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 initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, enabling a workforce of 1200 colleagues across more than 80 countries with very few office-based roles. Most team interactions occur remotely, with in-person meetings taking place two to four times yearly in various worldwide locations.
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We are seeking an Information Systems Architect to define best practices in infrastructure as code on a global scale. The IS team at Canonical is responsible for all IT operations, including the infrastructure for building, packaging, and distributing Ubuntu globally. As the IS Architect, you will design hardware and software implementations from PCI lanes to CDN and everything in between, impacting the user experience of millions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define, implement, and gain buy-in for a world-class internal cloud vision.
- Create and maintain technical design roadmaps and guidelines for SREs to improve reliability, resilience, operational, and technical scalability.
- Provide input to cloud-ops software development teams for enhancing operations.
- Advise IS management on technology, reliability, and resilience.
- Lead technical decisions for scalable self-service product solutions.
- Collaborate with security teams to set best practices and mitigate new threats.
- Automate operations for reuse across large enterprises, considering complexities in distributed systems.
- Engage with development teams to design service architecture and operational procedures.
- Analyze incidents, focusing on structural improvements to prevent recurrence.
Qualifications:
- Strong academic background from high school and university; degree in a technical subject is preferred.
- Confidence in communicating ideas and feedback.
- Proven ability to exceed expectations and deliver outstanding results.
- Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and operations.
- Practical experience with Linux networking, routing, firewalls, and large-scale networking.
- Experience in production outage management and incident response.
- Passion for writing, sharing, and maintaining open-source software.
- Proficiency in English communication across various platforms.
- Familiarity with open-source technologies, particularly Ubuntu or Debian.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Modern software engineering practices (peer review, unit testing, CI/CD, Agile).
- Hands-on experience with the automatic administration of enterprise Linux servers at scale.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation with annual reviews and performance bonuses.
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
- Recognition rewards and annual holiday leave.
- Maternity and paternity leave.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Opportunities for travel to meet colleagues.
Canonical is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
