About the Job
The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
We are hiring a Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to our Information Systems (IS) team. This role is an opportunity for an “automation-first” technologist with a passion for Linux to build a career with Canonical and drive the success with those leveraging Ubuntu and open source products. If you have experience of ...
The IS team at Canonical supports and maintains all of Canonical’s IT production services. The team is in charge of running services used by over 60 million Ubuntu users.
Required Skills & Abilities
A deep experience of, and knowledge to define operations in code, using version control, peer review and CI/CD to roll out changes both to applications and infrastructure
Strong modern engineering background (peer-review, unit testing, SCM, CI/CD, Agile)
Python software development experience, with large projects
Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls
Affinity with various forms of Linux storage, from Ceph to Databases
Hands-on experience administering enterprise Linux servers
Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies
Bachelor's degree or greater, preferably in computer science or related engineering field
Able to communicate clearly and effectively in English over email, chat, video or voice calls and in-person
Motivated and able to troubleshoot from kernel to web, and willing to ask others when appropriate
A willingness to be flexible and able to learn new things quickly
Be inspired by the needs of fast-changing environments
Happy to work within distributed teams
Be passionate and familiarized about open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian
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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
