Canonical is hiring a
Cloud Engineering Manager

Summary

The role is for a Cloud Engineering Manager to manage a team responsible for designing, building, and operating modern distributed systems on private infrastructure for customers. The successful candidate will have experience with OpenStack, Linux system administration, Ubuntu/Debian, strong communication skills, agile software development methodologies, and managing distributed teams. The job offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, personal learning and development budget, annual compensation review, recognition rewards, annual holiday leave, maternity and paternity leave, employee assistance program, opportunity to travel, priority pass for travel, and a remote work environment.

Requirements

• Bachelors (or equivalent) education in a technology field
• Proven track record of professional experience of either software delivery using Python, Go, C, C++, Java, or similar and/or managing operations teams
• Proven experience with OpenStack
• Demonstrated strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
• Strong communication and cooperation skills
• Experience with agile software development methodologies
• Experience working in and managing distributed teams
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
• Experience with cloud topologies and technologies

Responsibilities

• Manage a growing engineering team to optimise the quality and velocity of both development and operations
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement disciplined engineering and operations processes
• Represent the BootStack team with respect to stakeholders, customers, and external teams
• Ensure proper team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables
• Work to meet service level agreements with customer deployments around the globe
• Deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Linux system administration, Ubuntu/Debian a plus

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• 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
• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!