over 1 year ago
Remote, EMEAMid Level / Senior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Define and implement the vision for a world-class internal cloud.
- Maintain and update the technical design roadmap for SREs.
- Collaborate with cloud-ops software development teams on requirements and prioritization.
- Advise IS management on technology, reliability, and business cases.
- Lead technical choices for self-service product solutions.
- Set best practices for product and operations security.
- Automate operations for large-scale reuse across distributed systems.
- Design service architecture, documentation, and operational procedures.
- Analyze incidents to identify structural improvements.
Requirements
- Exceptional academic track record from high school and university.
- Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling alternative narrative.
- Confidence to share ideas and provide feedback.
- Track record of exceeding expectations to achieve results.
- Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies.
- Practical knowledge of Linux networking and large-scale networking.
- Experience with production outages and incident response.
- Passion for writing and maintaining open-source software solutions.
- Clear and effective communication skills in English.
- Familiarity and passion for open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian.
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints.
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
- Annual compensation review.
- Recognition rewards.
- Annual holiday leave.
- Maternity and paternity leave.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Opportunities to travel to meet colleagues.
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for company events.
About Canonical
Canonical publishes Ubuntu, a widely used Linux operating system for servers, cloud, desktops, and edge/IoT, along with tooling for containers, Kubernetes, OpenStack, and AI. It sells enterprise support, security maintenance, managed services, and certifications to businesses, governments, and hardware makers. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in London, the privately held company supplies Ubuntu images and tooling to major public clouds and silicon partners.