Senior Infrastructure Architect

About the Role

• This is an opportunity for a senior technologist with a passion for Linux to build a career and drive success in the field of IT operations automation.
• We are looking for a skilled professional who can design, architect, and implement infrastructure as code solutions across both private and public clouds.

Job Description

1. The Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer will be responsible for developing automation and Gitops practices within their team, collaborating closely with the IS architect to align solutions with the IS architecture vision.
2. The role involves designing and architecting services that the IS team can offer to the organization as products, applying experience of IaC to develop infrastructure as code practice within IS.
3. The successful candidate will automate software operations for re-usability and consistency across private and public clouds, taking into consideration the complexities of distributed systems.
4. Maintaining operational responsibility for all of Canonical's core services, networks, and infrastructure is also a key aspect of this role.
5. The engineer will develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation, setting up, maintaining, and using observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch.
6. The role also involves providing assistance and working with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect services that the IS team can offer to the organization as products
• Apply experience of IaC to develop infrastructure as code practice within IS
• Automate software operations for re-usability and consistency across private and public clouds
• Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical's core services, networks, and infrastructure
• Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation
• Provide assistance and work with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers

Requirements

• A modern view on hosting architecture, driven by infrastructure as code across both private and public clouds
• A product mindset thriving to develop products rather than solutions
• Python software development experience, with 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
• Able to communicate clearly and effectively in English over email, chat, video, or voice calls, and in-person

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with regular team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget
• 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

About Us

We are a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. We publish Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence, in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do.

We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.