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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Apple

Austin, Texas, United StatesOn Site

Original Job Summary

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with strong architectural experience to join the JMET SRE Team. This role is key to designing and scaling reliable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure across our cloud and hybrid environments.

Description

This is a hands-on leadership role with architectural ownership, strategic influence, and deep technical impact across multiple domains including application and infrastructure security, incident response engineering, and resilience automation.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering roles.
  • 2+ years in an architectural or principal engineering capacity.
  • Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or AliCloud) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS).
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation).
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking, and systems design at scale.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (Python, Go, Bash, or similar).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience designing observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, ELK, etc.).
  • Solid background in CI/CD tools and modern deployment strategies (ArgoCD, Spinnaker, GitOps).
  • Familiarity with security best practices in cloud and containerized environments.
  • Familiarity with HSMs and crypto operations at scale is a plus.

Key Skills/Competency

Senior Site Reliability Engineer, cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, DevOps, CI/CD, automation, security, distributed systems, scripting

How to Get Hired at Apple

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Highlight cloud and automation expertise.
  • Review job details: Match skills with SRE responsibilities.
  • Prepare examples: Detail past infrastructure projects.
  • Practice interviews: Emphasize architectural leadership.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP).
Practice Kubernetes and container orchestration.
Master Infrastructure as Code tools.
Understand distributed systems design fundamentals.

Behavioral Questions

Describe past leadership challenges.
Explain decision-making under pressure.
Discuss conflict resolution strategies.
Share teamwork experiences in SRE roles.