What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Program Manager, Infrastructure Services position at Apple?
Summary
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Role Number:200572984
Do you thrive working across a diverse set of disciplines? Do you love bringing calm to even the highest-intensity projects? Our Project Management group acts as the hub between an outstandingly diverse collection of products and ideas. In this group, you’ll manage, organize, and support engineering development projects across Apple. You’ll take ownership of projects and be responsible for every aspect from conception to production. You’ll also establish relationships across the company, guiding the work as it’s refined by your colleagues in engineering, marketing, and other teams. Join our team, and you’ll help us continue to deliver the extraordinary software, apps, and services our customers rely on every single day.
At Apple, we are committed to delivering magnificent experiences for global users across all Apple devices. Flawless global user experiences require secure, reliable, high-performant infrastructure available in every region where Apple operates. The Resiliency Program team is dedicated to improving resiliency, including Disaster Recovery, across all of Apple's Internal and External services around the world!
Description
The successful candidate will work closely with Apple's Infrastructure and application teams to create, review and test disaster recovery plans. The scope of this role will be in both Apple owned data centers, 1st and 3rd party cloud environments and colocation data centers.
The role includes the responsibility for all aspects of resiliency and disaster recovery and will require strong project, time and people management skills, including:
Driving multi-functional efforts: Drive meetings with product and service teams to facilitate technical and functional collaboration, including assisting in Pull-the-Plug program
Creating and managing project plans: Define vital technical tasks, dependencies, and establish clear timelines for Infrastructure Services teams and application teams to meet program objectives
Create technical roadmaps: Define vital technical tasks, dependencies, and establish clear timelines for Infrastructure Services teams to meet program objectives
Monitor progress: Track and assess progress towards achieving crucial program achievements, ensuring alignment with program objectives
Documentation management: Maintain detailed and comprehensive technical and functional documentation for stakeholders
Status reporting: Generate detailed progress reports on a weekly basis, communicating achievements, challenges, and timely updates to partners
Minimum Qualifications
- 1 year of experience in Project or Program Management in infrastructure services or related technical domain
- BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar technical field
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in establishing timelines, and handling dependencies within a sophisticated organizational structure
- Strong technical problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data and make strategic decisions
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, ability to enable effective collaboration across complementary teams and partners
- Meticulous approach with a focus on maintaining accurate technical documentation and progress tracking
- Relevant experience in Disaster Recovery
- PMP Certification
- Strong influence, persuasion and interpersonal skills.
- Committed and results driven, Critical thinking skills
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
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