Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform & Multi-Cloud Infrastructure

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Austin, TX
Posted: 43 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform & Multi-Cloud Infrastructure

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Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform / Multi-Cloud Infrastructure joins the Apple Data Platform SRE team to manage a massive multi-cloud platform supporting internal engineers building data and AI products. You will operate, monitor, and triage production environments for big data pipelines and machine learning services across AWS, GCP, and on-premise Kubernetes clusters. Key responsibilities include managing infrastructure as code using Terraform and Crossplane, maintaining GitOps workflows with Flux, and providing technical support via Slack. You will debug complex issues involving IAM policies, storage quotas, and cluster disruptions while building automation to reduce manual toil. The role requires proficiency in Python, experience with Golang, and deep knowledge of Kubernetes administration, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk. You will ensure the reliability of core services like Spark, Flink, Airflow, and Ray across diverse cloud environments.

What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn?

Median $186200 from 131 postings across 36 companies.

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Skills

Kubernetes AWS EKS Terraform Crossplane GitOps Flux Python Golang Prometheus Grafana Splunk Spark Flink Airflow Ray S3 RDS IAM VPC Helm

What you'll do

Operate, monitor, and triage production environments across data processing, ML/AI, and multi-cloud infrastructure.
Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to provide coverage for supported services.
Serve as a subject matter expert for AWS services, EKS clusters, and cross-cloud networking.
Provide Slack-based support to internal customers by screening and resolving service-related issues.
Debug production incidents involving IAM permissions, storage limits, and cluster-wide disruptions.
Design monitoring, alerting, and dashboards using Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk for new services.
Maintain and evolve Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps workflows to manage state drift and reconciliation.
Build automation and self-healing tooling to reduce manual toil and increase operational capacity.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience.
1-4 years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure-focused role.
Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of Golang is preferred.
Extensive hands-on AWS experience including IAM, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC networking, autoscaling, and EBS.
Experience in Kubernetes administration covering RBAC, scheduling, autoscalers, and troubleshooting cluster disruptions.
Solid grounding in SRE principles with prior on-call or production support experience.
Strong communication skills and the ability to remain composed under pressure during incidents.
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Crossplane) and GitOps workflows (Flux).

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