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Cloud Field Engineer

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Worldwide

Employer listed it 7 weeks ago · Added 5 days ago

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Salary

Not stated

Location

Worldwide

Timezone

Not stated

Contract

Full-time

Experience

Mid

Category

Software

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Remote flexibility

Work from anywhere

The employer explicitly allows candidates to work from anywhere in the world, with no stated country restriction.

What the employer says

  • Source listing states candidate location: "Home based - Worldwide"

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About the role

Help global companies embrace the latest private cloud infrastructure, Linux and cloud native operations, and open source applications. Our team applies expert insights to real-world customer problems, enabling the enterprise adoption of Linux Ubuntu, OpenStack, Kubernetes and a wide range of associated technology.

This role has very diverse responsibilities. The team members are Linux and cloud solutions architects for our customers, designing private and public cloud solutions fitting their workload needs. They are the cloud consultants who work hands-on with the technologies by deploying, testing and handing over the solution to our support or managed services team at the end of a project. They are also software engineers who use Python to develop Kubernetes operators and Linux open source infrastructure-as-code.

The people who love this role are developers who like to solve customer problems through architecture, presentations and training.

Location: This role will be home based.

What your day will look like

Work across the entire Linux stack, from kernel, networking, storage, to applications

Work in Python to design and deliver open source code

Architect cloud infrastructure solutions like OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, Hadoop and Spark either On-Premises or in Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

Coach and develop your colleagues where you have insights

Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values

Work from the comfort of your home

Global travel up to 25% of time for internal and external events

What we are looking for in you

University degree in Computer Science or related software engineering expertise

You have sound knowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies, such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, AWS, GCP, Azure, Ceph, etc.

You have practical knowledge of Linux and networking

You have Intermediate to Advanced level of Python programming skills

You are a dynamic person who loves to jump in new projects and interact with people

You have a demonstrated drive for continual learning

Excellent communication and presentation skills (English)

You have great organisational skills and follow-up reliably on commitments

(Optional) You speak a second language

What you’ll learn

OpenStack and Kubernetes infrastructure

Requirements

  • ·Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
  • ·Work from the comfort of your home
  • ·Global travel up to 25% of time for internal and external events
  • ·What we are looking for in you
  • ·University degree in Computer Science or related software engineering expertise

Benefits

  • ·Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
  • ·Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • ·Annual compensation review
  • ·Recognition rewards
  • ·40 days annual leave per annum, including public holidays and our All Company holiday periods

How to apply

  1. 1Check the flexibility label above, work from anywhere, matches where you plan to live and work.
  2. 2Tailor your CV to the role at Canonical, mentioning your remote working experience.
  3. 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.

Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.

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