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CanonicalSite Reliability Engineering Manager
Canonical has a vacancy for a Site Reliability Engineering Manager to lead a group that operates services for the company's Information Systems function, which the posting…
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Canonical has a vacancy for a Site Reliability Engineering Manager to lead a group that operates services for the company's Information Systems function, which the posting says reach over 60 million Ubuntu users. The position merges operations management, software engineering, product development and team leadership. The manager must have deep Linux and operations skills and be able to guide a high-performing team. Information Systems sets out to prove better ways…
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Canonical has a vacancy for a Site Reliability Engineering Manager to lead a group that operates services for the company's Information Systems function, which the posting says reach over 60 million Ubuntu users. The position merges operations management, software engineering, product development and team leadership. The manager must have deep Linux and operations skills and be able to guide a high-performing team.
Information Systems sets out to prove better ways of running services at scale. The group keeps Canonical and Ubuntu running and contributes to designing managed application offerings focused on devops and cloud-native practice. The posting describes an approach that treats infrastructure as code and aims for model-driven operations, releases automation as open-source packages, and works on technologies from Kubernetes all the way to the kernel. The job is remote and covers the APAC and EMEA regions.
The manager leads a team located in their own time zone and answers to a global director based in a different place. Responsibilities include carrying out agile devops work every day, speaking for the team to stakeholders and customers, organising and pushing internal projects, coaching engineers, tracking team health, and holding focus on priorities and milestones. The manager also needs to meet service agreements for customer deployments worldwide and provide managed services reliably and on schedule. Trips of up to fourteen days for company events are expected twice a year.
Responsibilities
- Run agile devops routines every day across the team
- Represent the Information Systems group to stakeholders, customers and other teams
- Organise internal initiatives and drive them forward
- Coach engineers so their abilities grow
- Track team health and introduce structured engineering and operations practices
- Hold the team to its priorities, milestones and deliverables
- Honour service agreements for customer deployments worldwide
- Deliver managed services dependably and on time
Requirements
- Drive plus a history of exceeding goals
- Demonstrated ability to ship software through infrastructure as code
- Track record of leading devops teams for SaaS or comparable products
- Grasp of testing practice and of keeping code maintainable
- Technical insight into complicated distributed systems
- Hands-on understanding of cloud designs and tools
- Readiness to travel twice a year to events lasting up to fourteen days
- Excellent academic results from school and university
Qualifications
- Comfort administering Ubuntu systems
- Familiarity with agile development practice
- Background leading teams spread across locations
Core Skills
Benefits
- Employee assistance program
- Remote-first working, with two in-person team sprints a year
- A yearly USD 2,000 budget for learning and skill growth
- Yearly pay review and recognition awards
- Paid holidays each year, plus maternity and paternity leave
- Chances to visit new places and meet teammates in person
- Priority Pass access and upgrades on long-haul trips for company events
- Yearly bonus or commission linked to performance
Frequently Asked Questions
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Where is the job based?
The posting says the role is remote and covers the APAC and EMEA regions.
What experience is required?
Proven experience managing devops teams and delivering software with infrastructure as code is asked for. The posting does not state a number of years.
How often is travel expected?
Twice a year, at company events that can run up to fourteen days.
What is the salary?
The posting does not state a salary. It says pay depends on location, experience and performance.
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