Reliability Jobs in Hamilton, ON

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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of globally distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Site Reliability Engineer

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. We 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.

To succeed in this role, you need a strong background in Linux, Python, networking, and knowledge of how clouds work. Your work will encompass the entire stack, from bare‑metal networking and kernel up to Kubernetes and open source applications. You can expect to be trained in our core technologies like OpenStack, Kubernetes, security standards, open source products like Kubeflow, Kafka, OpenSearch, databases, and many others.

We are a globally remote role.

Role Overview

We deploy and run OpenStack, Kubernetes, storage solutions, and open source applications, applying DevOps practices. As a member of the team, you will gain experience in a broad range of cloud technologies and work on mission‑critical services for global brand‑name customers.

What we are looking for in you

• 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 colleagues

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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