Linux Engineer, Apac

3 weeks ago


Christchurch, New Zealand Canonical - Jobs Full time

This role is an opportunity for a technologist with a passion for Linux and Customer Success to build a career with Canonical and drive the success with those leveraging Ubuntu and open source products. If you have an affinity for open source development and a passion for technology, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.

No two days are the same in Support Engineering. We engage in challenging problems to solve, constantly pick each other's brains and our minds are always abuzz with ideas for helping our customers to make the most of their Ubuntu systems. We are rapidly expanding and are looking for talented professionals with a passion for working on the next generation of Ubuntu solutions for our customers.

**Role Description**

**Key Responsibilities**
- Investigate issues reported by customers by doing your own research and involving others across the organisation as necessary.
- Ensure that each support case owned by you is handled as per our Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the highest possible customer satisfaction by setting the right expectations and fulfilling your commitments.
- Communicate using our support portal and make/receive phone calls with customers to facilitate efficient resolution of issues
- Contribute new articles and maintain existing knowledge base articles.
- On a rotation basis, be available for on-call support out of office hours.
- Participate in a regular weekend working rotation.
- Capable of mounting a server in top of a standard datacenter rack.

**Required Skill & Experience**
- Experience supporting Linux systems.
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience.
- Familiar with OpenStack, virtualization and other Cloud technologies.
- Demonstrable expertise in one or more of the following areas:

- Advanced storage (RAID, LVM, SAN, file system tuning, etc.)
- Advanced networking (bonding, firewalling, bridging, switching, network file system tuning, etc.)
- Clustering, cloud computing (provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc.)
- Linux integration with other environments (authentication/directory services, network file systems, etc.)
- Container technologies (LXC/LXD, Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, etc)
- Development level and troubleshooting experience in at least 2 programming languages like Bash, C, Python, GO, etc.
- Experience with Ubuntu or Debian.
- Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, in English

**Desired Skills & Experience**
- Debian packaging experience and knowledge of Ubuntu development processes.
- Direct experience with MAAS and Juju.
- Familiarity with Snap packages and Snapcraft
- Familiarity with Git or other revision control systems
- Experience with configuration management and deployment tooling (Ansible, Chef, SaltStack, Puppet etc)
- Familiarity with Open Source process and community practices required as well as familiarity with Open Source business model desirable.
- Knowledge of Operating Systems other than Ubuntu.

**About Canonical**

Canonical is a growing, international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu - the world's #1 cloud operating system. Our mission is to realize the potential of free software in the lives of people and organisations. Our services are helping businesses worldwide to reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.

**We offer**:

- 100% work-from-home
- Learning and development
- Competitive salary
- Recognition rewards
- Annual leave
- Priority Pass for travel

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