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CanonicalTelco Cloud Field Engineer
Canonical seeks a Telco Cloud Field Engineer to join its remote team supporting the Americas and EMEA regions. In this role, you will help communication service…
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Canonical seeks a Telco Cloud Field Engineer to join its remote team supporting the Americas and EMEA regions. In this role, you will help communication service providers transition to software-defined services by designing and delivering advanced infrastructure solutions. Canonical is a technology company that publishes Ubuntu, serving as a platform for cloud computing, AI, and IoT, and operates as a remote-first organization. The position involves translating provider requirements into practical…
Job Description
Canonical seeks a Telco Cloud Field Engineer to join its remote team supporting the Americas and EMEA regions. In this role, you will help communication service providers transition to software-defined services by designing and delivering advanced infrastructure solutions. Canonical is a technology company that publishes Ubuntu, serving as a platform for cloud computing, AI, and IoT, and operates as a remote-first organization.
The position involves translating provider requirements into practical cloud platform architectures, engaging in pre-sales consulting, and guiding customers through the implementation of open-source multi-tenant private clouds. You will work closely with technologies such as OpenStack, Kubernetes, MAAS, and Ceph to enable scalable network workloads, while also driving product improvements based on customer deployment feedback.
This role suits professionals with a strong technical background in telecommunications infrastructure and open-source software who excel in customer-facing and project leadership capacities. Candidates should be comfortable traveling up to 25% of the time and bringing deep domain expertise in network functions virtualization.
Responsibilities
- Translate service provider requirements into practical telco cloud platform architectures supporting VNF, CNF, NFV, and MEC workloads
- Deliver technical pre-sales consulting to service provider teams
- Design and implement telco-grade open-source multi-tenant private and micro clouds
- Investigate, report, and fix software defects identified during customer deployments
- Demonstrate advanced infrastructure as code techniques relevant to the telecommunications sector
- Architect and implement resilient service provider cloud and application solutions
- Design and deploy software-defined infrastructure utilizing OpenStack, Kubernetes, MAAS, and Ceph
- Help customers adopt bare metal, public, private, and hybrid cloud solutions
- Support customer tenant onboarding and facilitate adoption and production readiness
- Drive product improvements and shape the product roadmap based on customer engagement learnings
Requirements
- Thorough technical understanding of telco NFVi, NFVO, VNFM, and MEC spaces, including CPU pinning, NUMA, SR-IOV, and DPDK
- Familiarity with telecommunications architecture and industry standards
- Working knowledge of at least one domain such as mobile packet core, private networks, RAN, voice, IP backbone, VAS, or OSS/BSS
- Working knowledge of Linux, networking, OpenStack, and Kubernetes
- Python software development experience focused on automation
- Ability to lead complex projects from start to finish
- Customer-centric mindset focused on client success
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time for events, customer meetings, and project delivery
Qualifications
- Proficiency in a second language such as Spanish, Portuguese, or French
- Track record of contributing to open-source projects
- Understanding of AI and machine learning concepts and applications in telco environments
- Exposure to frameworks such as 3GPP, TM Forum ODA, eTOM, ETSI NFV, ONAP, or O-RAN
Core Skills
Benefits
- Fully remote working environment
- Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD per annum
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- 40 days of annual leave per annum, including public holidays and company holiday periods
- Parental leave
- Employee assistance programme
- Opportunities to travel to meet colleagues at company sprints
- Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
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Is this position remote?
Yes, this role is fully remote-based across the Americas and EMEA.
What travel is required for this role?
Candidates must be able to travel up to 25% of the time based on business requirements for events, customer meetings, and project delivery.
What is the salary for this position?
The posting does not specify a salary figure, noting that base pay depends on geographical location, experience level, knowledge, and skills.
What employment type is this?
The position is a full-time employment opportunity.
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