Remote Alliances Field Engineer – Ubuntu & Cloud

Canonical; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Annual compensation review

Employee assistance programme

Travel opportunities

Maternity and paternity leave

Travel upgrades / Priority travel

Job summary

Canonical is hiring Alliances Field Engineer to help our partners understand and adopt our open source platform, Ubuntu and related technologies. The role is home-based worldwide, with a focus on designing cloud solutions and coordinating joint go-to-market activities with OEMs, GSIs, ISV and cloud partners.

We value deep Linux and cloud stack expertise, strong communication, and the ability to travel up to 30%.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Linux (Ubuntu preferred), Kubernetes, Ceph, software automation.
• Experience designing and implementing solutions on top of public or private clouds.
• Python and bash understanding, troubleshooting skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• High motivation, ability to multi-task and follow-up reliably on commitments.
• Interest in customer-facing engagement, including pitching, demonstrating and understanding customer environment and needs.
• Interest in new technologies like LXD, Juju and Snaps.
• Ability to travel globally up to 30% of the time.
• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related technical field experience.

Responsibilities

• Understand Ubuntu, Linux, networking and services in real-world environments.
• Architect cloud infrastructure solutions like Kubernetes, Kubeflow, OpenStack, Ceph, and Spark either On-Premises or in Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Architect and integrate popular open source software such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Cassandra and NGINX.
• Help partners to offer and architect joint solutions utilizing Canonical’s technologies on top of the public clouds and in the data center.
• Design and publish joint Reference Architectures and perform technical validations with various partners.
• Prepare and run onboarding sessions/workshops with various partners’ teams to promote Canonical products and solutions.

Skills

Linux

Kubernetes

Ceph

Automation

Python

Bash

English fluency

Communication

Travel readiness

LXD

Juju

Snaps

Ubuntu (Linux)

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related technical field

Tools

LXD

Juju

Snaps

Job description

Canonical is hiring Alliances Field Engineer to help our partners understand and adopt our open source platform, Ubuntu and related technologies. The role is home-based worldwide, with a focus on designing cloud solutions and coordinating joint go-to-market activities with OEMs, GSIs, ISV and cloud partners.

We value deep Linux and cloud stack expertise, strong communication, and the ability to travel up to 30%.