Location: Home Based - Americas
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 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 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.
The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
We are hiring a Head of Cloud Alliances to lead business development and partnerships with the global public clouds. As the publisher of Ubuntu, Canonical is already a trusted partner with the leading guest OS and select services for the major hyperscalers. We have a large portfolio of open source software on the cloud marketplace for enterprise customers, and are looking to expand our global cloud partnerships.
Reporting to the VP of Global Alliances, the Global Head of Cloud Alliances will lead teams that bring innovation to the public cloud platforms, joint go-to-market with public cloud sales communities and marketplaces, and our global customer and partner contracts. They will work closely with cloud partners, from engineering to product management and marketing, to deliver open source solutions at scale for their cloud customers.
Our Cloud Alliance team builds trusted relationships with partners at all levels, from joint technical work to executive strategy. Their goal is to increase Canonical market share in the cloud ISV ecosystem, develop cloud channel sales, evangelize the partnership and lead all business interactions. The Global Head of Cloud Alliances will own the strategy, sell-to, sell-through and sell-with motions with all cloud partners, as well as promotion of our cloud related activities - from campaigns, to strategic opportunities and cloud related events.
Our company is largely distributed, this role can be based anywhere in the Americas or EMEA.
The role entails
Taking ownership of Canonical's global cloud partner strategy, leading efforts to forecast, driving bookings, and growing revenue worldwide
Building strong, cross-functional relationships across teams to ensure a unified approach to technology and market execution
Inspiring and guiding teams to achieve accelerated revenue growth with Cloud partners, continually refining and evolving strategies for success
Establishing and nurturing executive-level relationships with key partners, laying the foundation for long-term success and mutual growth
Steering our offering from concept to execution, aligning product management and marketing strategies while scaling success through our global sales organization
What we are looking for in you:
Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
Undergraduate degree in a technical subject
Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
Leadership and commitment to skills development and mentorship
Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives
The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
Exceptional leadership and presentation skills, capable of energizing teams and stakeholders while delivering compelling data-driven narratives
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
Appreciative of diversity, polite, and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organization
Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
An in-depth understanding of open source technologies, Ubuntu, and the competitive ecosystem, with an eye for identifying opportunities that others might miss.
Autonomous, disciplined, and proactive—take ownership, and deliver exceptional results
Nice to have
A track record in alliance and indirect sales management, with an ability to build partnerships that drive success
Solid experience in the Public Cloud sector, coupled with an understanding of the evolving landscape of technology and innovation.
Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
What we offer colleagues
We 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 or commission. 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.
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
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
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. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products.
Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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Location: Home Based - Shenzhen, China
Role Summary
Ubuntu is the most widely used Linux for innovation from cloud to connected device. Our growing team of IoT field engineers help customers deliver sophisticated IoT products and services across a wide range of industries - from autonomous vehicles to refrigeration solutions.
Field engineers carry a significant responsibility - helping customers understand the range of silicon and board options, helping them deliver their unique applications, and helping them ensure the security of critical infrastructure. Our team hires software engineers with experience in the full stack of Linux from firmware to GUI. We represent Canonical and its capabilities to some of the most important companies in the world. Our customers have tremendously varied goals - from mission critical and very expensive machines to tiny and low-cost things. We aim to bring the right insights at each stage of the process and to help these customers make effective choices. Most importantly, we aim to help them deliver devices that meet their business goals, on time.
Responsibilities include consulting, developing, demonstrating, and presenting some of the most advanced operating systems and application technologies available in the enterprise world. The role is a fast-paced, problem-solving environment and the questions require answers can be challenging yet very exciting. The right candidate must be resourceful, quick-thinking, and able to deliver on a wide variety of solutions across cloud, server, desktop and IoT technologies.
This role will support customers in China and the broader Asia-Pacific market.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Build strategic relationships with key technology partners and customers
Conduct yourself as a trusted technical advisor
Apply expertise in analysing a customer's business or technical challenges and correctly map the appropriate solution
Leverage deep knowledge of Ubuntu and related technologies to provide technical subject matter expertise to sales staff, partners, and customers for the development and implementation of complex IoT products and end-end solutions
Work in conjunction with Canonical’s IoT and Cloud sales, delivery and business development teams to grow existing customer accounts as well as winning new customers, including the interaction with other offices in APAC (Taipei, Tokyo and Beijing).
Develop and present technical sales collateral such as presentations, how-to guides, and technical competitive documents to project teams.
Propose and present custom technical solutions to Canonical’s clients and partners based upon Ubuntu technologies such as Ubuntu Core, Snaps and other Canonical technologies.
Understand and champion the technical knowledge and product skills required to meet customer requirements and close new business.
Assist in coordinating and preparing responses to RFx documents.
Based in Shenzhen, travel required; mix of domestic and international up to 30%.
Required Skills and Experience
A degree in engineering, preferably computer science or software engineering
2 years experience in enterprise or commercial software development with Linux
Excellent communication and presentation skills - both to customers and in support of technology and industry conferences.
Skills in supporting complex sales cycles what involve detailed technical requirements, multiple technical stakeholders and new innovative product designs.
Ability to interpret customer business challenges and technical issues and effectively communicate how a solution will align to their needs and requirements.
Experience of deploying embedded and IoT solutions - from hardware, operating systems through applications and cloud services.
Understanding of security issues in the IoT industry.
Understanding of the Linux kernel: modules, BSPs, etc.
Familiarity with x86 and ARM SoC architectures and vendors.
Experience of working in verticals such as automotive, robotics, gateway, networking, industrial and digital signage.
5+ years of experience in technical roles with Linux, preferably Ubuntu
Open source & Linux
Familiarity with open source development tools and methodology.
A strong and demonstrated grasp of Linux technologies including advanced scripting, development and Linux software packaging experience.
Familiarity with the licenses and license compliance requirements for open source software.
Familiarity with boot loaders and hardware-related aspects of Linux development
Strong English and Chinese language communication skills, especially in online environments such as mailing lists and social collaboration tools
Ability to be productive in a globally distributed team through self-discipline and self-motivation, delivering according to a schedule.
Self-driven personality.
Location: Home based - Worldwide
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 1200+ 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.
The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
We are hiring a
Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer
to our Information Systems (IS) team.
This role is an opportunity for an “automation-first” technologist
with a
passion for Linux to build a career with Canonical and drive the success with those leveraging Ubuntu and open source products.
If you have experience of IT operations automation, Infrastructure as Code and a passion for technology, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.
Job Summary
The IS team at Canonical supports and maintains all of Canonical’s IT production services. The team is in charge of running services used by over 60 million Ubuntu users.
As an SRE & Gitops engineer you’ll be in a unique position to drive operations automation to the next level, both in our own private clouds as well as in the public clouds. We do this by utilizing the best of open source infrastructure as code software, software development practices such as CI/CD pipelines, and Canonical’s leading products for software operation automation.
In addition to defining the infrastructure as code, you will improve Canonical products and the open-source technologies they’re based on by providing critical feedback to developers on how their products operate at scale. This is done by submitting bugs (and sometimes writing pull requests) and collaborating on design and implementations with other teams within the company.
You’ll be part of a global team of SREs that work together and support each other to provide the best possible services to our company, Canonical’s customers and the Ubuntu Community.
Location
: This role is available remotely in any timezone.
As a Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer engineer you will
Apply your experience of IaC to develop infrastructure as code practice within IS by constantly increasing automation and improving IaC processes
Automate software operations for re-usability and consistency across private and public clouds, taking into consideration the complexities of distributed systems
Develop new features and improve the resilience and scalability of the existing cloud and container portfolio at Canonical
Maintain operational responsibility for all of Canonical’s core services, networks, and infrastructure
Develop skills in troubleshooting, capacity planning, and performance investigation, Setting up, maintaining and using observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch; design, implement and maintain monitoring and alerting for various systems and services
Collaborate with development teams to design service architecture, documentation, playbooks, policies and operational procedures
Provide assistance and work with globally distributed engineering, operations, and support peers
Be given uninterrupted development time to focus on larger projects and automation of manual tasks
Share your experience, know-how and best practices with other team members in design sessions, mentorship and ‘doing work together’
Carry final responsibility for time-critical escalations
What we are looking for in you
A deep experience of, and knowledge to define operations in code, using version control, peer review and CI/CD to roll out changes both to applications and infrastructure
Strong modern engineering background (peer-review, unit testing, SCM, CI/CD, Agile)
Python software development experience, with large projects
Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls
Affinity with various forms of Linux storage, from Ceph to Databases
Hands-on experience administering enterprise Linux servers
Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies
Bachelor's degree or greater, preferably in computer science or related engineering field
Able to communicate clearly and effectively in English over email, chat, video or voice calls and in-person
Motivated and able to troubleshoot from kernel to web, and willing to ask others when appropriate
A willingness to be flexible and able to learn new things quickly
Be inspired by the needs of fast-changing environments
Happy to work within distributed teams
Be passionate and familiarized about open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian
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. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products.
Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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Location: Phoenix, Arizona Area
Workplace: unspecified
IDT is looking for an experienced Direct Sales Representative to manage a sales territory in the San Francisco area.
Bilingual professionals with fluency in both English and Spanish are preferred.
The Sales Representative's role is to open new accounts, grow our business with existing customers, and enable our customers to use our products effectively.
They will visit and contact Retail Stores on a regular basis in their assigned territory.
You will be able to:
Grow your own business and income
Open new Retail accounts
Service Existing Accounts
Achieve Sales Revenue Goals
Serve as the lead point of contact for all customer needs
Build and maintain new existing accounts
Create and drive strong, long-lasting client relationships
Ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives
We would like to see:
Proven work experience as a Sales Representative, Account Executive, Key Account Manager, Sales Account Manager, Junior Account Manager or relevant role
Individual Must be Prepared to Go Door-to-Door Visiting Customers
Basic Computer Skills –Comfortable Using Tablet and Bluetooth Equipment
Demonstrable ability to communicate, present and influence key stakeholders at all levels of an organization
Proven ability to juggle and sell multiple products at a time, while maintaining sharp attention to detail
About us:
At IDT, we understand the challenge of being apart from those who matter most. Communicating, transferring money, and mobile phone service must be safe, simple, and affordable. Our flagship brand, Boss Revolution, which includes our International Calling, Mobile Top Up, and Money Transfer services, as well as our Boss Revolution Mobile, net2phone, National Retail Solutions, IDT Express, and IDT Carrier Services divisions all support IDT’s mission of enabling our customers to keep in touch and share resources with their friends and family around the world.
IDT is listed on the NYSE, employs over 1000 people across 20+ countries and has revenues in excess of $1.5 billion. Since 1990, IDT Telecom has remained a pioneer in Prepaid VoIP and UCaaS telephony. Today, we are an industry leader in prepaid communication and payment services and are one of the world's largest international voice carriers.
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