Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer

About This Role

Drive operations automation for Canonical's IS team, developing infrastructure as code and improving open-source technologies by providing feedback and collaborating with other teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development of automation and Gitops in your team as an embedded tech lead
• Closely collaborate with the IS architect to align solutions with the IS architecture vision
• Design and architect services that IS can offer to the organization as products
• Apply experience of IaC to develop infrastructure as code practice within IS
• Automate software operations for re-usability and consistency across private and public clouds
• Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical's core services, networks, and infrastructure
• Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation
• Set up, maintain, and use 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
• Share experience, know-how, and best practices with other team members in design sessions and mentorship

Requirements

• Modern view on hosting architecture, driven by infrastructure as code across private and public clouds
• 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
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively in English

Qualifications

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

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits