Associate Linux Support Engineer

Canonical; London; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of open-source software is seeking an Associate Linux Support Engineer based in London. This globally remote role involves providing expert technical support to customers using Ubuntu and other open-source products, contributing to knowledge sharing, and maintaining high customer satisfaction. Ideal candidates will have a strong academic background and experience with Linux and networking.

Benefits

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Experience with Linux troubleshooting and networking concepts.
• Ability to learn quickly and thrive in a customer-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for employees via telephone, email, and web.
• Own and manage customer support cases according to SLA.
• Contribute knowledge base articles and maintain existing documentation.

Skills

Linux troubleshooting

Networking

Virtualization

English communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject

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Canonical

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London, United Kingdom

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Yes

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job 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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with + colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring an Associate Support Engineer to build a career with Canonical and support the technical needs of customers leveraging Ubuntu and open source products. This role is an opportunity for a hands-on engineer with eagerness to learn, a passion for Linux and open source technologies to work with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.

We regularly solve interesting, technical problems. From triaging complex cloud environments, desktop and server issues, Linux kernel crashes we’ve never seen before to OS configuration issues and root cause analysis, we provide an expert level of support and satisfaction to our peer groups and customers. You will be accountable for delivering an outstanding technical support experience on the full technical stack at Canonical, across cloud, desktop and IoT. From problem qualification to full resolution, you will own and manage your cases. When needed, you will transfer your cases to your colleagues or involve senior engineers. This is a globally remote role.

Location: This is a globally remote role.

The role entails

• Working from your remote home office to provide technical support for employees.
• Being available to take ownership of new cases via telephone, email and web
• Acting as an internal customer advocate keeping them updated in a timely manner
• Ensuring that each support case owned by you is handled according to our Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the highest possible customer satisfaction by setting the right expectations and fulfilling your commitments.
• Contributing new knowledge base articles and maintaining existing articles, ensuring shared knowledge and lessons learned are available to customers.
• Drafting and distributing technical notices for internal and external communication.
• Prioritising your work in order to accomplish the most important and urgent tasks first
• Keeping on learning as our products and services grow and evolve
• Understanding Ubuntu development process to be able to set customer expectations correctly on timeline for a fix
• Maintaining regular communication and information exchange with the rest of the team, locally and remotely
• Identifying and suggesting any opportunities to provide a better service

What we are looking for in you

• 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. Preferable majors: Computer Science, MIS, Electrical Engineering, etc.
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Experience with Linux troubleshooting (collecting logs and stack traces, fine-tuning by editing configuration files)
• Knowledge or basic hands-on experience on 2 or more of:
• Networking (bonding, firewalling, bridging, switching, network file system tuning, MTU issues, etc.)
• Virtualization / Cloud computing concepts (provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc.)
• Ability to learn quickly, thrive on change and handle the pressure of a customer facing job
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Noting that we require and will perform a background check for this role.

Nice-to-have skills

• Experience supporting virtualized environments (KVM, Virtual Box, VMWare)
• Experience with other open-source desktop technologies
• Active contribution to open-source projects/forum/code

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2, per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events