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SRE Engineer

Apple· Software and Services
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full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior SRE Engineer role within Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization, focusing on design, build, and operation of a modern, GitOps-driven, cloud-native CI/CD platform and reliable, scalable enterprise systems.Responsibilities include building DevOps platforms end-to-end, managing production systems, incident response, and improving reliability through telemetry and observability.

Responsibilities

  • Designing and Building DevOps platforms end-to-end along with SRE/Platform Engineering.
  • Proven experience in building DevOps platforms from scratch.
  • Applied Experience on GitOps-based deployment models (ArgoCD / Flux)
  • Establish Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
  • Build and operate Kubernetes platforms (EKS / AKS / GKE / OpenShift)
  • Experience working in large-scale, distributed systems
  • Strong problem-solving and architectural skills
  • Proficiency in one or more programming languages (eg. Python)
  • Support of internet-facing production services and distributed systems via deployments, onCall and Incident Management. Lead incident response, RCA, and reliability improvements.
  • Proficiency in implementing and coordinating telemetry using monitoring and observability tools like Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus, or similar.
  • Experience in solving and resolving issues in Kubernetes from both an operating system and application perspective.
  • Building and operating container orchestrating systems like Kubernetes or EKS.
  • Strong programming experience in Java building web, middleware or backend applications.
  • Deep understanding of Oracle or similar relational databases and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
  • Firsthand experience in performance tuning of applications and databases.
  • Knowledge of HTTP/S, TCP, DNS, web application load balancing.
  • Deep understanding of basic security concepts and protocols - authentication, authorization, signing, encryption, SSL/TLS, SSH/SFTP, PKI, X509 certificates and PGP.
  • Strong programming experience in Java for backend, middleware, or web applications
  • Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc.)
  • Deep understanding of relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience in performance tuning of applications and databases
  • Experience with advanced observability practices: Distributed tracing, SLO/SLI design, Error budgets
  • Prior experience in large-scale, highly distributed production environments
  • Experience with container orchestration internals (scheduler, CNI, CSI, etc.)
  • Knowledge of middleware platforms such as WebMethods Integration Server or similar.
  • Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments
  • Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd, etc.)

Qualifications

  • Proficiency in Java (backend, middleware, or web applications)
  • Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc.)
  • Relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and performance tuning
  • Hands-on with observability practices (distributed tracing, SLO/SLI, error budgets)
  • Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration internals
  • Strong programming skills (e.g., Java, Python)
  • Knowledge of security concepts and protocols (SSL/TLS, PKI, X509, etc.)
  • Ability to design and implement GitOps-based, cloud-native CI/CD platforms

Benefits

  • (Not specified in description)
Last updated Sep 11, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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