Alliances Field Engineer

About This Role

This role will support Canonical's biggest partners in adopting open source platforms for their and their customers' use. The Alliances Field Engineer will apply expert insights to real-world customer problems, enabling enterprise adoption of Ubuntu, OpenStack, Kubernetes, AI/MLOps, and associated technologies.

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

Requirements

• Extensive experience with Linux (Ubuntu preferred)
• Experience with Kubernetes, Ceph, software automation
• Experience designing and implementing solutions on top of public or private clouds
• Python and bash understanding and 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

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related technical field experience
• Extensive experience with Linux (Ubuntu preferred), Kubernetes, Ceph, software automation. Experience designing and implementing solutions on top of public or private clouds.

Nice to Have

• Interest in new technologies like LXD, Juju and Snaps

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits