Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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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 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.

We are hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer for a globally remote role. Next‑gen operations at scale, with pure Python infra‑as‑code, from bare metal to containers and applications. Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure devops.

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 Open Stack, Kubernetes and software‑defined storage, and we enable devsecops for applications running on that infrastructure.

• 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

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

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

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.