Information Systems - Open Source Technical Architect

About the Role

Canonical is seeking an Information Systems (IS) Architect to define best practices for infrastructure-as-code at a global scale. You will own the design of hardware and software implementation, from PCI lanes to CDN, impacting the Ubuntu user experience for millions of users.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Vision: Define and implement a holistic vision for a world-class internal cloud.
• Technical Roadmap: Maintain design guidelines for SREs to improve reliability, resilience, and scalability.
• Collaboration: Partner with cloud-ops software development teams to build highly standardized, automated operations.
• Leadership: Lead technical choices for self-service products and advise IS management on business cases and technology.
• Security: Collaborate with security teams to set best practices and mitigate threats.
• Operational Excellence: Automate operations for distributed systems and analyze incidents to establish structural improvements.

What We Are Looking For

• Exceptional academic track record (undergraduate degree in a technical subject or equivalent experience).
• Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and operations.
• Practical expertise in Linux networking, routing, firewalls, and large-scale bandwidth networking.
• Proven experience in incident response, postmortems, and managing production outages.
• Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal).
• Passion for open-source software, specifically Ubuntu or Debian.
• Confidence to share ideas and provide constructive feedback.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Modern software engineering background (peer-review, unit testing, SCM, CI/CD, Agile).
• Hands-on experience with automatic administration of enterprise Linux servers at scale.

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints.
• Annual personal learning and development budget of $2,000 USD.
• Annual compensation reviews and performance-driven bonuses.
• Comprehensive leave policies (holiday, maternity, paternity).
• Employee Assistance Program and travel perks for company events.