of the Backbone Network. You will work across hardware, software, and monitoring tools to support critical services used by billions of customers and developers.

Join a fast-paced team that values collaboration, automation, and best-practice DevOps. Candidate should have strong scripting, CI/CD, and cloud/container experience within large-scale

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or related field.
• Proficiency in scripting and programming (Python, Bash, Go, Java, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Splunk, AppDynamics, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Proficient in Linux, Networking concepts, and troubleshooting in large-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• As a Site Reliability Engineer, ensure reliability, scalability, and performance of Backbone Network.
• Maintain hardware, software, and tools used to configure/monitor the environment.
• Adhere to DevOps best practices across the stack.

Skills

Scripting & programming

CI/CD

Monitoring & logging

Linux

Networking

Cloud platforms

Containers

Databases

Security & auth

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Splunk

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Docker

Kubernetes

Deployment Center

Job description

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.

Infrastructure Services is part of IS&T and the foundation of Apple's global network operations — managing data center equipment and systems to deliver compute, storage, and networking services for teams across Apple, including its internal developer community. From individual facilities to a worldwide network, Infrastructure Services ensures the technology underneath everything works without question.

The Apple Networking team builds software-defined cloud network infrastructure as a part of Apple Cloud. Our infrastructure is a critical foundation in delivering Apple’s services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, Maps) to billions of customers. We are a fast-paced organization where drive and collaboration are the keys to success. Teams across Apple rely critically on us for infrastructure that helps them build services that scale globally, are highly available, and “just work”.

As a Site Reliability Engineer in the Core Services team, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of Apple’s Backbone Network including hardware, software, and our toolset used to configure/monitor the environment while adhering to DevOps best practices.

Minimum Qualifications

3+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Proficiency in scripting and programming (Python, Bash, Go, Java, or similar).
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, etc.).
Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Splunk, AppDynamics, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)

Preferred Qualifications

Proficient in Linux, Networking concepts (TLS/SSL, DNS, Load Balancers, etc.), and troubleshooting skills in large-scale environments.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Teamcenter environments using tools such as Deployment Center, Jenkins, or similar.
Hands-on experience in one or more databases (Relational / NoSQL like Oracle, MongoDB).
Exposure to event-driven architectures and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
Experience with security and authentication (OAuth, SAML, SSO).
Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent years of work experience.