HPC-Focused IT DevOps Engineer

HPC-Focused IT DevOps Engineer

Cupertino,California,United States

Hardware

As a DevOps engineer on Apple's Hardware Methodologies, Tool, & Solutions (HMTS) Platform team, you play a crucial role in bridging the gap in traditional Information Technology (IT) infrastructure development and operations. Your work is instrumental in providing the world's best design environment for Hardware Engineering, aligning with our mission to lead in hardware innovation.

Description

In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying infrastructure products that are at the core of our operations. Your work helps us plan, code, build, test, deploy, operate, and monitor our Infrastructure-as-Code solutions for High-Performance Compute (HPC) server infrastructure.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in CS or equivalent practical experience

• Linux administration - Skilled (5-10 years)

• -The majority of our infrastructure, including all HPC and core infrastructure, is Linux OS-based.

Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Total Experience: 5-10 years

• We'd like to focus on someone who has experience in our skill areas, is willing to learn our environment, and can be developed into an architect-level contributor over several years.

• Linux administration - Skilled (5-10 years)

• The majority of our infrastructure, including all HPC and core infrastructure, is Linux OS-based.

• Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (Ansible, etc) - Skilled (3-5 years)

• The team has worked to deliver tremendous gains in HPC deployment automation. An HPC-focused engineer will need to maintain and improve upon this automation. Additionally, we will look for them to develop new automation, adding customer and partner value.

• Scheduler (SLURM, LSF, etc) - Familiar (1-3 years)

• SLURM will continue to be critical in HPC. While it may seem essential to hire someone more skilled, we feel that we can develop a new hire based on the team's knowledge.

• Virtualization - Familiar (1-3 years)

• Virtualizing compute nodes is our next opportunity for advancement in HPC. Virtualization offers benefits for FEA engineers and our cluster management.

• HPC - Familiar (5-8 years)

• Knowledge of developing scalable HPC solutions to support ongoing business growth and demand and experience maintaining and configuring high-performance compute environments that includes cloud-based systems, as well as local physical and virtual systems.

• About our ideal candidate:

• Experienced with schedulers such as SLURM

• Experience with parallel computing paradigms (MPI, etc.)

• Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible.

• Experience developing and securing containerized applications and HPC environments.

• Effective communication skills

• Customer-focused mindset

• Driven to automate repetitive tasks

• Interpersonal skills that enable you to influence others and negotiate positive outcomes for customers

• Time management and prioritization skills

• Willingness to learn

• Focused on continuous self-improvement, teamwork, innovation, and results

• Capable of maintaining a professional demeanor in any situation

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

Pay & Benefits

• At 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 $165,500 and $293,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more (~~~) about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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