Site Reliability Software Architect

6 days ago

Muscat, Muscat, Oman beBeeEngineer Full time $100,000 - $150,000

Canonical's innovative team seeks a skilled technologist to join its Information Systems (IS) department. As a Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in driving operations automation and pushing the boundaries of what is possible with open-source technologies.

About the Role

The IS team at Canonical supports and maintains all of Canonical's IT production services, catering to over 60 million Ubuntu users. Your expertise in defining operations in code, using version control, peer review, and CI/CD will be instrumental in rolling out changes to applications and infrastructure.

Your Key Responsibilities
  • Apply your 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
  • Develop new features and improve the resilience and scalability of the existing cloud and container portfolio at Canonical
  • Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical's core services, networks, and infrastructure
  • Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation, 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
  • Collaborate with development teams to design service architecture, documentation, playbooks, policies and operational procedures
  • Provide assistance and work with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers
What We're Looking For
  • A deep experience of, and knowledge to define operations in code, using version control, peer review and CI/CD to roll out changes both to applications and infrastructure
  • Strong modern engineering background (peer-review, unit testing, SCM, CI/CD, Agile)
  • Python software development experience, with large projects
  • 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
  • A 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
  • Be passionate and familiarized about open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian

As a Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer, you will be part of a global team that works together to provide the best possible services to our customers and the Ubuntu Community. You will have the opportunity to work on challenging projects, collaborate with talented individuals, and drive innovation in the field of site reliability engineering.

About Us

We are a pioneering tech firm that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects. Our platform is used by millions of people around the world, and we are changing the way software is developed and delivered. We recruit on a global basis and set a high standard for excellence. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career, we encourage you to apply.

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