SummaryPosted: Nov 11, 2024Weekly Hours: 40 Role Number:200578036The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on an extensive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with dedication to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. Our Program Managers partner with engineers who build secure, end-to-end solutions. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers and Program Managers partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, flexible, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here. Apple is seeking an experienced Engineering Program Manager to join the Apple Service Engineering organization. Our SRE team is looking for a dynamic EPM to help build and run services that millions of customers use every day. We are looking for star performers to drive projects for various areas of Apple iCloud SRE team. You’ll be partnered with a team whose mission it is to build, maintain and improve Apple’s most critical services. We’re looking for hardworking, passionate people to join our amazing team where we focus on extraordinary service availability, scalability and security while defining standards, implementing standard methodologies and improving operational efficiency. If you love non-routine work that requires social intelligence, complex critical thinking and creative problem solving, we’d love to hear from you! This is not just a task-based job, you are responsible for successful outcomes and delivery. Strong fundamentals are a requirement! We’re looking for hardworking, passionate people to join our amazing team where we focus on extraordinary service availability, scalability and security while defining standards, implementing standard methodologies and improving operational efficiency. If you love non-routine work that requires social intelligence, complex critical thinking and creative problem solving, we’d love to hear from you! The Service Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is responsible for service infrastructure that ensures our customers’ perfect experience. You will partner with the SRE team in order to define, prioritize, plan, and deliver the project portfolio of technical, infrastructure, and system needs that make Apple, Apple. The projects range from deploying end to end infrastructure environments, help support feature launches, hardware deployments, decommissions, complex system changes, tech refreshes, data migrations, service outage remediation, CapEx planning, as well as continually striving to scale and mature operations and operational standard methodologies.DescriptionDescriptionThe role requires you to build partner trust and persistently remove ambiguity by seeking to reduce complexity. This role is pivotal in developing a broad organizational perspective and requires facilitation and execution on strategic decisions as well as have a pulse on what is happening in the industry. In addition, the role will support the development of process improvement and standard operating procedures, in order to achieve required maturity and effectiveness, all while leading and growing teams of extraordinary project managers. Systems within this scope are complex, so you will not only be expected to be able to readily understand complicated and subtle interdependencies, but also to evaluate new requests and new information in light of how it affects or is affected by those systems. Being able to think on your feet is important, as is the ability to efficiently debate the validity of a given approach to any aspect of a project under your control. You have strong social and interpersonal skills. As a critical member of the ASE EPM team, you will be on a team that serves the passions and needs of many tens of millions of customers in an increasingly security-conscious world, so we're looking for somebody who can be equally passionate! Key to your success will be the need to act as a business product thought problem solver on applicable domains, analyzing business risks, needs and requirements, participating and representing as the need arises in problem solving and design of engineering discussions. You'll need a strong background in program and project management complemented by your technical abilities. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.Minimum QualificationsMinimum Qualifications5+ years proven experience in software development project management for Site Reliability Engineering / DevOps / Infrastructure domainsExperience leading & delivering large scale Infrastructure programs with focus on Cloud environmentsPrior engineering, infrastructure experienceKey QualificationsKey QualificationsPreferred QualificationsPreferred QualificationsExceptional organizational, project management, and technical savvyExperience with Kubernetes is a big plusAgile project experience with evidence and able to demonstrate knowledge SCRUM background and/or played the role of a Scrum Master is plusAbility to handle multiple simultaneous end to end infrastructure, technical projects and partner community comprising of various engineering teams and their partnersExperience at end to end project delivery; building roadmaps through to operational sustainabilityA history of leadership, decision making, negotiation skills, and ability to influence partners without direct authority.Self-motivated and proactive with proven creative and critical thinking capabilitiesStrong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skillsStrong verbal and written communication skills to represent at all levels of the organizationStrong facilitation skills (requirements sessions, design meetings, progress and status meetings)Bachelors Degree - Computer Science / EngineeringEducation & ExperienceEducation & ExperienceAdditional RequirementsAdditional RequirementsPay & BenefitsPay & BenefitsAt Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $157,000 and $278,900, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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