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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 1100+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.\nThe company is founder led, profitable and growing.\nLocation: This is an office based role. We expect the suitable candidate to be based in Toronto as you will be required to work on-site at our lab.\nWe are hiring a Data Center Infrastructure Engineer to build and maintain MAAS test labs. As a Data Center Infrastructure Engineer in Canonical, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management and operations of our lab in the Toronto area, which we use for Ubuntu server certification of US based silicon and server designs. You'll use software that deploys and configures servers and network switches to operate the data centre and update its configuration, make sure the hardware and cabling is perfectly organised and inventoried, handle hardware deliveries and their onboarding and commissioning. You will work with a mixture of hardware: cutting edge new silicon that Kernel Team and Partner Engineering teams work on to make them run Linux extremely well, as well as established hardware to make sure new versions of Ubuntu are smooth and fast. We run our data centres using software-driven operations, and you need to be familiar with Python software development to be effective in this role. If you love hacking in your home lab, have good Python skills, and are curious about data centre hardware, you will love this opportunity. \nThe role entails\nOperate a fully automated server lab with the latest server and network silicon from leading vendors, remotely and while on-site, making sure it remains available to other teams.\nMaintain accurate inventory and layout of the hardware in the data centre.\nReceive, install and configure new hardware.\nActively exercise MAAS functionality by using integrations with testing and scheduling software such as Testflinger. Report issues and assist in troubleshooting.\nUse your Python development skills to enhance software-driven operations of the data centre.\nImprove and extend hardware and network monitoring through automation.\nCollaborate with other MAAS engineers, other data centre hardware specialists, teams responsible for certifying hardware for Ubuntu, kernel engineers and other teams who use the hardware lab.\nWhat we are looking for in you\nSTEM Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or Software Engineering\nExcellent organisational skills\nAttention to detail\nData centre experience\nLinux Administration experience\nPython programming experience\nAbility to communicate clearly and effectively in English\nAbility to work with a globally distributed team of passionate engineers\nAn exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university\nWillingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events\nNice-to-have skills\nTroubleshooting skills\nSystematic approach to testing\nLove for performance engineering\nWhat we offer colleagues\nWe consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. 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