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Cloud Support Engineer - Americas

Canonical
  • 5000 - 6000 USD per Month
  • Full Time
  • Posted : 4 weeks ago

This role is an opportunity for a hands-on engineer with a passion for Linux and cloud technologies 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.

The role of a Cloud Support Engineer at Canonical 

We regularly solve interesting, technical problems. From triaging complex Cloud environment issues, Linux kernel crashes we've never seen before to OS configuration issues and root cause analysis, we provide an expert level of support and satisfaction to our peer groups and customers.

We are rapidly expanding and are looking for talented problem solvers with a passion for working on the next generation of Ubuntu solutions for our customers.

Location: This is a remote role, based in the Americas timezones.

What Your Day Will Look Like

  • Investigate issues reported by customers by researching and escalating issues 
  • Work to resolve complex customer problems related to Canonical's portfolio of products. 
  • Ownership of results: Ensure that each support case owned by you is handled according to our Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the highest possible customer satisfaction by setting the right expectations and fulfilling your commitments. 
  • Engage directly with customers and work collaboratively by phone, ticketing system, and remote sessions to resolve their issues. 
  • Participate in a regular weekend working rotation. 
  • Contribute new knowledge base articles and maintain existing articles, ensuring shared knowledge and lessons learned are available to customers. 
  • Understanding Ubuntu development process to be able to set customer expectations correctly on timeline for a fix. 
Background check required

What Are We Looking For In You 

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. 
  • Hands-on and extensive working experience supporting Linux systems including 3 or more of:
  • Virtualization / Cloud - primarily using KVM or OpenStack. 
  • Containers - especially with Docker, LXD/LXC, or Kubernetes. 
  • Storage technologies - block, object and network. 
  • Networking (bonding, firewalling, bridging, switching, network file system tuning, MTU issues, etc.). 
  • Linux integration with other environments (authentication/directory services, network file systems, etc.). 
  • Cloud computing expertise in provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc. 
  • Advanced Troubleshooting experience. 
  • Programming fundamentals in any language. 
  • Extensive Customer support experience. 
  • Ability to travel. 

Skills
  • written and verbal communication
  • kvm
  • Docker
  • Customer Support
  • customer success

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