Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer

About This Role

Canonical is seeking a Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to elevate operations automation within their IS team. This role focuses on infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and Canonical's open-source products to support over 60 million Ubuntu users by leveraging private and public clouds.

Responsibilities

• Drive the development of automation and Gitops as an embedded tech lead
• Collaborate with the IS architect to align solutions with architecture vision
• Design and architect services that IS can offer as products
• Develop infrastructure as code practices by increasing automation and improving 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
• Set up, maintain, and use observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch
• Provide assistance and work with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers
• Carry final responsibility for time-critical escalations

Requirements

• Modern view on hosting architecture, driven by infrastructure as code
• Product mindset for developing products
• Python software development experience with large projects
• Experience 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 (Ceph, 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

• Passionate and familiarized about open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits