Software Engineer - Ubuntu Server Certification at Canonical Nigeria

Canonical - We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it's the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Software Engineer - Ubuntu Server Certification

Location: Lagos

What you’ll do

• Contribute to Canonical’s open source testing tools such as Checkbox and Testflinger.
• Troubleshoot issues related to hardware compatibility, functionality, and performance.
• Technically support Canonical’s hardware partners in their hardware certification efforts.
• Educate the partner about Canonical’s tools, processes, and product roadmaps.
• Support Canonical’s internal teams on customer deployments of Canonical’s suite of Datacenter and Cloud products that utilize the partner’s hardware.
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 times per year for internal and external events.

Desired skills and experience

• Experience with test automation tools for validating hardware compatibility.
• Knowledge of CI/CD concepts.
• Comfortable with some virtualization or container technologies such as QEMU, KVM, LXC / LXD, Docker.

Who you are:

• You have a good knowledge of Python and shell scripting.
• You have knowledge of server-class hardware.
• You know your way around Ubuntu, virtualization, and cloud computing concepts.
• You are confident in a customer-facing role.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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