Sr. Network Operations Engineer

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The Apple Networking team builds software-defined cloud network infrastructure as a part of Apple Cloud. Our infrastructure is a critical foundation in delivering Apple's services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, Maps) to billions of customers. We are a fast paced organization where drive and collaboration are the keys to success. Teams across Apple rely critically on us for infrastructure that help them build services that scale globally, are highly available, and "just work".

Description

As an Operations Engineer you will be responsible day to day operations of K8 infra, Software Firewalls, VPC management, Incident management of the cloud network services to maintain high availability, scale and resilience. The successful candidate is expected to be highly self-motivated with a passion for excellence, quality and detail in driving solutions. This position requires you to be able to do on-call rotation on periodic basis

","responsibilities":"Assist in managing and supporting SDN infrastructure across data centers, cloud, and hybrid environments.

Help with configuration and troubleshooting of basic networking (IP, DNS, firewalls)

Support infrastructure automation and deployment using tools like Ansible or basic scripting

Contribute to routine monitoring and incident response workflows

Work with Kubernetes for basic cluster maintenance and app deployments

Document processes and support runbooks for operational consistency

Collaborate with senior team members to resolve technical issues

Position requires occasional on-call rotation support

Preferred Qualifications

BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience

Experience supporting environments with thousands of servers and critical uptime requirements

Experience with IP network design and architecture, routing, firewalls, and switching configuration.

Experience with modern web-scale services including servers, vips, load balancers, proxies is big plus

Experience working with monitoring and metrics platforms like Splunk and Prometheus

Experience with 3 party cloud like AWS., GCP or AliCloud is a Big Plus

Minimum Qualifications

Strong experience with Linux systems administration, including configuration, automated provisioning and monitoring

Familiarity with "infrastructure-as-code" approach and tools

Kubernetes experience, including cluster management as well as application deployment and configuration

Proficient in at least one of these languages: Python, Ansible, Shell

Confirmed grasp of fundamentals of modern technology stacks: containers, IP networking, HTTP, SSL

Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies

Strong operational and troubleshooting skills

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