Telco Cloud Field Engineer

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that publishes Ubuntu, a key open source platform for AI, IoT, and cloud computing. The company operates globally and has been remote-first since 2004.

• Thorough technical understanding of telco NFVi (VIM), NFVO, VNFM, and MEC space and key telco cloud infrastructure technologies like CPU Pinning, NUMA, SR-IOV, and DPDK
• Familiarity with telco architecture and industry standards
• Working knowledge in at least one domain: Mobile Packet Core (4G/5G), Private Network, Radio Access Network (RAN), Voice, IP Backbone, VAS, or OSS/BSS
• Working knowledge of Linux, Networking, OpenStack, and Kubernetes
• Experience in Python software development for automation
• Ability to lead complex projects from start to finish
• Collaborative, customer-centric mindset with focus on customer success
• Able to travel up to 25% based on business requirements

Additional skills:

• Second language such as Spanish, Portuguese, or French
• Track record of open source contributions
• Understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, including sovereign AI, and applications in telco environments
• Exposure to frameworks like 3GPP, TM Forum ODA, eTOM, ETSI NFV, ONAP, O-RAN, or similar

• Translate Service Provider requirements into practical telco cloud platform architectures, enabling VNF/CNF, NFV, and MEC workloads at scale
• Provide technical pre-sales consulting to Service Provider teams
• Design and implement telco-grade open source multi-tenant private clouds and micro clouds
• Investigate, report, and/or fix software defects uncovered during customer deployments
• Demonstrate advanced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques relevant to telco
• Architect and implement advanced, resilient Service Provider Cloud and Application solutions
• Design and deliver software defined infrastructure with OpenStack, Kubernetes, MAAS and Ceph
• Help customers adopt advanced Bare Metal, Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions
• Support customer tenant onboarding, participate in architectural and business capability discussions, and enable successful adoption and production readiness of customer use cases
• Learn from customer engagements and drive meaningful product improvements
• Shape the product roadmap to accelerate growth in the telco market

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer and fosters a workplace free from discrimination. Diverse experiences and backgrounds are welcomed and applications are given fair consideration regardless of identity.