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. Preferable majors: Computer Science, MIS, Electrical Engineering, etc
Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
Experience with Linux troubleshooting (collecting logs and stack traces, fine-tuning by editing configuration files)
Knowledge or basic hands-on experience on 2 or more of
Linux server administration
Programming fundamentals in any language (bash, Perl, Ruby, Javascript, C or C++, Go)
Networking (bonding, firewalling, bridging, switching, network file system tuning, MTU issues, etc.)
Virtualization / Cloud computing concepts (provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc.)
Ability to learn quickly, thrive on change and handle the pressure of a customer facing job
Strong written and verbal English communication skills
Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
Noting that we require and will perform a background check for this role
Experience supporting virtualized environments (KVM, Virtual Box, VMWare)
Experience with other open-source desktop technologies
Active contribution to open-source projects/forum/code