Site Reliability Engineer

Canonical Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Overview
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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets.
Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.
Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors.
The company is a pioneer of globally distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.
Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
Location: Globally remote role.
Responsibilities
Deploy and run OpenStack, Kubernetes, storage solutions, and open source applications, applying DevOps practices.
Identify and address incidents, monitor and observe applications, anticipate potential issues, and enable product refinement to achieve high-quality standards in our open source portfolio.
Work across the full stack from bare-metal networking and kernel up to Kubernetes and open source applications; gain experience in core technologies like OpenStack, Kubernetes, security standards, and open source products such as Kubeflow, Kafka, OpenSearch, databases, and others.
Approach automation as a software engineering problem, driven by metrics and code, to operate at scale.
Collaborate in a mission-critical operations context for global brand-name customers.
What we are looking for in you
Degree in software engineering or computer science
Python software development experience
Operational experience in Linux environments
Experience with Kubernetes deployment or operations
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
Bonus skills
Familiarity with OpenStack deployment or operations
Familiarity with public cloud deployment or operations
Familiarity with private cloud management
What we offer colleagues
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Every 6 months compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programs
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet your colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source.
As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software.
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.
Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.
Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination.
Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products.
Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Software Development
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