Cloud Engineering Manager
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets.
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 ****+ 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.
We are hiring an Engineering Manager who will manage a growing engineering team to optimise the quality and velocity of both development and operations.
Key responsibilities include:
* Identify and measure team health indicators, implement disciplined engineering and operations processes, and 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, and deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner.
* Manage a diverse range of projects simultaneously, ensuring effective prioritization, planning, and communication.
* Develop and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams, including product engineering, operations, and sales.
To be successful, you will need:
* 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.
* Experience with Linux system administration, Ubuntu/Debian a plus, strong communication and cooperation skills, experience with agile software development methodologies.
* Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems, experience with cloud topologies and technologies, travel to team and company events and customer meetings, roughly 20% or less.
In return, you will enjoy:
* Competitive salary and benefits package, including personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
* Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person, annual compensation review, recognition rewards, and annual holiday leave.
* Maternity and paternity leave, Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform, opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues, priority pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events.
About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm 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 of software.