Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 07, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
About Canonical
We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others'​. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why its the fastest growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.
Field Software Engineer
About the job
Combine your Python software engineering skills, your love of travel, and your general knowledge of the full stack, from hardware to application, networking, Linux and open source, to help customers embrace Canonical's offering on public and private clouds. Our field engineering team bring infrastructure-as-code and high-level application automation to bear to help customers create sophisticated open source deployments - from OpenStack to Kubernetes, Hadoop to Airflow.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a competitive open source technology leader who enjoys solving problems under pressure and wants to travel regularly. The main responsibilities of this position are:
• Apply your knowledge of Linux, virtualisation using libvirt/KVM and your knowledge of TCP/IP networking to deliver customised solutions for our customers.
• Understanding and hands on experience with popular open source software such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Cassandra and NGINX.
• Discuss detailed architecture, designing complex solutions and guiding customers to successful data-center infrastructure operations
• Engage early on in the pre-sales process and remain engaged throughout the delivery phase
• If you have a passion for the latest open source technologies, cloud-native development, data-center technologies such as Openstack, Kubernetes, Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and computer networking, you will love the Field Engineer role at Canonical.

The successful Field Software Engineer will have :
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• 3 years of Linux development experience
• 3-5 years of professional experience with either OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph and/or Ubuntu
• Must be able to speak English fluently
• Strong background contributing code in Python and/or Go to open source projects in the cloud or devices area
• 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
• Experience with or willingness to learn new technologies, including LXD, Snaps, MAAS, Juju and Ubuntu
• Ability to travel globally for periods up to two weeks; up to 50% of travel time (pending on covid-19 restrictions)

Nice to have:
Second language - French, German, Italian or Spanish

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure 
Apply at; https://canonical.com/careers 

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