ASE Compute - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$216,600–$325,500 / yr
Posted
21 days ago

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Above market

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TL;DR · ASE Compute - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager

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Join Apple's ASE Compute team as an SRE Manager, leading a hands-on team responsible for the reliability and performance of large-scale Kubernetes and compute infrastructure. You will mentor engineers, drive automation to reduce operational toil, and partner with software teams to enhance system design. Key responsibilities include managing on-call rotations, establishing SRE practices like SLOs and error budgets, and fostering a culture of transparency and shared ownership. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of engineering management experience, deep Kubernetes expertise, and strong systems troubleshooting skills. Familiarity with tools such as Puppet, Ansible, Prometheus, and Splunk is preferred, along with hands-on certifications like CKA. This role offers the opportunity to work on mission-critical services at massive scale, addressing unique challenges in a world-class engineering environment.

Skills

Kubernetes Python Go Prometheus Terraform AWS GCP Azure Puppet Ansible CI/CD Docker Java

What you'll do

  • Lead a team of SREs focused on large-scale Kubernetes and compute infrastructure reliability.
  • Own the performance and availability of mission-critical cloud platform services.
  • Drive incident response and systemic improvements to reduce operational toil.
  • Partner with software engineering teams to influence system design for reliability.
  • Establish and refine SRE practices including SLOs, error budgets, and capacity planning.
  • Champion automation to eliminate manual processes through tooling and self-service capabilities.
  • Manage on-call rotations to ensure sustainable operational coverage.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of engineering management experience leading infrastructure or SRE teams
  • Deep experience operating large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes environments in production
  • Strong systems background with full-stack troubleshooting expertise
  • Experience with configuration management tools at scale (Puppet, Ansible)
  • Track record of building high-performing teams through coaching and psychological safety

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