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Canonical - We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it's the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer
Location: Lagos (Remote)
Job Summary
We are hiring a Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer to our Information Systems (IS) team. This role is an opportunity for an “automation-first” senior technologist with a passion for Linux to build a career with Canonical and drive the success with those leveraging Ubuntu and open source products.
If you have experience of IT operations automation, Infrastructure as Code and a passion for technology, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.
The IS team at Canonical supports and maintains all of Canonical’s IT production services.
The team is in charge of running services used by over 60 million Ubuntu users.
As an Senior SRE & Gitops engineer you’ll be in a unique position to drive operations automation to the next level, both in our own private clouds as well as in the public clouds.
We do this by utilizing the best of open source infrastructure as code software, software development practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and Canonical’s leading products for software operation automation.
In addition to defining the infrastructure as code, you will improve Canonical products and the open-source technologies they’re based on by providing critical feedback to developers on how their products operate at scale.
This is done by submitting bugs (and sometimes writing pull requests) and collaborating on design and implementations with other teams within the company.
You’ll be part of a global team of SREs that work together and support each other to provide the best possible services to our company, Canonical’s customers and the Ubuntu Community.
Responsibilities
Drive the development of automation, Gitops in your team as an embedded tech lead
Closely collaborate with the IS architect to align your solutions with the IS architecture vision
Design and architect services that IS can offer to the organization as products
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
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
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 your experience, know-how and best practices with other team members in design sessions, mentorship and ‘doing work together’
Carry final responsibility for time-critical escalations
What we offer colleagues
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.
We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance.
In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission.
We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals.
We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
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.