Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer Aveiro

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and Io
T.

We are hiring a Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to our Information Systems (IS) team. This role is an opportunity for an
- 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.

Job Summary

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.

As an SRE & Gitops engineer, you'll be in a unique position to drive operations automation to the next level, both in our own private clouds as well as in the public clouds. We do this by utilizing the best of open source infrastructure as code software, software development practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and Canonical's leading products for software operation automation.

In addition to defining the infrastructure as code, you will improve Canonical products and the
- source technologies they're based on by providing critical feedback to developers on how their products operate at scale.

You'll be part of a global team of SREs that work together and support each other to provide the best possible services to our company, Canonical's customers, and the Ubuntu Community.

Location: This role is available remotely in any timezone.

Responsibilities

• Apply your experience of Ia
  C to develop infrastructure as code practice within IS by constantly increasing automation and improving Ia
  C processes
• Automate software operations for
  - usability and consistency across private and public clouds, taking into consideration the complexities of distributed systems
• Develop new features and improve the resilience and scalability of the existing cloud and container portfolio at Canonical
• Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical's core services, networks, and infrastructure
• Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation, Setting up, maintaining, and using observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch; design, implement, and maintain monitoring and alerting for various systems and services
• Collaborate with development teams to design service architecture, documentation, playbooks, policies, and operational procedures
• Provide assistance and work with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers
• Be given uninterrupted development time to focus on larger projects and automation of manual tasks
• Share your experience,
  - how, and best practices with other team members in design sessions, mentorship, and 'doing work together'
• Carry final responsibility for
  - critical escalations

Requirements

• 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
  - 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
  - changing environments
• Happy to work within distributed teams
• Be passionate and familiarized about
  - source, especially Ubuntu or Debian

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
- source projects and the platform for AI, Io
T, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software.

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