Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with + colleagues in 70+ countries and very few roles based in offices. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are hiring an Cloud Solutions Architect in our Alliances team to help our biggest partners (companies like Intel, Nvidia, Google, Dell, HP, Accenture, Tata and the like) understand and embrace our open source platform for themselves and their customers.
Our worldwide field engineering team apply expert insights to real-world customer problems, enabling the enterprise adoption of Ubuntu, OpenStack, Kubernetes, AI/MLOps and a wide range of associated technologies. We are experts in the whole open source stack, from kernel to desktop, from cloud to the edge. Our team is also interested in business problems - building things reliably, efficiently and cost-effectively, and we have to learn to speak the language of our customers and their industries.
We help global companies embrace public and private cloud infrastructure, cloud native operations, and open source applications. For this team we are looking for several Alliances Engineers to support OEM (hardware manufacturers), GSI (global system integrators), ISV (independent software vendors), Channel partners and Public Cloud alliance partners. You will support various alliances and partners of Canonical to adopt our products and technologies, help business leaders to define joint go-to-market programs with partners from the technical standpoint.
We often say that our field engineers have 'the hardest job at Canonical' because customers can ask about any aspect of our solutions and products and expect a thoughtful, well-informed answer. We always want to do the best thing for our partners and customers, regardless of our company interests, and field engineers are the people we trust to ensure that is true.
Location : This is a home-based role, we are hiring worldwide.
What your day will look like
1. Understand Ubuntu, Linux, networking and services in real-world environments
2. Architect cloud infrastructure solutions like Kubernetes, Kubeflow, OpenStack, Ceph, and Spark either On-Premises or in Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
3. Architect and integrate popular open source software such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Cassandra and NGINX
4. Help partners to offer and architect joint solutions utilizing Canonical’s technologies on top of the public clouds and in the data center
5. Design and publish joint Reference Architectures and perform technical validations with various partners
6. Prepare and run onboarding sessions/workshops with various partners’ teams to promote Canonical products and solutions
If you have a passion for the latest open source technologies, cloud-native development, data center technologies such as Kubernetes and computer networking, you will love the Alliances Architect role at Canonical.
What we are looking for in you
7. Extensive experience with Linux (Ubuntu preferred), Kubernetes, Ceph, software automation
8. Experience designing and implementing solutions on top of public or private clouds
9. Python and bash understanding, troubleshooting skills
10. Fluent written and spoken English
11. Excellent communication and presentation skills
12. High motivation, ability to multi-task and follow-up reliably on commitments
13. Interest in customer-facing engagement, including pitching, demonstrating and understanding customer environment and needs
14. Interest in new technologies like LXD, Juju and Snaps
15. Ability to travel globally up to 30% of the time
16. Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related technical field experience
What we offer you
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
17. Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we’ve been working remotely since !
18. Personal learning and development budget of USD 2, per year
19. Annual compensation review
20. Recognition rewards
21. Annual holiday leave
22. Maternity and paternity leave
23. Employee Assistance Programme
24. Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
25. Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events