Data Center Network Architect

$175,800 - $312,200/Yr

Apple - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Sunnyvale, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Data Center Network team at Apple is responsible for building and operationalizing innovative products and solutions that create a hyper-scale network infrastructure. This role involves collaborating with network architects to realize Apple's future network vision, engaging with vendors, and influencing hardware design decisions. The position requires a strong passion for developing sophisticated large-scale systems that ensure high performance and reliability in network infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build and operationalize innovative products and solutions for hyper-scale network infrastructure.
• Collaborate with network architects to implement Apple's future network vision.
• Engage with vendors, draft RFPs, and qualify software and hardware solutions.
• Develop integration plans and influence hardware design decisions.
• Work closely with other Infrastructure teams to ensure alignment and efficiency.

Requirements

• Expert-level routing and switching mastery.
• In-depth understanding of switching ASICs from multiple providers.
• Understanding of multi-vendor & open source network operating system architecture and design.
• Sophisticated knowledge of TCP/IP, routing protocols, and large scale network features.
• Familiarity with network performance tuning and optimization.
• Deep technical background in network-layer security mechanisms.
• Cloud-scale networking background.
• Experience deploying and scaling overlay networking technologies (VXLAN, GRE, IPSec, etc).
• Familiarity with data center structured cabling, fiber plant, power, and cooling.

Nice-to-haves

• 10+ years experience in building, securing, and deploying large scale data center network environments.
• Engineering leadership experience.
• Self-starter, self-motivated, self-directed, and self-sufficient.
• Demonstrates consistent technical, organizational, and industry-level awareness.
• Technical presentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate concepts, designs and decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with tooling development and software development lifecycle.
• Proficiency in one or more software languages (Swift, Golang, Python, etc).
• Extensive understanding of public & private cloud networking architecture & compute virtualization technologies.
• Practical knowledge of high-performance compute and artificial intelligence networking.
• Experience with configuration management platforms (Puppet, Ansible, Salt, Chef, etc).

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition.
• Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs.
• Eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Relocation assistance.