This is the seat where you define how Canonical runs infrastructure at global scale, not just how it talks about it. If you live for infrastructure as code, cloud reliability, and building self service systems that don’t crumble under pressure, this role lets you shape the backbone behind Ubuntu’s worldwide distribution.
About Canonical
Canonical publishes Ubuntu and builds open source platforms used across cloud, AI, IoT, and enterprise. Remote first since 2004, the company operates globally with teams across 80+ countries. The Information Systems team runs Canonical’s internal IT and the infrastructure that builds, packages, and ships Ubuntu to tens of millions of devices.
Schedule
- Fully remote in EMEA
- Work in a globally distributed, remote first environment
- Travel required twice per year for company events (about 4 weeks total per year)
What You’ll Do
• Define and implement the holistic vision for a world class internal cloud
• Set the technical design roadmap and reliability standards for SREs within Information Systems
• Partner with cloud ops software teams to influence roadmap, requirements, and priorities for a standardized, automated operation
• Guide IS leadership on technical choices, business cases, and reliability and resilience strategy
• Drive self service infrastructure and platform products that scale cleanly across teams
• Collaborate with product and operations security to set best practices and mitigate threats
• Design service architecture, documentation, playbooks, policies, and operating procedures with engineering teams
• Lead incident analysis and postmortems focused on root causes and structural fixes, not band aids
What You Need
• Deep knowledge of cloud computing concepts, technologies, and day to day operations
• Strong Linux networking fundamentals: routing, firewalls, internet transit, and large scale bandwidth networks
• Real experience handling significant production outages, incident response, and postmortems
• Strong open source mindset, ideally with Ubuntu or Debian familiarity and a habit of contributing back
• Clear English communication across email, chat, calls, and in person settings
• Confidence to speak up, share feedback, and lead technical direction respectfully
• Track record of delivering outstanding results and raising operational standards
• Technical degree or a compelling alternative path with proof of mastery
Benefits
• Distributed work environment with twice yearly team sprints in person
• USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel opportunities to meet colleagues, plus Priority Pass and long haul travel upgrades
If you want to design infrastructure that becomes the reference model for how open source should be operated at scale, don’t let this sit in your bookmarks.
This is influence, ownership, and real consequences, in the best way.
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