Multi-Cloud Solutions Architect

Apple • Austin, TX

69d

About The Position

The Cloud Infrastructure Business Operations team sits at the intersection of business and technology and we enable Apple's engineers to deliver incredible experiences to our customers. We collaborate with engineers and business partners from across Apple and provide cloud infrastructure guidance and decision support. In this role, you will help Apple engineering teams design and implement solutions for complex technical challenges. You will provide strategic direction, mitigate risks, and deliver solutions tailored to business needs. Whether migrating existing workloads or building advanced cloud-native architectures, you will play a critical role in improving agility, enhancing security, optimizing costs, and ensuring efficient cloud utilization.

Requirements

• Advanced Degree (Master's or PhD) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong problem-solving and risk mitigation skills, with the ability to assess trade-offs in architectural decisions.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams to drive alignment on architecture and operations.
• Excellent communication and consulting skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience leading technical engagements and guiding teams through complex cloud transformations.
• Experience as a solutions architect covering major cloud service providers and their infrastructure and platform service portfolios.
• Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure to balance cost, security, and performance while meeting utilization targets.
• Ability to analyze large data sets to provide insights that drive architectural and operational decisions.

Nice To Haves

• Deep understanding of GPU acceleration and high-performance computing, including experience with NVIDIA GPUs like A100, H100, L40, and emerging architectures.
• Experience with cloud-specific accelerators like AWS Inferentia, AWS Trainium, and Google TPUs.
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs), transformer architectures, and generative AI frameworks.
• Understanding of data lake architectures and real-time analytics platforms, including open-source solutions like Apache Hadoop, Apache Iceberg, and Trino.

Responsibilities

• Help Apple engineering teams design and implement solutions for complex technical challenges.
• Provide strategic direction and mitigate risks in cloud infrastructure projects.
• Deliver solutions tailored to business needs, including migrating existing workloads and building cloud-native architectures.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, platform, and operations teams to align on architecture and best practices.
• Guide teams through key architectural decisions and ensure effective use of cloud computing services.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees