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We work across the entire spectrum of cloud offerings, from Ubuntu itself to virtualisation and private cloud, Kubernetes, and the implementation of sophisticated open source solutions such as MLops platforms, data platforms and more. The Telco department is composed of three regional teams (APAC, EMEA and AMER). \nWe believe that Engineering Directors should be outstanding engineers themselves. They should feel completely at home troubleshooting technical issues and having technical presales conversations with customers. They should contribute to project delivery themselves, but know that the technical contributions they bring are far less significant than their ability to shape the whole team’s direction, focus and delivery. We grow management skills and train engineers, who are interested in soft skills, to be managers.\nWe believe that open source is just starting to transform the tech sector and enterprise compute. 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The portfolio of products includes on-premise cloud solutions such as Openstack, MicroCloud and Ceph, and solutions that could be deployed either on-premises or in public clouds such as Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Spark, PostgreSQL, etc. The team works 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. Managers and team members also take part in presales conversations to provide technical advice during the sales process. \nWithin the Field Engineering department, there are multiple focused teams : the Cloud/DC team, the Alliances/Partners team, the IoT team, and the Telco team. \nThe 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.\nCanonical enables operators and communications service providers to embrace this new world, with a focus on platforms such as Ubuntu, OpenStack, and Kubernetes, and reusable, high quality automation for operations at scale.\nA Cloud Field Engineering Director is responsible for driving the strategy in presales and delivery for our telco customers. The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent your team from a technical perspective, and to drive collaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to success in this role. You are also expected to actively participate in technical presales to help our department achieve our quarterly goals.\nLocation: This role will be home based, managing teams in worldwide.\nWhat your day will look like\nLead and develop managers and teams of Field engineers in the areas of Presales and Professional Services\nSolve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisor\nWork remotely in a single major time zone\nCoach, mentor, and offer career development feedback\nIdentify and measure team health indicators\nImplement disciplined engineering processes\nRepresent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers \nDevelop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices\nPlan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects\nBe an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders\nWhat we are looking for in you\nA thorough technical understanding of the telco NFVi (VIM), NFVO, VNFM and MEC space and key telco cloud infrastructure technologies like CPU Pinning, NUMA, SR-IOV, DPDK, etcFamiliarity with telco architecture and industry standards\nWorking knowledge of at least one of the following domains: Mobile Packet Core (4G/5G), Private Network, Radio Access Network (RAN), Voice, IP Backbone, VAS or OSS/BSS\n\nKnowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies, such as Kubernetes, Openstack, AWS, GCP, Azure, Ceph, etc.\nPractical knowledge of Linux and networking\nExperience in technical presales\nYou are a dynamic person who loves to jump in new projects and interact with people\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills in English\nPassion and a track record of developing and growing people\nExperience in leading, coaching and mentoring engineers and managers\nOrganised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results\n An exceptional academic track record from high school and, preferably, university as well\n Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time. Field Engineers attend internal company events, external tech events and customer meetings.\nAdditional skills that you might also bring\nSecond language - Spanish or French preferred\nPython knowledge\nExperience collaborating with external partners\nExperience collaborating with several internal teams and providing stakeholder feedback for engineering roadmaps\nUnderstanding of AI and machine learning concepts, including sovereign AI, and their potential applications in telco environments, such as network optimization, predictive maintenance, unified communication, and customer experience improvement\nExposure to frameworks such as 3GPP, TM Forum ODA, eTOM, ETSI NFV, ONAP, O-RAN, or similar is a plus\nWhat we offer you\nWe 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.\nDistributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person\nPersonal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year\nAnnual compensation review\nRecognition rewards\nAnnual holiday leave\nMaternity and paternity leave\nEmployee Assistance Programme\nOpportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others\nPriority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events\nAbout Canonical\nCanonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. 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