Telco Cloud Engineer (5G, OpenRan, OpenStack, Python) - Americas (San Francisco)

Position Overview

Join Canonical as a Telco Cloud Engineer (5G, OpenRan, OpenStack, Python) where you will play a key role in driving the telco industry's transition to software‐defined services. As part of the Field Engineering organization, you will design and implement OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined networking solutions to help operators and service providers embrace cutting-edge, cloud-based infrastructures for 5G and beyond.

Key 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 customers (OpenStack, Kubernetes, MAAS, and Ceph)
• Investigate, report, and/or fix software defects uncovered during customer deployments
• Demonstrate advanced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques (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 to drive meaningful product improvements
• Shape Canonical’s roadmap to accelerate growth in the telco market

Required Qualifications

• Python software development experience (mandatory - intermediate level)
• Terraform automation experience
• 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.
• Working knowledge of the architectures and infrastructure of MNOs and CSPs
• Familiarity with Mobile Packet Core, Radio, VAS, OSS/BSS
• Understanding best practices for open source technology in telco virtualization
• Working knowledge of Linux, OpenStack, and Kubernetes networking
• Ability to lead complex projects from start to finish with a collaborative approach and keen eye for customer success
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities
• Willingness to travel up to 50% for events, customer meetings, and project deliveries

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in a second language
• Track record of open source contributions

Benefits & Perks

Compensation: Your base pay will depend on various factors including geographical location, level of experience, knowledge, and skills. Additional incentives such as annual bonuses and sales incentives may also apply.

• Fully remote working environment – Canonical has been remote-first 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 meet colleagues at company 'sprints'
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events