MAAS Systems Engineer – Python
Company | Canonical |
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Location | Toronto, ON, Canada |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s |
Experience Level | Junior, Mid Level |
Requirements
- STEM Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or Software Engineering
- Curiosity to find out why some systems misbehave, and drive to figure out how to make them behave
- Python programming experience
- Linux Administration experience
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English
- Ability to work with a globally distributed team of passionate engineers
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
- Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Responsibilities
- Use your Python development skills to develop the Metal as a Service (MAAS) software to work with a large variety of server and network hardware.
- Actively expand MAAS functionality by creating integrations with testing and scheduling software such as Testflinger.
- Contribute improvements and fixes to Testflinger.
- Remotely operate a fully automated server lab with the latest server and network silicon from leading vendors, making sure it remains available to other teams.
- Improve and extend hardware and network monitoring through automation.
- Collaborate with other MAAS engineers, as well as data centre hardware specialists, teams responsible for certifying hardware for Ubuntu, kernel engineers and other teams who use the hardware lab.
Preferred Qualifications
- Mix of Rack and Virtual systems experience
- Troubleshooting skills
- Systematic approach to testing
- Love for performance engineering
- Data centre operations experience