Senior SRE & GitOps Engineer - Automation & Cloud

Canonical Ltd.; Lombardia; Remote; EUR 117,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment with team

Learning budget (USD 2,000/year)

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness platform

Travel opportunities

Priority Pass and travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a Senior Site Reliability / GitOps Engineer in a globally distributed IS team. This automation-first role focuses on building scalable, IaC-driven infrastructure across private and public clouds, with Python and Kubernetes expertise guiding operations and development.

You will work with open source technologies, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate across distributed teams to improve reliability, performance, and automation while maintaining strong observability and

Qualifications

• IaC-driven hosting across private and public clouds.
• Product mindset focused on building products, not just solutions.
• Python development experience with large projects.
• Experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration.
• Cloud infrastructure deployed with code.
• Linux networking, routing and firewalls knowledge.
• Linux storage knowledge from Ceph to databases.
• Hands-on enterprise Linux administration.
• Strong cloud computing concepts and technologies.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related field.
• Clear English communication, written and spoken.
• Willingness to learn quickly and collaborate in distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive automation development and GitOps as embedded tech lead.
• Collaborate with IS architect to align solutions with vision.
• Design and architect services IS can offer as products.
• Advance IaC practices to increase automation.
• Automate software operations across private and public clouds.
• Maintain responsibility for core services and infrastructure.
• Improve observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch.
• Support globally distributed engineering, operations and support peers.
• Mentor teammates and share best practices.
• Handle time-critical escalations and incidents.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

IaC

Linux

CI/CD

Networking

English

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Elasticsearch

Job description

Canonical is hiring a Senior Site Reliability / GitOps Engineer in a globally distributed IS team. This automation-first role focuses on building scalable, IaC-driven infrastructure across private and public clouds, with Python and Kubernetes expertise guiding operations and development.

You will work with open source technologies, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate across distributed teams to improve reliability, performance, and automation while maintaining strong observability and