Canonical

Cloud Field Engineering Manager

Canonical

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🌎 Anywhere in the World

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxOpenStack

About the role

  • Lead and develop a team of Field engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, in the areas of Presales and Professional Services
  • Solve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisor
  • Work remotely in a single major time zone
  • Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
  • Identify and measure team health indicators
  • Implement disciplined engineering processes
  • Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
  • Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
  • Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
  • Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

Requirements

  • Knowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies, such as Kubernetes, Openstack, AWS, GCP, Azure, Ceph, etc.
  • Practical knowledge of Linux and networking
  • Experience in technical presales
  • You are a dynamic person who loves to jump in new projects and interact with people
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Passion and a track record of developing and growing people
  • Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring engineers
  • Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results
  • An exceptional academic track record from high school and, preferably, university as well
  • Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time. Field Engineers attend internal company events, external tech events and customer meetings.
Benefits
  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual holiday leave
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
  • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
cloud computingKubernetesOpenstackAWSGCPAzureCephLinuxnetworkingtechnical presales
Soft skills
leadershipcoachingmentoringcommunicationorganisational skillsproblem-solvingteam developmentcollaborationdynamic personalitytime management