Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world\'s leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

Location : Globally remote role

The role entails

Our cloud operations engineers bring Python software-engineering skills and rigour to the operations domain. We practise devsecops from bare metal to application. We architect and run OpenStack, Kubernetes and software defined storage, and we enable devsecops for applications running on that infrastructure too.

To succeed in this role you need to believe in automation as a pure software engineering problem, be interested in the scientific approach to operations at scale, driven by metrics and code, and be able to learn the entire stack, from bare metal networking and kernel up to serverless and open source applications.

To become a member of this team, you need to be a software engineer fluent in Python, have a genuine interest in the full open source infrastructure stack from metal to containers, and be able to work in a high-pressure operations environment with mission-critical services for global brand name customers.

As a member of the team you will gain experience in a broad range of cloud technologies. We evolve our offerings as the state of the art improves, so you stay current with the latest capabilities in open source infrastructure. We drive upgrades to keep our customers on the latest, best solutions.

What we are looking for in you

• Degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science
• Experience with Linux and familiarity with Linux networking and storage
• Python software development expertise
• Operational experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Nice-to-have skills

What we offer colleagues

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

EEO statements Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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