Site Reliability

4 days ago

Manama, Manama, Bahrain Canonical Full time
Overview

Canonical is 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. The IS team supports and maintains all of Canonical's IT production services, running services used by over 60 million Ubuntu users. This role is available remotely in any timezone.

Responsibilities
  • Apply your experience of infrastructure as code to develop IaC practice within IS by increasing automation and improving IaC processes
  • Automate software operations for re-usability and consistency across private and public clouds, considering the complexities of distributed systems
  • Develop new features and improve the resilience and scalability of Canonical's cloud and container portfolio
  • Maintain operational responsibility for Canonical's core services, networks, and infrastructure
  • Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation; set up, maintain and use observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, 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 experience, know-how and best practices with other team members in design sessions, mentorship and collaborative work
  • Carry final responsibility for time-critical escalations
Qualifications
  • Deep experience defining operations in code, using version control, peer review and CI/CD to roll out changes 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 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 higher, preferably in computer science or related engineering field
  • Clear and effective communication in English (email, chat, video/voice, and in-person)
  • Motivated and able to troubleshoot from kernel to web, and willing to ask for help when appropriate
  • Willingness to learn quickly and adapt to fast-changing environments
  • Be inspired by fast-changing environments and comfortable working within distributed teams
  • Passionate about open-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 publisher of Ubuntu, Canonical supports AI, IoT, and cloud initiatives. We recruit on a global basis and set high standards for our people, most of whom have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working at Canonical challenges you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Equal Opportunity

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination, and we will give every applicant fair consideration regardless of identity or background.


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