Canonical · 2 weeks ago
Telco Cloud Engineer (5G, OpenRan, OpenStack, Python) - Americas
Latin America
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior LevelCanonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. They are seeking a Telco Cloud Engineer who will lead customers through the design and delivery of OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined networking solutions, focusing on the telco industry's shift to software-defined services. This role involves hands-on design and implementation of advanced infrastructure for 5G and beyond.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Match customer requirements to advanced capabilities in the VNF/CNF/NFVi/NFVO/VNFM/VIM/MEC space
Provide technical pre-sales consulting to Service Provider teams
Design and implement telco-grade open source multi-tenant private clouds and micro clouds
Deploy cloud solutions for our customers (OpenStack, Kubernetes, MAAS and Ceph)
Investigate, report and/or fix software defects uncovered during customer deployments
Demonstrate advanced Infrastructure as code (IaC) techniques relevant to telco (automation scripting, terraform, etc.)
Learn model-driven operations with Juju charms for Kafka, Hadoop, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NGINX, and more
Help customers adopt advanced Bare Metal, Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions
Learn from customer engagements and drive meaningful product improvements
Shape our roadmap to accelerate our growth in the telco market
Qualification
Required
Python software development experience (mandatory - intermediate level)
Terraform automation experience
A thorough understanding of the telco NFVi (VIM), NFVO, VNFM and MEC space
Technical understanding of key telco technologies like CPU Pinning, NUMA, SRIOV, DPDK, etc
A thorough working understanding of the architectures and infrastructure of MNOs and CSPs
Working knowledge of Mobile Packet Core, Radio, VAS, OSS/BSS
Understanding of best practices for open source technology in telco virtualisation
Working knowledge of Linux, Openstack and Kubernetes networking
A passion to automate and improve all aspects of open source products and tooling
Ability to lead complex projects from start to finish
A collaborative attitude with a keen eye on customer success
Excellent communication and presentation abilities
Able to travel up to 50% of the time for events, customer meetings, project delivery
Preferred
Second language
Track record of open source contributions
Benefits
Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
Company
Canonical
We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company.
Founded in 2004
1001-5000 employees
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