Data Center Network Architect

Apple

About The Position

As a part of the Data Center Network team, you will build and operationalize innovative products and solutions that will craft the hyper-scale network infrastructure for Apple. 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!

Requirements

Subject Matter expertise in routing/switching.
In-depth understanding of switching ASICs from multiple providers.
Understanding of multi-vendor & open source network operating system architecture and design
Sophisticated knowledge of TCP/IP, routing protocols, and large scale network features.
Familiarity with network performance tuning and optimization
Deep technical background in network-layer security mechanisms
Cloud-scale networking background
Experience deploying and scaling overlay networking technologies (VXLAN, GRE, IPSec, etc)
Familiarity with data center structured cabling, fiber plant, power, and cooling

Nice To Haves

10+ years experience in building, securing, and deploying large scale data center network environments
Engineering leadership experience
Self-starter, self-motivated, self-directed, and self-sufficient.
Drives ideas from inception to implementation
Demonstrates consistent technical, organizational, and industry-level awareness.
Technical presentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate concepts, designs and decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Software and Systems Experience with tooling development and software development lifecycle.
Proficiency in one or more software languages (Swift, Golang, Python, etc)
Extensive understanding of public & private cloud networking architecture & compute virtualization technologies
Practical knowledge of high-performance compute and artificial intelligence networking
Experience with configuration management platforms (Puppet, Ansible, Salt, Chef, etc)