Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer

Drive the development of automation, Gitops in your team as an embedded tech lead

Closely collaborate with the IS architect to align your solutions with the IS architecture vision

Design and architect services that IS can offer to the organization as products

Apply your experience of IaC to develop infrastructure as code practice within IS by constantly increasing automation and improving IaC processes

Automate software operations for re-usability and consistency across private and public clouds, taking into consideration the complexities of distributed systems

Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical’s core services, networks, and infrastructure

Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation, Setting up, maintaining and using observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch; design, implement and maintain monitoring and alerting for various systems and services

Provide assistance and work with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers

Be given uninterrupted development time to focus on larger projects and automation of manual tasks

Share your experience, know-how and best practices with other team members in design sessions, mentorship and ‘doing work together’

Carry final responsibility for time-critical escalations

A modern view on hosting architecture, driven by infrastructure as code across both private and public clouds.

A product mindset thriving to develop products rather than solutions.

Python software development experience, with large projects

Experience working with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems.

Proven exposure to manage and deploy cloud infrastructure with code.

Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls

Affinity with various forms of Linux storage, from Ceph to Databases

Hands-on experience administering enterprise Linux servers

Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies

Bachelor's degree or greater, preferably in computer science or related engineering field

Able to communicate clearly and effectively in English over email, chat, video or voice calls and in-person

Motivated and able to troubleshoot from kernel to web, and willing to ask others when appropriate

A willingness to be flexible and able to learn new things quickly

Be inspired by the needs of fast-changing environments

Happy to work within distributed teams

Be passionate and familiarized about open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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