The company is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. As a Cloud Engineering Manager for the BootStack team, you will manage engineers overseeing day-to-day managed services, including customer service management and product improvement engineering.
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This role offers an opportunity for a passionate technologist skilled in Linux and Cloud technologies to build a career while working with top talent in the industry at the company. The BootStack team designs, builds, and operates modern distributed systems on private infrastructure for customers, utilizing technologies such as Kubernetes and OpenStack.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage a growing engineering team to optimize the quality and velocity of development and operations.
- Identify and measure team health indicators.
- Implement disciplined engineering and operations processes.
- Represent the BootStack team with stakeholders, customers, and external teams.
- Ensure team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables.
- Meet service level agreements with global customer deployments.
- Deliver quality managed services consistently and timely.
What We Are Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a technology field.
- Proven experience in software delivery using Python, Go, C, C++, Java, or similar, and/or managing operations teams.
- Proven experience with OpenStack.
- Strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality.
- Experience with Linux system administration; Ubuntu/Debian experience is a plus.
- Strong communication and cooperation skills.
- Experience with agile software development methodologies.
- Experience working in and managing distributed teams.
- Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems.
- Familiarity with cloud topologies and technologies.
- Willingness to travel for team and company events and customer meetings (approximately 20% or less).
What We Offer Colleagues:
- Competitive compensation with annual reviews and performance-based bonuses.
- Distributed work environment with in-person team sprints.
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
- Recognition rewards and annual holiday leave.
- Maternity and paternity leave.
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
- Opportunities to travel to meet colleagues and attend events.
The company is committed to fostering a workplace free from discrimination and values diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds. We encourage applications from all individuals.
