# System Architect – Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

The IS&T Product Engineering Systems group is seeking a PLM System Architect who has a proven track record in designing and developing high quality enterprise software solutions! Our group is responsible for implementing and managing groundbreaking applications including Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Data Services (EDS) to manage Product Information for Apple's Hardware and Software product development and innovation. We work on many high-impact projects that serve Apple's various lines of business. We accomplish all this with an outstanding group of software engineers, architects, and technical project managers, working to make a difference for our customers. We are looking for someone with experience building and delivering large scale, on-premises, and cloud-based enterprise solutions. This individual should have the sound technical knowledge and leadership skills! Description Join the IS&T Product Engineering Systems group as PLM System Architect, where you will help build innovative enterprise software applications. Your responsibilities include working with the business partners to define the project requirements; developing architecture and detail design;

- **Id**: 3993686
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-system-architect-product-lifecycle-management-plm>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T19:53:49Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T22:13:46Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3328
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Operating Systems, Laptops, Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers, Tablets

## Company

- **Id**: 12
- **Name**: Apple
- **Domain**: apple.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/apple>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Apple Jobs

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 93
- **Open postings**: 358
- **Ghost share**: 0.008
- **Stale share**: 0.022
- **Repost share**: 0.064
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 122
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: yes
- **Bazel** — Optional: yes
- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Cassandra** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **CMake** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **Git** — Optional: yes
- **GitHub** — Optional: yes
- **GitLab** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T00:24:00Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,350 · green card filings: 39; Filings 12m: 6350

## Liveness

- **Score**: 99
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.993
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 122
- **Reasons**: conf:0, urgency, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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