Ubuntu Sales Engineer (Entry-Level)

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Requirements:

• 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.
• The 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.
• A 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.

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Global travel up to 25% of time for internal and external events and 25% to customer meetings.