Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform SRE / Apple Services Engineering
AppleSenior Site Reliability Engineer, Apple Data Platform SRE / Apple Services Engineering
AppleLocation
Cupertino, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
8/29/2026
Compensation
Not listed
Job description
The Senior Site Reliability Engineer role at Apple focuses on applying SRE principles to manage and optimize petabyte-scale analytics infrastructure. The position is part of the Apple Data Platform SRE organization, which ensures the reliability and efficiency of both bare-metal and cloud-based infrastructure. The role involves mentoring engineers, managing infrastructure, and maintaining operational excellence across distributed data platforms. This position also includes production on-call responsibilities to support 24x7 operations.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, managing infrastructure and services at scale
- 5+ years of experience in management or technical leadership roles
- Demonstrable programming skills to both develop software/tools and lead code reviews
- Experience managing Hadoop and Kubernetes infrastructure and related services
- Advanced knowledge of Linux, Networking, and Containers
- Experience with scale testing, disaster recovery, and capacity planning
- Ability to define the technical roadmap for infrastructure and drive cross-functional alignment on architectural standards and best practices
Responsibilities
- Apply SRE principles to mentor and partner with engineers and partner teams
- Manage bare-metal and cloud-based infrastructure for analytics
- Analyze and optimize performance of the infrastructure
- Plan and execute long-term fleet management logistics and capacity planning
- Maintain operational excellence across distributed data platforms
- Collaborate with peer SRE teams and software engineering teams to support infrastructure reliability
- Ensure smooth 24x7 operations for ADP customers
Benefits
- Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Apple Inc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
1,065
FY2026
Approval rate
99.0%
FY2026
LCA certified
9,221
FY2026
Entry-level share
5.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+30%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-35%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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