Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer

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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 breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.

Overview

Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure DevOps practices, raising the bar on what's possible with automation by embracing a model‑driven approach, whether on‑premise or on public clouds. We run hundreds of private cloud, Kubernetes clusters, and applications for customers across both physical and public cloud estates.

Location

Globally remote role

Responsibilities

Identify and address incidents, monitor and observe applications, anticipate potential issues, and enable product refinement to ultimately achieve high‑quality standards in our open source portfolio. Your work will encompass the entire stack, from bare‑metal networking and kernel up to Kubernetes and open source applications. Automation for us is a software engineering problem that we approach with a scientific mindset to bring operations at scale, driven by metrics and code.

Qualifications

• Degree in software engineering or computer science
• Python software development experience
• Operational experience in Linux environments
• Experience with Kubernetes deployment or operations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Bonus Skills

What we offer

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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