Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer

Job Description

Canonical is seeking a Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to join its Information Systems (IS) team. The candidate will be responsible for driving operations automation, utilizing infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and Canonical's software operation automation products. The Engineer will be part of global SRE team, supporting production services for over 60 million Ubuntu users.

Responsibilities:

• Developing infrastructure as code to increase automation and improve IaC processes.
• Automating software operations for re-usability and consistency across clouds.
• Improving the resilience and scalability of Canonical's cloud and container portfolio.
• Maintaining operational responsibility for Canonical’s core services, networks, and infrastructure.
• Setting up, maintaining and using observability tools.
• Collaborating with development teams to design service architecture, documentation, playbooks, policies and operational procedures
• Sharing experience with team members.
• Taking final responsibility for time-critical escalations.

Requirements:

• Deep experience in defining operations in code.
• Strong modern engineering background.
• Python software development experience.
• Practical knowledge of Linux networking.
• Affinity with various forms of Linux storage.
• Hands-on experience administering enterprise Linux servers.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Clear and effective communication skills in English.
• Motivated and able to troubleshoot from kernel to web.

What Canonical offers:

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge open-source technologies.
• A chance to improve Canonical products and open-source technologies.
• Uninterrupted development time.
• Work within distributed teams