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ASE Compute - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager

Apple· Software and Services
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Hybrid (Seattle, WA)$225.6k - $338.4kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Apple ASE Compute team builds and operates private cloud infrastructure powering Apple services at massive scale. Seeking an SRE Manager to lead a team ensuring reliability, performance, and readiness for next growth, with hands-on leadership, technical direction for reliability, and collaboration across software and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, grow, and mentor a team of Site Reliability Engineers focused on large-scale Kubernetes and compute infrastructure
  • Own the reliability, availability, and performance of mission-critical cloud platform services
  • Drive incident response, post incident reviews, and systemic improvements that reduce operational toil
  • Partner with software engineering and architecture teams to influence system design for reliability, scalability, and operability
  • Establish and refine SRE practices including SLOs, error budgets, capacity planning, and change management
  • Champion automation — eliminate manual processes through tooling and self-service capabilities
  • Manage on-call rotations and ensure sustainable, well-supported operational coverage
  • Communicate clearly across teams to build a culture of visibility, transparency, and shared ownership

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of engineering management experience leading infrastructure or SRE teams
  • Deep experience operating large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes environments in production
  • Strong systems background — comfortable troubleshooting across the full stack (network, OS, container runtime, application)
  • Experience with configuration management at scale (Puppet, Ansible, or equivalent)
  • Track record of building high-performing teams through coaching, clear expectations, and psychological safety
  • Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional initiatives to completion
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience with third-party cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Familiarity with bare-metal provisioning and lifecycle management at datacenter scale
  • Experience with Java, Go, or Python services in production
  • Understanding of cloud-native observability (Prometheus, Thanos, Splunk, or similar)
  • CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or equivalent hands-on certification
  • Experience running infrastructure as an internal managed service with defined SLAs

Skills

Required:Leadership and people managementLarge-scale Kubernetes operationsSystem troubleshooting (full stack)Configuration managementCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Discretionary employee stock programs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits and other benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Educational expense reimbursement (tuition)
  • Potential discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation assistance
Last updated Jul 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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