Canonical

Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer

Canonical

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about 1 year ago
Remote, Worldwide
Senior / Staff+
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Responsibilities

  • Drive the development of automation and GitOps as an embedded tech lead.
  • Collaborate with the IS architect to align solutions with the IS architecture vision.
  • Design and architect services that IS can offer as products.
  • Develop infrastructure as code practices to increase automation.
  • Automate software operations for consistency across private and public clouds.
  • Maintain operational responsibility for Canonical’s core services and infrastructure.
  • Set up and maintain observability tools and monitoring for systems.
  • Assist and collaborate with globally distributed engineering and operations teams.
  • Focus on larger projects and automation of manual tasks.
  • Share experience and best practices with team members.
  • Handle time-critical escalations.

Requirements

  • Modern view on hosting architecture driven by infrastructure as code.
  • Product mindset focused on developing products rather than solutions.
  • Python software development experience with large projects.
  • Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems.
  • Proven experience managing and deploying cloud infrastructure with code.
  • Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls.
  • Affinity with various forms of Linux storage.
  • Hands-on experience administering enterprise Linux servers.
  • Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
  • Clear communication skills in English.
  • Motivated to troubleshoot and learn new things quickly.
  • Ability to work flexibly in fast-changing environments.
  • Passionate about open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian.

Benefits

  • Fully remote working environment.
  • Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD per annum.
  • Annual compensation review.
  • Recognition rewards.
  • Annual holiday leave.
  • Parental leave.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’.
  • Priority Pass for travel and upgrades for long haul company events.

Tech Stack

ElasticsearchGitLab CI/CDGrafanaKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPython

Categories

BackendDevOps