Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer
Core
Drive operations automation and GitOps practices for Canonical's IT production services supporting 60 million Ubuntu users across private and public clouds.
Role type
Senior Site Reliability / GitOps Engineer (embedded tech lead)
Builds
Automated infrastructure services, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling for global distributed systems
Domain
Open source software, Linux, Cloud Infrastructure (Private & Public)
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Python development, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Linux networking/routing/firewalls, Linux storage (Ceph), Cloud computing, Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch), Troubleshooting, Capacity planning
Preferred skills
Product mindset, Enterprise Linux administration, Distributed systems complexity handling
Technologies
Python, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Ceph
Responsibilities
Drive GitOps development as embedded tech lead, Design and architect internal services as products, Automate software operations for re-usability across clouds, Maintain operational responsibility for core services and infrastructure, Implement monitoring and alerting for various systems, Mentor team members and share best practices, Carry final responsibility for time-critical escalations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
