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The role of a Telco Field Engineer at Canonical
The telco industry is moving to software‑defined services. This transformation is driven by open source software, cloud computing and the move to VNF / CNF approaches. Canonical Ubuntu is a key platform for telco innovation, and we are growing our team of specialists who work in the industry to accelerate the change.
Canonical enables operators and communications service providers to embrace this new world, with a focus on platforms such as Ubuntu, Open Stack, and Kubernetes, and reusable, high quality automation for operations at scale.
As part of the Canonical Field Engineering organization, you will lead customers through the design and delivery of Open Stack, Kubernetes, and software‑defined networking solutions. Your passion for open‑source technologies will enable customers to understand and operate advanced infrastructure substrates to meet the demands of 5G and beyond. This role is a hands‑on role where you will both design and implement solutions.
Location:
Remote‑based, Americas
What your day will look like
Match customer requirements to advanced capabilities in the VNF/CNF/NFVi/NFVO/VNFM/VIM/MEC space
Provide technical pre‑sales consulting to Service Provider teams
Design and implement telco‑grade open source multi‑tenant private clouds and micro clouds
Deploy cloud solutions for our customers (Open Stack, Kubernetes, MAAS and Ceph)
Investigate, report and/or fix software defects uncovered during customer deployments
Demonstrate advanced Infrastructure as code (IaC) techniques relevant to telco (automation scripting, terraform, etc.)
Learn model‑driven operations with Juju charms for Kafka, Hadoop, Postgre
SQL, Mongo
DB, NGINX, and more
Help customers adopt advanced Bare Metal, Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions
Learn from customer engagements and drive meaningful product improvements
Shape our roadmap to accelerate our growth in the telco market
What we are looking for in you
Python software development experience (mandatory - intermediate level)
Terraform automation experience
A thorough understanding of the telco NFVi (VIM), NFVO, VNFM and MEC space
Technical understanding of key telco technologies like CPU Pinning, NUMA, SRIOV, DPDK, etc
A thorough working understanding of the architectures and infrastructure of MNOs and CSPs
Working knowledge of Mobile Packet Core, Radio, VAS, OSS/BSS
Understanding of best practices for open source technology in telco virtualisation
Working knowledge of Linux, Open Stack and Kubernetes networking
A passion to automate and improve all aspects of open source products and tooling
Ability to lead complex projects from start to finish
A collaborative attitude with a keen eye on customer success
Excellent communication and presentation abilities
Able to travel up to 50% of the time for events, customer meetings, project delivery
Additional skills that you might also bring
Second language
Track record of open source contributions
What we offer you
Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.
In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, you can ask in the later stages of the recruitment process.
Fully remote working environment – we've been working remotely since 2004!
Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD per annum
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at sprints
Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events
About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the…
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