Public Cloud Solutions Architect — Drive Ubuntu on Global Clouds

Canonical; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness Platform

Travel to new locations

Travel upgrades for events

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a Public Cloud Solution Architect to drive joint initiatives with major public clouds. This remote AMER role partners with engineering, sales, and product teams to align on open‑source strategies and to optimize Ubuntu on cloud platforms.

You will create partner-facing materials, champion the product, and help shape GTM plans while traveling internationally twice a year. Strong English writing and presentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in public cloud technologies.
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in business English.
• Track record of delivering results and commitments.
• Commitment to leadership, mentorship and skills development.
• Curiosity, adaptability and ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to twice a year.
• Interest in product management or strategic partner management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, engineering and alliance teams at cloud partners to align on open-source strategies.
• Ensure Canonical's product requirements are clear and delivery occurs as planned.
• Maintain relationships with engineering teams to optimize Ubuntu on public clouds.
• Act as a product champion and point of contact for named cloud partners.
• Coordinate with marketing and product teams on messaging, content and launches.
• Create partner- and customer-facing materials (webinars, presentations, videos, white papers).
• Drive Ubuntu adoption across cloud products and offer subscription components with cloud providers.
• Lead efforts to make Canonical products the default choice for partner platforms.

Skills

Public cloud knowledge

Communication

Deliver results

Leadership

Passion for technology

Interpersonal skills

Business English

Diversity & inclusion

Travel flexibility

Public speaking

Education

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Linux

DevOps

Containers

Open source technologies

Job description

Canonical is hiring a Public Cloud Solution Architect to drive joint initiatives with major public clouds. This remote AMER role partners with engineering, sales, and product teams to align on open‑source strategies and to optimize Ubuntu on cloud platforms.

You will create partner-facing materials, champion the product, and help shape GTM plans while traveling internationally twice a year. Strong English writing and presentation skills are essential.