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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Canonicallinkedin.com
Nov 11, 2026, 6:18 AM1d ago
Full-timeColombo, Western Province · RemoteSRESenior

About the role

Canonical is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join their globally distributed team. The role focuses on next-generation operations at scale, using Python for infrastructure-as-code, and covers the full stack from bare metal to containers and applications. Key responsibilities include architecting and running OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined storage, as well as enabling devsecops for applications on this infrastructure. The ideal candidate will be a software engineer fluent in Python, with operational experience and a strong interest in open source infrastructure. Canonical offers a distributed work environment, opportunities for travel, and a range of benefits.

Must have

  • 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 up to two weeks long

Nice to have

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

Technologies

  • DevOps
  • DevSecOps
  • Kubernetes
  • Linux
  • OpenStack
  • Python
  • Serverless
  • Ubuntu

Highlights

This is a globally remote role. The position requires the ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events, each up to two weeks long. Canonical provides a personal learning and development budget, annual compensation review, and additional benefits such as holiday leave and travel upgrades for long-haul company events.