Remote Ubuntu Sales Engineer Job in Pittsburgh, PA Canonical

Who you are

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Confidence to respectfully speak up exchange feedback and share ideas without hesitation
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Demonstrated personal interest in continuous learning and development
• Practical knowledge of Linux virtualisation containers and networking
• Business-minded technology thinker and problem solver
• Knowledge of cloud computing concepts & leaders such as Kubernetes AWS Azure GCP
• Interest in large-scale enterprise open source - private clouds machine learning and AI data and analytics
• Intermediate level Python programming skills
• Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives
• Work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal skills curiosity flexibility and accountability
• Dynamic person who loves to jump in new projects and interact with people
• Appreciative of diversity polite and effective in a multi-cultural multi-national organisation
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
• Result-oriented with a personal drive to follow up and meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally for company events up to two weeks long and customer or industry meetings

Desirables

• Appreciative of diversity
• Intermediate level Python skills
• Ubuntu experience
• Passion for technology
• Virtualisation knowledge
• Containers knowledge

What the job involves

• Collect customer business requirements and advise them on Ubuntu and relevant open source applications
• Identify customer challenges with open source and articulate how Ubuntu Pro could help solve them
• Deliver presentations and demonstrations of Ubuntu Pro to prospective and current clients
• Liaise with product teams to give them feedback on requirements to influence roadmap
• Work collaboratively with your sales team to reach our common targets
• Travel globally up to 25% for internal and external events and 25% to customer meetings