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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Solution Architecture Manager - **Company:** Canonical - **Location:** East Coast of the United States, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Ubuntu (Operating System), Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Linux, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Open Source Technology, OpenStack, Cloud Services, Virtualization Technology, Ceph (Software), Private Cloud Environment, Google Cloud, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations - **Published:** July 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1758150/ ## About the Role * Knowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies, such as Kubernetes, Openstack, AWS, GCP, Azure, Ceph, etc. * Practical knowledge of Linux and networking * Experience in technical presales * You are a dynamic person who loves to jump in new projects and interact with people * Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English * Passion and a track record of developing and growing people * Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring engineers * Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results * An exceptional academic track record from high school and, preferably, university as well * Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time. Field Engineers attend internal company events, external tech events and customer meetings. Additional skills that you might also bring * Second language - Spanish or French preferred * Python knowledge * Experience collaborating with external partners * Experience collaborating with several internal teams and providing stakeholder feedback for engineering roadmaps ## Description This is an opportunity to run a field engineering team, helping customers understand and implement Canonical's open source solutions in public clouds and in their own data centers. We work across the entire spectrum of cloud offerings, from Ubuntu itself to virtualisation and private cloud, Kubernetes, and the implementation of sophisticated open source solutions such as MLops platforms, data platforms and more. We are rapidly expanding the range of open source solutions we offer and deliver to customers, as we move into new industries like telco, finance, health care and media we design and develop new open source solutions to meet their needs. We believe that Engineering Managers should be outstanding engineers themselves. They should feel completely at home troubleshooting technical issues and having technical presales conversations with customers. They should contribute to project delivery themselves, but know that the technical contributions they bring are far less significant than their ability to shape the whole team's direction, focus and delivery. We grow management skills and train engineers, who are interested in soft skills, to be managers. We believe that open source is just starting to transform the tech sector and enterprise compute. Our goal is to make open source easier, more reliable and more secure for deployment and development. We strive to be the provider of 'most software to most companies'. To deliver on that ambition, our engineers are carefully selected from the applicants across the globe. We select for brilliance and motivation to take open source to the next level. Our engineering managers help teams achieve more than they realised they could, and feel proud of the result. The role of a Solution Architecture Manager at Canonical The Field Engineering team is our team of cloud solutions architects at Canonical, working directly with our customers, designing private and public cloud solutions fitting their workload needs. The portfolio of products includes on-premise cloud solutions such as Openstack, MicroCloud and Ceph, and solutions that could be deployed either on-premises or in public clouds such as Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Spark, PostgreSQL, etc. The team works hands-on with the technologies by deploying, testing and handing over the solution to our support or managed services team at the end of a project. Managers and team members also take part in presales conversations to provide technical advice during the sales process. A Solution Architecture Manager is responsible for line management and career guidance. The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent your team from a technical perspective, and to drive collaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to success in this role. You are also expected to actively participate in technical presales to help our department achieve our quarterly goals., * Lead and develop a team of Field engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, in the areas of Presales and Professional Services * Solve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisor * Work remotely in a single major time zone * Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback * Identify and measure team health indicators * Implement disciplined engineering processes * Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers * Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices * Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects * Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders ## Related Videos - [How I saved 200K/yr in direct costs writing 0 code lines in K8s](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1055-how-i-saved-200k-yr-in-direct-costs-writing-0-code-lines-in-k8s) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Instant KAI Sandboxes with vCluster: Multi-Tenant, Multi-Scheduler GPU Sharing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100333-instant-kai-sandboxes-with-vcluster-multi-tenant-multi-scheduler-gpu-sharing) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers)