Cloud Network Observability Architect

Job Summary

Summary Posted: Jun 17, 2025 Role Number: 200608638 Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each others ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. Its the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, youll do more than join something youll add something.The Apple Cloud Networking team builds software-defined network infrastructure as a part of Apple Cloud. Our infrastructure is a critical foundation in delivering Apples 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. We listen to different perspectives, help surface innovative ideas, and drive decisions that move us forward. As a part of the Apple Cloud Network team, you will strategize, build and operationalize innovative observability products and solutions that will craft the future of our hyper-scale network infrastructure. We are looking for candidates who have a strong passion in building sophisticated large scale systems for high performance and reliability with broad experience in distributed systems architecture and networking!

Description

Description In this strategic role, youll develop frameworks and systems to monitor network performance, reliability, and security in environments spanning AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-prem systems. Your mission: ensure deep, real-time insight into traffic flows, latency, connectivity, and cloud service interactions to enable fast detection, diagnosis, and resolution of network issues. You will partner with engineering, security, and operations teams to implement monitoring for VPCs, VPNs, Inter-Connects, load balancers, service meshes, DNS, and firewall traffic across cloud providers. Define telemetry standards and observability KPIs for cloud networking: latency, jitter, packet loss, throughput, and service reachability.

Additional Information

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 $175,800 and $312,200, 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 Apples 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 Apples Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Youll 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.

EEO Notice

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