{"id":983,"date":"2026-01-15T11:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skillbasedmatching.com\/jobs\/?post_type=jobpost&#038;p=983"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:31:46","slug":"site-reliability-engineer-canonical-remote","status":"publish","type":"jobpost","link":"https:\/\/skillbasedmatching.com\/jobs\/current-jobs\/site-reliability-engineer-canonical-remote\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Reliability Engineer \u2013 Canonical (Remote)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bCanonical, the publisher of <strong>Ubuntu<\/strong>, is a pioneer in globally distributed work. As a <strong>Site Reliability Engineer<\/strong>, you won&#8217;t just be managing cloud tools; you will be perfecting enterprise infrastructure using a <strong>model-driven approach<\/strong>. You will manage hundreds of private clouds and Kubernetes clusters across both physical hardware (bare metal) and public clouds. At Canonical, automation is treated as a software engineering problem, requiring deep <strong>Python<\/strong> fluency and a scientific mindset to manage open-source operations at a massive scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u200b<strong>Location:<\/strong> Globally Remote (Americas\/Pittsburgh focus)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u200b<strong>Experience:<\/strong> Strong background in Linux, Python, and Networking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u200b<strong>Core Tech:<\/strong> Ubuntu, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Kafka, OpenSearch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u200b<strong>Travel:<\/strong> Ability to travel internationally twice a year for team sprints.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u200bFull-Stack Open Source Operations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bYou will work across the entire technology stack, from bare-metal networking and the Linux kernel up to orchestration layers. Canonical\u2019s approach focuses on &#8220;model-driven&#8221; operations, where complex software like <strong>OpenStack<\/strong> and <strong>Kubernetes<\/strong> are deployed and managed as reusable code models. This reduces the manual &#8220;toil&#8221; of traditional sysadmin work and allows for the management of massive distributed estates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u200bKubernetes &amp; Application Ecosystem<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bYou will be responsible for the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters and the open-source applications running on them, such as <strong>Kubeflow<\/strong> for AI, <strong>Kafka<\/strong> for streaming, and various databases. Your role involves monitoring these applications with an observability-first mindset, identifying incidents before they impact global customers, and ensuring that the entire open-source portfolio meets rigorous enterprise standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u200bAutomation as Software Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bTo succeed at Canonical, you must be a software engineer first. You will use <strong>Python<\/strong> to build the automation that drives infrastructure. This includes creating recovery pipelines, automating security standards, and implementing metrics-driven scaling. You will move beyond &#8220;scripting&#8221; to build robust, maintainable software that handles the deployment and maintenance of mission-critical services for global brand-name customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b<strong>Summary:<\/strong> You are at the heart of the open-source world. By applying high-level Python engineering to the challenges of bare-metal and cloud infrastructure, you ensure that Ubuntu-based environments remain the gold standard for enterprise innovation, AI, and IoT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bCanonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, is a pioneer in globally distributed work. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you won&#8217;t just be managing cloud tools; you will be perfecting enterprise infrastructure using a model-driven approach. You will manage hundreds of private clouds and Kubernetes clusters across both physical hardware (bare metal) and public clouds. 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