Canonical
Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer
Canonical, Sacramento, California, United States, 95828
Senior Site Reliability / GitOps Engineer
Senior Site Reliability / GitOps Engineer – Join Canonical’s Information Systems (IS) team and help build a career behind the world’s most widely used open‑source operating system, Ubuntu. As a senior technologist with an automation‑first mindset, you will automate operations, evolve infrastructure‑as‑code, and drive continuous improvement across private and public clouds.
Canonical is a global provider of open‑source software and operating systems. Ubuntu powers breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT for public cloud and silicon providers as well as industry leaders. With more than 1200 colleagues in over 75 countries, Canonical operates on a founder‑led, profitable and growing model that encourages collaboration and innovation.
Job Summary The IS team supports and maintains all of Canonical’s IT production services, operating services used by more than 60 million Ubuntu users worldwide. As a Senior SRE & GitOps engineer you will lead automation and GitOps within the team, driving production reliability and scale through software development practices, CI/CD pipelines, and open‑source infrastructure tools.
Responsibilities
Drive the development of automation and GitOps as an embedded tech lead.
Collaborate closely with the IS architect to align solutions with the IS architecture vision.
Design and architect services that IS can offer to the organization as products.
Apply your experience of IaC to develop infrastructure‑as‑code practice within IS, constantly improving automation and processes.
Automate software operations for re‑usability and consistency across private and public clouds while addressing distributed systems complexities.
Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical’s core services, networks, and infrastructure.
Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation; set up and use observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch; design, implement and maintain monitoring and alerting.
Provide assistance and collaboration with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers.
Receive uninterrupted development time to focus on larger projects and automation of manual tasks.
Share your experience, know‑how and best practices with team members in design sessions, mentorship, and “doing work together.”
Carry final responsibility for time‑critical escalations.
What We Are Looking For
A modern view on hosting architecture, driven by infrastructure‑as‑code across private and public clouds.
A product mindset focused on developing products rather than solutions.
Python software development experience with large projects.
Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems.
Proven exposure to manage and deploy cloud infrastructure with code.
Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls.
Affinity for 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 to learn new things quickly.
Inspired by the needs of fast‑changing environments.
Happy to work within distributed teams.
Passionate and familiarized with open‑source, especially Ubuntu or Debian.
What We Offer
Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person.
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
Annual compensation review.
Recognition rewards.
Annual holiday leave.
Maternity and paternity leave.
Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events.
About Canonical Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most significant open‑source projects, and a platform for AI, IoT, and cloud. Canonical recruits on a global basis and holds itself to a high standard, encouraging excellence, innovation and fast learning. Many colleagues work from home, and the culture is one that challenges you to think differently, learn new skills and raise your game.
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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Canonical is a global provider of open‑source software and operating systems. Ubuntu powers breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT for public cloud and silicon providers as well as industry leaders. With more than 1200 colleagues in over 75 countries, Canonical operates on a founder‑led, profitable and growing model that encourages collaboration and innovation.
Job Summary The IS team supports and maintains all of Canonical’s IT production services, operating services used by more than 60 million Ubuntu users worldwide. As a Senior SRE & GitOps engineer you will lead automation and GitOps within the team, driving production reliability and scale through software development practices, CI/CD pipelines, and open‑source infrastructure tools.
Responsibilities
Drive the development of automation and GitOps as an embedded tech lead.
Collaborate closely with the IS architect to align solutions with the IS architecture vision.
Design and architect services that IS can offer to the organization as products.
Apply your experience of IaC to develop infrastructure‑as‑code practice within IS, constantly improving automation and processes.
Automate software operations for re‑usability and consistency across private and public clouds while addressing distributed systems complexities.
Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical’s core services, networks, and infrastructure.
Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation; set up and use observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch; design, implement and maintain monitoring and alerting.
Provide assistance and collaboration with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers.
Receive uninterrupted development time to focus on larger projects and automation of manual tasks.
Share your experience, know‑how and best practices with team members in design sessions, mentorship, and “doing work together.”
Carry final responsibility for time‑critical escalations.
What We Are Looking For
A modern view on hosting architecture, driven by infrastructure‑as‑code across private and public clouds.
A product mindset focused on developing products rather than solutions.
Python software development experience with large projects.
Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems.
Proven exposure to manage and deploy cloud infrastructure with code.
Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls.
Affinity for 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 to learn new things quickly.
Inspired by the needs of fast‑changing environments.
Happy to work within distributed teams.
Passionate and familiarized with open‑source, especially Ubuntu or Debian.
What We Offer
Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person.
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
Annual compensation review.
Recognition rewards.
Annual holiday leave.
Maternity and paternity leave.
Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events.
About Canonical Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most significant open‑source projects, and a platform for AI, IoT, and cloud. Canonical recruits on a global basis and holds itself to a high standard, encouraging excellence, innovation and fast learning. Many colleagues work from home, and the culture is one that challenges you to think differently, learn new skills and raise your game.
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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