Senior Infrastructure SRE
Apple
- Location
- Onsite (Cupertino, California)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
Posted 1 week ago
About the Role
Apple is seeking a Senior Infrastructure SRE to design, build, and operate next-generation distributed storage systems supporting critical services at massive scale. This role impacts hundreds of millions of users by managing the full infrastructure stack, from block storage tuning to content delivery network traffic management.
Skills
Distributed storage systems
Linux system internals
Go
Java
Python
Rust
Block storage
Object storage
File storage
Networking protocols
Capacity planning
Disaster recovery
Kubernetes
Microservices
Configuration management
Data analysis
Full job details
Apple Cloud infrastructure is BIG. The storage SRE teams of Apple Cloud are building and running the next generation distributed storage systems to support Apple’s most critical services. Operating at our scale, across multiple geographically dispersed data centers, and servicing users with vast data need presents unique challenges.
As a Storage SRE at Apple, you'll need to solve these problems using your deep understanding of storage, data analysis, programming, teamwork, and expertise in Linux system internals. Storage SREs at Apple involve themselves across the full infrastructure stack; from tuning the block storage layer to content delivery network traffic management.
We are looking for seasoned software and systems engineers to join the Storage SRE team at Apple. You are solution-oriented and have a passion for software delivered as a service to improve reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. Your work will affect hundreds of millions of users and be essential to the success of some of the most visible current and future Apple features.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience 5+ years of experience in building, operating, and scaling distributed storage systems in a private, public, or hybrid cloud environment The ability to design, author, understand, and release code in languages like Go (preferred), Java, Python, or Rust. Good understanding of block, object, and file storage solutions in Linux (such as LVM, XFS, ext4, S3, Ceph, Gluster, NFS) Understanding of Linux internals, standard networking protocols, and distributed systems and experience with provisioning, data migration, backup & recovery, at-scale testing, disaster recovery, and capacity planning. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience. Advanced Degree preferred.
Hands-on experience managing large numbers of diverse systems with configuration management or software delivery platforms (such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and Spinnaker) Experience with deploying, supporting and monitoring new and existing services, platforms, and application stacks Familiarity with microservices architecture and container orchestration with Kubernetes Familiarity with relational & non-relational databases (such as Cassandra, Postgres, & RocksDB)
Description
We are looking for seasoned software and systems engineers to join the Storage SRE team at Apple. You are solution-oriented and have a passion for software delivered as a service to improve reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. Your work will affect hundreds of millions of users and be essential to the success of some of the most visible current and future Apple features.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience 5+ years of experience in building, operating, and scaling distributed storage systems in a private, public, or hybrid cloud environment The ability to design, author, understand, and release code in languages like Go (preferred), Java, Python, or Rust. Good understanding of block, object, and file storage solutions in Linux (such as LVM, XFS, ext4, S3, Ceph, Gluster, NFS) Understanding of Linux internals, standard networking protocols, and distributed systems and experience with provisioning, data migration, backup & recovery, at-scale testing, disaster recovery, and capacity planning. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience. Advanced Degree preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on experience managing large numbers of diverse systems with configuration management or software delivery platforms (such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and Spinnaker) Experience with deploying, supporting and monitoring new and existing services, platforms, and application stacks Familiarity with microservices architecture and container orchestration with Kubernetes Familiarity with relational & non-relational databases (such as Cassandra, Postgres, & RocksDB)