What are the responsibilities and job description for the Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - Apple Services Engineering / iCloud position at Apple, Inc.?
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Summary
The Apple Service Engineering - iCloud SRE team is looking for Site Reliability Engineers to build and run the services that hundreds of millions of customers use every day. This team provides systems that are foundational for many of Apple's services such as iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime, and more. The best candidates will have both demonstrated Software Development skills and strong Linux / Systems / Cloud expertise. Our customers count on us to provide extraordinary availability, scalability and security for services that "just work". We're looking for a talented and passionate person who loves designing, engineering and running systems and infrastructure that will help millions of customers, then we'd love to hear from you!
Description
The services that Apple and iCloud runs are massive; iCloud comprises a set of platforms and products which are foundational for both users and other Apple Services. As an SRE @ Apple, you'll need to solve problems using data, teamwork, and your own expertise. SREs @ Apple own the full infrastructure stack; from device driver performance debugging to content delivery network traffic management, our responsibilities are both broad and deep. Systems are ran both directly on Linux and in the Cloud. We run a mix of open source and internally developed tools for system & configuration management, provisioning, software deployment, and monitoring. You'll learn these tools and have opportunities to improve them. Our team is collaborative; we work closely with the development teams we support to deliver the best results for Apple. We think critically and strive to balance the best solution with the need to get things done for each engineering challenge we face. Good ideas are heard and results are rewarded.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Deploy, support and monitor new and existing services, platforms, and application stacks.
- Use scale testing to measure, tune and optimization system performance.
- Enhance, architect, author, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability and security of Apple's internet services.
- Build and manage systems, infrastructure and applications through automation.
- Participate in periodic on-call duties.
The Apple Service Engineering - iCloud SRE team is looking for Site Reliability Engineers to build and run the services that hundreds of millions of customers use every day. This team provides systems that are foundational for many of Apple's services such as iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime, and more. The best candidates will have both demonstrated Software Development skills and strong Linux / Systems / Cloud expertise. Our customers count on us to provide extraordinary availability, scalability and security for services that "just work". We're looking for a talented and passionate person who loves designing, engineering and running systems and infrastructure that will help millions of customers, then we'd love to hear from you!
Description
The services that Apple and iCloud runs are massive; iCloud comprises a set of platforms and products which are foundational for both users and other Apple Services. As an SRE @ Apple, you'll need to solve problems using data, teamwork, and your own expertise. SREs @ Apple own the full infrastructure stack; from device driver performance debugging to content delivery network traffic management, our responsibilities are both broad and deep. Systems are ran both directly on Linux and in the Cloud. We run a mix of open source and internally developed tools for system & configuration management, provisioning, software deployment, and monitoring. You'll learn these tools and have opportunities to improve them. Our team is collaborative; we work closely with the development teams we support to deliver the best results for Apple. We think critically and strive to balance the best solution with the need to get things done for each engineering challenge we face. Good ideas are heard and results are rewarded.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Deploy, support and monitor new and existing services, platforms, and application stacks.
- Use scale testing to measure, tune and optimization system performance.
- Enhance, architect, author, and deliver software to improve the availability, scalability and security of Apple's internet services.
- Build and manage systems, infrastructure and applications through automation.
- Participate in periodic on-call duties.
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