Senior Site Reliability Gitops Engineer
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted January 20, 2026
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Job Description
A Senior Site Reliability GitOps Engineer at Canonical is responsible for developing automation and infrastructure as code solutions to support and maintain core IT services, ensuring scalable, reliable operations across private and public clouds, and collaborating with global teams to improve open source products and systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and maintain Canonical's IT production services.
- Drive automation and GitOps development as an embedded tech lead.
- Design and architect services to be offered as products within the organization.
- Develop infrastructure as code practices to increase automation and improve processes.
- Automate software operations for reusability and consistency across clouds.
- Maintain operational responsibility for core services, networks, and infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot, perform capacity planning, and conduct performance investigations.
- Set up and maintain observability tools for monitoring and alerting.
- Collaborate with global engineering, operations, and support teams.
- Lead and contribute to larger projects and automation initiatives.
- Share best practices and mentor team members.
Requirements
- Experience of IT operations automation, Infrastructure as Code, and a passion for technology
- Design and architect services that IS can offer to the organization as products
- Apply experience of Infrastructure as Code 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, including setting up, maintaining, and using observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch
- Design, implement, and maintain monitoring and alerting for various systems and services
- 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
- Have a modern view on hosting architecture driven by infrastructure as code across both private and public clouds
- Develop a product mindset focused on developing products rather than just solutions
- Proficiency in Python software development, with experience on large projects
- Experience working 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 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
- Ability 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
- Ability to work within distributed teams
- Passion and familiarity with open-source projects, especially Ubuntu or Debian
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range is considered based on geographical location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and performance-driven bonuses or commissions
Distributed work environment with the opportunity for remote work
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
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