Senior Site Reliability​/Gitops Engineer

Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer

Join Canonical as a Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to drive operations automation across private and public clouds using open source infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and Canonical’s leading products.

The IS team at Canonical supports and maintains all of Canonical's IT production services used by over 60 million Ubuntu users. As an SRE & Git Ops engineer you’ll automate infrastructure, improve canonical products, and collaborate across teams.

• Drive automation and Git Ops within the team as an embedded tech lead.
• Collaborate with the IS architect to align solutions with the architectural vision.
• Design and architect services that can be offered as products.
• Develop IaC practices, continuously increasing automation.
• Automate software operations for re‑usability across private and public clouds.
• Maintain operational responsibility for all core services, networks, and infrastructure.
• Set up, maintain, and use observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch; design monitoring and alerting.
• Work with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers.
• Focus on large projects and automation of manual tasks.
• Share experiences, best practices, and mentor teammates.
• Take final responsibility for time‑critical escalations.

• Modern view on hosting architecture driven by IaC across private and public clouds.
• Product mindset focused on developing products rather than solutions.
• Python software development experience on large projects.
• Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems.
• Exposure to managing and deploying cloud infrastructure with code.
• Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls.
• Affinity for Linux storage systems from Ceph to databases.
• Hands‑on experience administering enterprise Linux servers.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree or greater in computer science or related field.
• Clear communication in English over email, chat, video, or voice calls.
• Motivated to troubleshoot from kernel to web, and willing to ask for help.
• Flexible and quick learner.
• Passionate about fast‑changing environments and distributed teams.
• Familiar with open‑source, especially Ubuntu or Debian.

• 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.
• Mother‑ and paternity leave.
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events.

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and expect excellence. Our workplace is free from discrimination – diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds create a better work environment and better products.