Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer
Canonical · Engineering · 20d ago
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Who can apply
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Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply.
“Location : This role is available remotely in any timezone.”
Canonical operates with 1200+ colleagues across 75+ countries working remotely in any timezone.
- Async-first
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- Contractor / B2B
- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- No home office or equipment budget mentioned.
- Annual retreat
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person in global locations.
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About the role
As an SRE & GitOps Engineer on the Information Systems (IS) team, you will drive operational automation for IT production services supporting over 60 million Ubuntu users. You will leverage infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and open-source tooling across private and public clouds, while providing feedback, bug reports, and code contributions directly to Canonical product teams to improve reliability at scale.
What you'll do
- Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices to increase automation and streamline deployment processes across private and public clouds
- Maintain operational reliability, performance, and scalability for Canonical's core services, networks, and infrastructure portfolio
- Design, implement, and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch
- Collaborate with development teams to design service architecture, playbooks, operational procedures, and policies
- Triage and resolve time-critical escalations while dedicating uninterrupted focus time to larger automation initiatives
What you bring
- Deep experience defining operations as code using version control, peer review, and modern CI/CD pipelines
- Strong Python software development experience on large-scale projects
- Practical expertise in Linux server administration, networking, firewalls, and storage systems like Ceph
- Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts, container technologies, and distributed systems
- Professional proficiency in English communicating across chat, email, video, and in person
About Canonical
Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu and a pioneer in open-source software, operating systems, cloud computing, and AI technologies. Operating with a distributed workforce across 75+ countries since 2004, the company delivers mission-critical technology to leading global enterprises.
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