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Summary
Claris, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apple, is a leader in workspace innovation platforms. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated DevOps Engineer to join a small, dynamic team focused on advancing existing technologies and developing exciting new products.
Description
The DevOps Engineer will be a key contributor to internal and external-facing AI-driven innovations. This role involves sustaining and enhancing software applications for licensing and fulfillment, as well as automating setup and verification processes. We seek a collaborative and thorough individual capable of building and automating robust software delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and stabilizing environments to ensure smooth production deployments.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to internal-facing and external-facing AI-driven innovations.
- Sustain and enhance software applications per business logic and requirements for licensing and fulfillment.
- Build and automate software delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and integrate them with unit and smoke tests.
- Help stabilize all environments and facilitate deployment to the production environment when releases are ready.
- Set up various environments in the public cloud, utilizing applicable services from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Follow Apple Information Security requirements to engineer compliant solutions in the public cloud.
- Automate environment setup and verification, including application-specific software and components.
- Design and implement infrastructure and web application monitoring, and respond to incidents.
- Work with Customer Support, QA, Development, Product Management, and cross-functional teams to investigate and resolve customer issues.
- Participate in on-call shifts to respond to security and infrastructure incidents or customer issues, ensuring no service interruption.
- Understand web-based security and help design and implement solutions to prevent and catch attacks.
- Participate in DevOps project brainstorming, design, implementation, and test phases to deliver effective solutions.
- Participate and share progress through Scrum Ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
- Continuously learn leading-edge technologies to evolve solutions.
- Report status, conduct demos, share knowledge, and assist team members with workload.
- Rotate through Claris SAAS product support as a designated DevOps Engineer.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- 7+ years of proven experience in Development, DevOps, Infrastructure, or IT areas.
- 5+ years of public cloud working experience (AWS certification is a plus).
- Hands-on work experience in setting up AI-enabled tooling/systems or integrating such components.
- Proficiency in languages: Python, Unix shell scripts, JavaScript.
- Experience with security frameworks: Public Key Cryptography, encryption, and Certificates.
- Operating Systems: Linux/Unix.
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.
- CI/CD and Automation Tools: Jenkins, Terraform, and Helm.
- Cloud Platforms: AWS.
Preferred Qualifications
- Good organizational skills to complete and follow up with tasks and action items.
- Dedicated, innovative, accountable, and willing to take on challenges and risks.
- Collaborative and thorough with attention to detail.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- Hands-on working experience in setting up AI-enabled tooling/systems or integrating such components.
- Led infrastructure/architectural design and optimization, with strong skills in networking, impact analysis, optimization, and refactoring.
Key skills/competency
- DevOps
- Cloud Engineering
- CI/CD
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Python
- Automation
- Security Compliance
- Infrastructure Monitoring
How to Get Hired at Apple
- Research Apple's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to align with their innovative spirit.
- Tailor your resume: Customize your resume to highlight extensive DevOps experience, AWS proficiency, CI/CD expertise, and AI-enabled tooling integration specifically for an Apple DevOps Engineer role.
- Showcase technical skills: Prepare to demonstrate strong practical knowledge in Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, and AWS through coding challenges and technical discussions.
- Prepare for behavioral questions: Practice articulating experiences that demonstrate collaboration, problem-solving, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to learning new technologies, aligning with Apple's values.
- Network effectively: Connect with current and former Apple employees on LinkedIn to gain insights into the company's hiring process and culture for technical roles.
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