Senior SRE & GitOps Engineer: Automation Lead

Canonical Ltd.; Madrid; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed team sprints in person

Learning budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness Platform

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to join the Information Systems team. You will drive automation and GitOps across private and public clouds, using open source tooling and CI/CD practices to operate at scale.

You will collaborate with the IS team to design services, enhance infrastructure as code, and contribute to improving Canonical products and open-source technologies. Remote, globally distributed teams apply.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python software development with large projects.
• Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems.
• Proven exposure to manage and deploy cloud infrastructure with code.
• Hands-on Linux networking, routing, and firewalls knowledge.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related field.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Open-source enthusiast with Ubuntu/Debian familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Drive automation and GitOps in an embedded tech lead role.
• Collaborate with IS architect to align solutions with architecture vision.
• Design and architect services IS can offer as products.
• Develop IaC practices to increase automation across clouds.
• Automate software operations for re-use and consistency.
• Maintain monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Infrastructure as Code

Troubleshooting

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related engineering field

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Elasticsearch

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Canonical is seeking a Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to join the Information Systems team. You will drive automation and GitOps across private and public clouds, using open source tooling and CI/CD practices to operate at scale.

You will collaborate with the IS team to design services, enhance infrastructure as code, and contribute to improving Canonical products and open-source technologies. Remote, globally distributed teams apply.