over 1 year ago
Responsibilities
- Drive GitOps and automation development as an embedded technical lead.
- Collaborate with the IS architect to align solutions with the organization’s architecture vision.
- Design and architect internal services as products.
- Develop infrastructure-as-code practices and continuously improve automation processes.
- Automate software operations across private and public clouds while accounting for distributed-system complexity.
- Maintain operational responsibility for Canonical’s core services, networks, and infrastructure.
- Set up, maintain, and use Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, monitoring, and alerting systems.
- Perform troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigations.
- Support globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers.
- Develop larger automation projects and eliminate manual tasks.
- Share expertise through design sessions, mentorship, and collaborative work.
- Carry final responsibility for time-critical escalations.
Requirements
- Experience with IT operations automation, infrastructure as code, and modern hosting architecture across private and public clouds.
- Python software development experience on 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.
- Knowledge of Linux storage, including Ceph and databases.
- Hands-on experience administering enterprise Linux servers.
- Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies.
- Bachelor’s degree or greater, preferably in computer science or a related engineering field.
- Strong English communication skills across written, verbal, and in-person channels.
- Ability to troubleshoot from the kernel through the web and collaborate with others when appropriate.
- Familiarity with open-source technologies, especially Ubuntu or Debian.
- Ability to learn quickly, work flexibly, and collaborate within distributed teams.
Benefits
- Fully remote working environment
- Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at sprints
- Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Canonical
Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, provides open source security, support and services. Our portfolio covers critical systems, from the smallest devices to the largest clouds, from the kernel to containers, from databases to AI. With customers that include top tech brands, emerging startups, governments and home users, Canonical delivers trusted open source for everyone.