Description:

The Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer role at Canonical is a hands-on opportunity for a senior technologist passionate about Linux to drive success with Ubuntu and open-source products.
The IS team at Canonical supports and maintains all IT production services, serving over 60 million Ubuntu users.
As a Senior SRE & Gitops engineer, you will drive operations automation using open-source infrastructure as code software and CI/CD pipelines.
You will provide critical feedback to developers, improve Canonical products, and collaborate on design and implementations.
Responsibilities include designing services, developing infrastructure as code practices, automating software operations, and maintaining core services and infrastructure.
Troubleshooting, capacity planning, performance investigation, and setting up observability tools are key aspects of the role.
The position involves working with global teams, sharing best practices, and mentoring team members.
Final responsibilities include time-critical escalations and uninterrupted development time for automation projects.

Requirements:

Modern view on hosting architecture with infrastructure as code in private and public clouds.
Product mindset focused on developing products.
Proficiency in Python software development and experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems.
Ability to manage and deploy cloud infrastructure with code and practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls.
Hands-on experience with enterprise Linux servers, cloud computing concepts, and various Linux storage solutions.
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
Strong communication skills in English and motivation to troubleshoot and learn quickly.
Flexibility, adaptability to fast-changing environments, passion for open-source, and willingness to work in distributed teams.

Fully remote working environment since 2004.
Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum.
Annual compensation review, recognition rewards, and annual holiday leave.
Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Programme, and opportunity to travel to new locations for company events.
Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long-haul company events.