Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer - Remote

Overview

This role is an opportunity for a hands-on, but literally hands-off, senior technologist with a passion for Linux to build a career with Canonical and drive the success with those leveraging Ubuntu and open source products. If you have experience of IT operations automation, Infrastructure as Code and a passion for technology, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.

In Short

• Drive the development of automation, GitOps in your team as an embedded tech lead
• Closely collaborate with the IS architect to align your solutions with the IS architecture vision
• Design and architect services that IS can offer to the organization as products
• Apply your experience of IaC to develop infrastructure as code practice within IS
• Automate software operations for re-usability and consistency across private and public clouds
• Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical’s core services, networks, and infrastructure
• Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation
• Provide assistance and work with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers
• Share your experience, know-how and best practices with other team members
• Carry final responsibility for time-critical escalations

Requirements

• A modern view on hosting architecture, driven by infrastructure as code
• A product mindset thriving to develop products rather than solutions
• Python software development experience, with large projects
• Experience working with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems
• Proven exposure to manage and deploy cloud infrastructure with code
• Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls
• 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 related engineering field
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively in English

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
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events