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Site Reliability Engineer

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted October 22, 2025
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Job Description

A Site Reliability Engineer at Canonical is responsible for deploying, managing, and automating open source infrastructure such as OpenStack and Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and performance for mission-critical cloud services across physical and public cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deploy and operate OpenStack, Kubernetes, storage solutions, and open source applications using DevOps practices
  • Identify and resolve incidents, monitor application performance, and anticipate potential issues
  • Automate operations through software engineering, leveraging metrics and code to scale infrastructure
  • Manage and maintain enterprise infrastructure across physical and cloud environments
  • Work with mission-critical services for global customers, ensuring high availability and reliability

Requirements

  • Degree in software engineering or computer science
  • Python software development experience
  • Operational experience in Linux environments
  • Experience with Kubernetes deployment or operations
  • Ability to work in operations with mission-critical services for global brand-name customers
  • Genuine interest in the full open source infrastructure stack from bare metal to containers
  • Ability to work in a distributed, remote environment
  • Willingness and ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events, each up to two weeks long

Benefits & Perks

Compensation is adjusted every 6 months based on performance, with annual bonuses
Global remote work environment
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programs
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

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