Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer

Join Canonical as a Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer. Canonical is a leading provider of open source software with Ubuntu as the platform for AI, cloud, IoT, and more. The IT production services team supports millions of Ubuntu users worldwide.

Job Summary

The IS team at Canonical supports and maintains all IT production services. As a Senior SRE & GitOps engineer you will drive automation and GitOps, improve our open source tools, collaborate with architects, and maintain core services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead automation and GitOps initiatives as an embedded technical lead.
• Collaborate with the IS architect to align solutions with the architecture vision.
• Design and architect services that can be offered to the organization.
• Develop IaC practices and increase automation across private and public clouds.
• Automate software operations for reusability and consistency.
• Maintain responsibility for core services, networks, and infrastructure.
• Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, performance investigation; set up and maintain observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch).
• Provide assistance to globally distributed peers.
• Receive uninterrupted development time for larger projects and automation.
• Mentor and share best practices with team members.
• Handle time‑critical escalations.

Qualifications

• Modern view on hosting architecture driven by IaC across private and public clouds.
• Product mindset for developing products.
• Python development experience on large projects.
• Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration.
• Proven exposure to managing and deploying cloud infrastructure with code.
• Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls.
• Affinity with Linux storage (Ceph, databases).
• Hands‑on administration of enterprise Linux servers.
• Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Excellent communication in English.
• Motivated troubleshooting skills from kernel to web.
• Willingness to learn quickly and be flexible.
• Passion for open source, especially Ubuntu or Debian.

Benefits

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

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