Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer

About This Role

The Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer will drive operations automation for Canonical's IT production services, utilizing open source infrastructure as code and CI/CD practices across private and public clouds. This role involves defining infrastructure as code, improving Canonical products and open-source technologies, and maintaining operational responsibility for core services.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development of automation and Gitops within the 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 IaC experience to develop infrastructure as code practice by increasing automation and improving IaC processes
• Automate software operations for re-usability and consistency across private and public clouds
• Maintain operational responsibility for Canonical's core services, networks, and infrastructure
• Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation, including observability tools
• 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 experience, know-how, and best practices with other team members
• Carry final responsibility for time-critical escalations

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

• Passion and familiarity with open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits