Senior Site Reliability Gitops Engineer
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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Job Description
A Senior Site Reliability GitOps Engineer at Canonical is responsible for automating and maintaining the company's core IT services using infrastructure as code, cloud technologies, and open source tools, while collaborating with global teams to improve system reliability and scalability.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive automation development and GitOps practices within the team as an embedded tech lead
- Design and architect services to be offered as products to the organization
- Develop infrastructure as code practices to increase automation and improve IaC processes
- Automate software operations for reusability and consistency across private and public clouds
- Maintain operational responsibility for core services, networks, and infrastructure
- Troubleshoot, perform capacity planning, and conduct performance investigations
- Set up, maintain, and utilize observability tools for monitoring and alerting
- Collaborate with global engineering, operations, and support teams
- Share expertise through design sessions, mentorship, and collaborative work
- Manage time-critical escalations effectively
Requirements
- Experience of IT operations automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and a passion for technology
- Design and architect services that IS can offer to the organization as products
- Apply experience of IaC to develop infrastructure as code practice within IS by constantly increasing automation and improving IaC processes
- Automate software operations for re-usability and consistency across private and public clouds, taking into consideration the complexities of distributed systems
- Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical’s core services, networks, and infrastructure
- Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation
- Set up, maintain, and use observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch to design, implement, and maintain monitoring and alerting for various systems and services
- Provide assistance and work with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers
- Drive the development of automation and GitOps in the team as an embedded tech lead
- Closely collaborate with the IS architect to align solutions with the IS architecture vision
- 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
- Have a modern view on hosting architecture driven by infrastructure as code across both private and public clouds
- Possess Python software development experience with large projects
- Have experience working with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems
- Proven exposure to managing and deploying cloud infrastructure with code
- 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 in person
- Motivated and able to troubleshoot from kernel to web, and willing to ask others when appropriate
- Willingness to be flexible and able to learn new things quickly
- Be inspired by the needs of fast-changing environments
- Happy to work within distributed teams
- Passionate and familiar with open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian
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 twice-yearly in-person team sprints
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
Travel upgrades and Priority Pass for long-haul company events
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