Site Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Overview

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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 enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We are a founder-led, profitable, growing company with a globally distributed team (1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries) and frequent in-person team alignments in interesting locations. Location: Globally remote role.

Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure DevOps practices, raising the bar on automation through a model-driven approach, whether on-premise or on public clouds. We run hundreds of private clouds, Kubernetes clusters, and applications for customers across physical and public cloud estates. We identify incidents, monitor and observe applications, anticipate potential issues, and enable product refinement to achieve high-quality standards in our open source portfolio.

To succeed in this role, you need a strong background in Linux, Python, networking, and knowledge of how clouds work. Your work will span from bare-metal networking and kernel to Kubernetes and open source applications. You can expect training in OpenStack, Kubernetes, security standards, and open source products like Kubeflow, Kafka, OpenSearch, databases, and more. Automation is treated as a software engineering problem, driven by metrics and code.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and run OpenStack, Kubernetes, storage solutions, and open source applications, applying DevOps practices.
• Work across the full stack from bare metal to containers in operations with mission-critical services for global brand-name customers.
• Gain experience across a broad range of cloud technologies and stay current with the latest capabilities in open source infrastructure.

What we are looking for

• Degree in software engineering or computer science
• Python software development experience
• Operational experience in Linux environments
• Experience with Kubernetes deployment or operations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

Bonus skills

• Familiarity with OpenStack deployment or operations
• Familiarity with public cloud deployment or operations
• Familiarity with private cloud management

What we offer

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Every 6 months compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, we champion excellence and global collaboration. We recruit on a global basis and value performance, learning, and growth. Most colleagues have worked from home since 2004.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. We will give your application fair consideration regardless of identity.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development

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