About the job
The company 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 top public cloud and silicon providers, alongside industry leaders in various sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with over 1200 colleagues in more than 75 countries, and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in interesting locations around the world to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
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We are hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer
In this role, you will engage in next-gen operations at scale, utilizing pure Python infrastructure-as-code, spanning from bare metal to containers and applications. Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure DevOps. We operate hundreds of private cloud, Kubernetes, and application clusters for customers across both physical and public cloud environments. As such, we are raising the bar on what's achievable with automation by embracing a universal operator pattern and model-driven operations.
To succeed in this position, you must believe in automation as a pure software engineering problem rather than a temporary fix. You should be interested in a scientific approach to operations at scale, driven by metrics and code, and be capable of understanding the entire stack—from bare metal networking and the kernel up to serverless and open source applications.
The role entails
As a cloud operations engineer, you will bring Python software-engineering skills and rigor to the operations domain. We practice DevSecOps from bare metal to application, architect, and run OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined storage, paving the way for DevSecOps for applications running on that infrastructure.
To become a member of this team, you must be a software engineer fluent in Python with a genuine interest in the entire open source infrastructure stack—from metal to containers. You should also possess the capability to work in a high-pressure operations environment with mission-critical services for globally recognized customers. Being a part of this team will give you experience in a broad range of cloud technologies and keep you current with the latest capabilities in open source infrastructure, as we continuously drive upgrades to ensure our customers utilize the most effective solutions.
What We Are Looking For In You
- Degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science
- Experience with Linux and familiarity with Linux networking and storage
- Python software development expertise
- Operational experience
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events lasting up to two weeks
Nice-to-have Skills
- Experience with OpenStack or Kubernetes deployment or operations
- Familiarity with public or private cloud management
What We Offer Colleagues
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide, revisiting compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission, along with benefits that reflect our values and ideals—balancing programs to meet local needs while ensuring 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
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events
The company is an equal opportunity employer
We pride ourselves on fostering a workplace free from discrimination. We believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds creates a better work environment and results in better products. Regardless of your identity, your application will receive fair consideration.
