Overview
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Location: Globally remote role
The company is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems. Canonical publishes Ubuntu and serves customers worldwide in cloud, data science, AI, IoT, and other enterprise markets. Canonical is founder-led, profitable, and growing, with a distributed team and few office-based roles.
The role
We deploy and run OpenStack, Kubernetes, storage solutions, and open source applications, applying DevOps practices. Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure DevOps practices, raising the bar on what\'s possible with automation by embracing a model-driven approach, whether on-premise or on public clouds.
We run hundreds of private cloud, Kubernetes clusters, and applications for customers across both physical and public cloud estates. We identify and address incidents, monitor and observe applications, anticipate potential issues, and enable product refinement to ultimately achieve high-quality standards in our open source portfolio.
To succeed in this role, you need to have a strong background in Linux, Python, networking, and knowledge of how clouds work. Your work will encompass the entire stack, from bare-metal networking and kernel up to Kubernetes and open source applications. You can expect to be trained in our core technologies like OpenStack, Kubernetes, security standards, open source products like Kubeflow, Kafka, OpenSearch, databases, and many others. Automation for us is a software engineering problem that we approach with a scientific mindset to bring operations at scale, driven by metrics and code.
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, we recruit on a global basis and set high standards for people joining the company. We have emphasized remote work since 2004 and offer a future-focused, challenging environment.
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.
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