Open Source Technical Architect

July 2

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Canonical

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Open Source • Cloud • AI

Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

📋 Description

•Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. •Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. •As the IS architect, you will own the design of hardware and software implementation from PCI lanes to CDN and everything in between. •Our goal is to be a reference operation, using the latest capabilities in Ubuntu and open source more generally, with the most modern operating principles. •Your choices will impact the Ubuntu user experience for millions of users, and drive how Canonical’s engineers engage with compute and network resources in a devops setting. •You do this by leading System Reliability Engineers (SRE) and Data Center Engineers (DCE) to embrace best practices, and make informed decisions on technology choices in all aspects of cloud infrastructure and services. •You will coach the IS team on automation, reliability, operational/technical scalability, network infrastructure and security.

🎯 Requirements

•Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university •Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path •Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation •Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results •Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts, technologies & operation •Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls, internet transit and large scale/bandwidth networking. •Experience dealing with significant production outages, incident response and postmortems •A passion for writing, sharing, and maintaining enterprise open-source software solutions •Able to communicate clearly and effectively in English over email, chat, video or voice calls and in-person •Be familiarized and passionate about open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian •Modern software engineering background (peer-review, unit testing, SCM, CI/CD, Agile) •Hands-on experience of automatic administration of enterprise Linux servers at scale

🏖️ Benefits

•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 Program •Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues •Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events