Site Reliability Engineering Manager
@ Canonical

Hybrid
$150,000
Hybrid
Full Time
Posted 23 hours ago

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About Canonical

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems serving global enterprise and technology markets. As the publisher of Ubuntu, Canonical is at the forefront of public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. With over 1200 colleagues across 80+ countries working remotely, the company is founder led, profitable and growing.

Role Overview

The Site Reliability Engineering Manager will lead a high-performance team in a devops and gitops engineering environment. In this role, you will combine operations management, software engineering and product development while ensuring solid team leadership and quality service delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Lead daily agile devops practices
  • Represent the Information Systems team to stakeholders and customers
  • Organize, coordinate and drive internal projects
  • Mentor engineers and track team health indicators
  • Implement structured engineering and operations processes
  • Ensure adherence to service level agreements globally
  • Deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner

Requirements

Candidates must be Linux and operations experts with proven experience managing devops teams. Expertise in infrastructure as code, understanding complex distributed systems and cloud topologies is essential. A solid academic track record and ability to travel for team events are also required.

Nice-to-have Skills

  • Ubuntu system administration
  • Agile software development methodologies
  • Experience managing distributed teams

What We Offer

Canonical provides a distributed work environment with biannual team sprints in person, a personal learning and development budget, annual performance reviews, bonus opportunities, comprehensive benefits including holiday leave, parental leave, and travel incentives like Priority Pass for long haul events.

Key Skills/Competency

  • Linux
  • DevOps
  • GitOps
  • Agile
  • Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Cloud
  • Distributed Systems
  • Team Leadership
  • Automation
  • Software Delivery
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How to Get Hired at Canonical

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Highlight Linux and devops experience.
  • Research Canonical: Understand their open-source culture and Ubuntu history.
  • Emphasize leadership: Detail team management and agile practices.
  • Prepare for technical interviews: Review cloud and distributed systems fundamentals.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review Linux system management.
Practice infrastructure-as-code tools.
Study cloud topology fundamentals.
Revise distributed systems design.

Behavioral Questions

Prepare agile leadership examples.
Reflect team conflict resolution.
Showcase distributed team coordination.
Discuss mentorship experiences.

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