Cloud Support Engineer, Japan - Remote

Overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1100+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

In Short

• Investigate issues reported by customers by researching and escalating issues
• Work to resolve complex customer problems related to Canonical’s portfolio of products.
• Ownership of results: Ensure that each support case owned by you is handled according to our Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the highest possible customer satisfaction.
• Engage directly with customers and work collaboratively by phone, ticketing system, and remote sessions.
• Participate in a regular weekend working rotation.
• Contribute new knowledge base articles and maintain existing articles.
• Understanding Ubuntu development process to set customer expectations correctly.

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and Japanese.
• Hands-on experience supporting Linux systems including virtualization/cloud, containers, storage technologies, and networking.
• Cloud computing experience.
• Troubleshooting experience with OS and application level bugs.
• Customer support experience with a focus on customer needs.
• Ability to travel.
• Background check required.

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Annual compensation review.
• Recognition rewards.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events.