Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Canonical; Moncton; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical, a leader in open source software, is hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to enhance cloud operations with Python and manage critical infrastructure. This globally remote role involves architecting solutions across OpenStack and Kubernetes, requiring a strong software engineering background and a passion for automation.

Benefits

Distributed work environment

Personal development budget

Annual reviews

Recognition rewards

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities

Travel upgrades

Qualifications

• Fluent in Python, experienced in cloud operations.
• Strong background in open source infrastructure.
• Ability to work under pressure with mission-critical services.

Responsibilities

• Apply Python skills to cloud operations.
• Manage OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined storage.
• Enable DevSecOps for applications on the infrastructure.

Skills

Python

DevSecOps

Cloud Operations

Tools

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Job description

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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 enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include top public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across sectors. We are a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and few office-based roles. Our teams meet a few times annually in interesting locations worldwide to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Next-gen operations at scale, with Python infra-as-code, from bare metal to containers and applications. Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure devops.

We run hundreds of private cloud, Kubernetes, and application clusters for customers across physical and public cloud estate, raising automation standards via a universal operator pattern and model-driven operations.

Success in this role requires believing automation is a software engineering problem, interested in a scientific approach to operations driven by metrics and code, and capable of learning the entire stack from networking and kernels to serverless and open source applications.

Location: Globally remote role.

Role responsibilities include:

• Applying Python software-engineering skills to cloud operations.
• Practicing devsecops from bare metal to applications.
• Architecting and managing OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined storage.
• Enabling devsecops for applications on that infrastructure.

Candidates should be a Python-fluent software engineer, interested in open source infrastructure from metal to containers, and able to work under high pressure with mission-critical services for global customers.

Benefits include: distributed work environment, personal development budget, annual reviews, recognition rewards, leave policies, parental leave, Employee Assistance Programme, travel opportunities, and travel upgrades.

About Canonical: A pioneering open source tech firm, publisher of Ubuntu, leading the global shift to open source. We hire globally, expect excellence, and support remote work since 2004. Working here challenges you to think differently, learn new skills, and innovate.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and fair application considerations.