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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Canonical
Riyadh, KSA
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
Discovered 4 days ago
Site reliability engineeringPythonLinuxLinux networking and storageInfrastructure as codeDevSecOps

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Role overview

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer role focuses on large-scale operations using Python infrastructure as code, from bare metal to containers and applications.

The team operates private cloud, Kubernetes, and application clusters across physical and public cloud environments for customers.

The work emphasizes automation, metrics, code, and learning the stack from bare-metal networking and the kernel to serverless and open-source applications.

Location and work arrangement

  • This is a globally remote role.
  • The position includes international travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks.

The role entails

  • Architect and operate OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined storage.
  • Apply Python software engineering to cloud operations and practise DevSecOps from bare metal through applications.
  • Operate infrastructure and enable DevSecOps for applications running on it.
  • Drive upgrades to keep customers on current open-source infrastructure solutions.

What we are looking for

  • Degree in software engineering or computer science.
  • Experience with Linux and familiarity with Linux networking and storage.
  • Python software development expertise and operational experience.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
  • Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events of up to two weeks.

Nice-to-have skills

  • Experience with OpenStack or Kubernetes deployment or operations.
  • Familiarity with public or private cloud management.

Colleague benefits

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints.
  • Learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year, annual compensation review, and recognition rewards.
  • Annual holiday leave, maternity and paternity leave, employee assistance, and travel opportunities.

About Canonical

Canonical publishes Ubuntu and works on open-source software for AI, IoT, cloud, and other uses.

The company describes itself as globally distributed and remote-first.

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