Site Reliability Engineer

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems for the global enterprise and technology markets. Ubuntu, the company’s flagship platform, is widely used in breakthrough initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. With more than 1,200 colleagues across 75+ countries, Canonical is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure Dev Ops practices, raising the bar on what automation can achieve by embracing a model‑driven approach, on‑premise or in public clouds. We run hundreds of private cloud, Kubernetes, and application clusters for customers worldwide, identifying and addressing incidents, monitoring services, anticipating issues, and enabling product refinement to meet the highest quality standards in our open‑source portfolio.

To succeed in this role you need a strong background in Linux, Python, networking, and an understanding of how clouds operate. Your work will span the stack from bare‑metal networking and kernel up to Kubernetes and open‑source applications. Training will cover core technologies such as Open Stack, Kubernetes, security standards, and products like Kubeflow, Kafka, Open Search, and various databases.

Deploy and run Open Stack, Kubernetes, storage solutions, and open‑source applications applying modern Dev Ops practices. Collaborate with a team of Dev Ops engineers to manage mission‑critical services for global customers. Provide incident resolution, monitoring, and optimisation to achieve high‑quality standards.

• 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

• Familiarity with Open Stack deployment or operations
• Familiarity with public cloud deployment or operations
• Familiarity with private cloud management

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly in‑person team sprints
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Every 6 months compensation review with base pay and annual bonuses
• Recognition rewards, annual holiday leave, maternity and paternity leave, employee assistance programs
• Opportunities for international travel and Priority Pass for long‑haul events

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer – We foster a workplace free from discrimination and value diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds. Whatever your identity, we give your application fair consideration.