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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted October 22, 2025
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Job Description

A Senior Site Reliability Engineer responsible for designing and maintaining scalable, automated cloud infrastructure using Python, with a focus on open source technologies like Kubernetes and OpenStack, in a globally remote environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, architect, and operate cloud infrastructure including OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined storage.
  • Develop and maintain automation tools using Python to manage enterprise infrastructure at scale.
  • Implement and practice DevSecOps principles across bare metal, containers, and applications.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and ensure the reliability and performance of mission-critical cloud services.
  • Drive infrastructure upgrades and improvements to keep systems current with the latest open source capabilities.
  • Collaborate with teams to enable secure and efficient operations for global customers.

Requirements

  • Degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science
  • Experience with Linux and familiarity with Linux networking and storage
  • Python software development expertise
  • Operational experience in a high-pressure environment with mission-critical services for global brand name customers
  • Ability to work in a globally remote role
  • Willingness and ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
  • Ability to learn the entire stack, from bare metal networking and kernel up to serverless and open source applications
  • Fluency in Python as a software engineer
  • Genuine interest in the full open source infrastructure stack from metal to containers
  • Ability to bring Python software-engineering skills and rigour to operations domain
  • Experience architecting and running OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software defined storage (preferred but not mandatory)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability

Benefits & Perks

Compensation is based on geographical location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and more frequent reviews for graduates and associates
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with remote work
Twice-yearly in-person team sprints at interesting locations around the world
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Travel upgrades for long haul company events

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