Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Object Storage

$166,600 - $296,300/Yr

Apple - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for Object Storage at Apple, Inc. is responsible for supporting and maintaining the object store orchestration service, ensuring high availability and system health. This role involves developing and running SRE tools, engaging in the full lifecycle of services, analyzing logs, and providing technical expertise during service-impacting events. The position requires collaboration with various teams and a commitment to improving processes and infrastructure within a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain object store orchestration service measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
• Develop, run, and support SRE tools and applications.
• Engage in improving the whole lifecycle of services from inception through deployment, operations, and refinement.
• Analyze logs and telemetry data by writing monitoring and automation code.
• Participate in on-call and release manager rotations.
• Provide technical expertise and troubleshooting during service level impacting events.
• Participate in code review, internal infrastructure improvements, and process enhancements.
• Operate our application at scale, across multiple geographically dispersed public and private clouds.
• Collaborate with dependent teams and customers through clear communications.

Requirements

• BS degree in computer science or equivalent field with 5+ years of experience.
• At least 5 years in a Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure-focused role.

Nice-to-haves

• Lower level understanding of the Linux Operating System, standard networking protocols, and components.
• Experience with containers and orchestration via Kubernetes in public/private clouds.
• Hands-on experience managing large numbers of diverse systems with configuration management, infrastructure provisioning tools, or software delivery platforms (such as Terraform and Spinnaker).
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Relocation assistance