Senior SRE & GitOps Engineer — Remote & Open Source Cloud Automation

Canonical Ltd.; Dublin; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed team collaboration

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Maternity/Paternity leave

Team sprints in person twice yearly

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to join the Information Systems team. This role emphasizes automation, IaC, and cloud-native operations across private and public clouds.

You will collaborate with a globally distributed team to maintain Canonical’s IT production services used by millions of Ubuntu users. A strong open-source mindset, Python skills, and Kubernetes experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or related engineering field.
• Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems.
• Python development experience with large projects.
• Proven exposure to manage and deploy cloud infrastructure with code.
• Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls.
• Affinity with Linux storage technologies and databases.
• Hands-on experience administering enterprise Linux servers.

Responsibilities

• Drive automation and GitOps as an embedded tech lead.
• Collaborate with IS architect to align solutions with the architecture vision.
• Design and architect services as products for the organization.
• Develop infrastructure as code practices to increase automation.
• Automate software operations across private and public clouds.
• Maintain operational responsibility for core services, networks, and infrastructure.
• Implement monitoring and alerting with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch.
• Share knowledge through design sessions and mentorship.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

Linux

Cloud infrastructure

Networking

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related engineering

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Elasticsearch

Terraform

Job description

Canonical is hiring a Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to join the Information Systems team. This role emphasizes automation, IaC, and cloud-native operations across private and public clouds.

You will collaborate with a globally distributed team to maintain Canonical’s IT production services used by millions of Ubuntu users. A strong open-source mindset, Python skills, and Kubernetes experience are essential.