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 Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2025 7:54 pm Post subject: Novell Career Search - Linux Evangelist |
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Novell Career Search - Linux Evangelist
http://www.novell.com/job_search/servlet/eJobSearch?Detail=007086
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Linux Evangelist
Location: **Various, Locations**
Department: Datacenter Pm
Division: Product Development Group
Reference Number: 007086
Location: Anywhere in the world
Business Unit: Open Platform Solutions
Department: Linux Marketing
Travel: 50%, including international
Novell is seeking a dynamic open source leader, speaker and developer to be our Chief Evangelist for the openSUSE community. If you choose to accept this mission, you will have four main objectives:
1) Promote the spread and adoption of openSUSE
2) Increase awareness of Novell's contributions to the open source community
3) Improve & maintain Novell's relationship with key open source influencers & project maintainers
4) Provide critical feedback and a "voice of the community" back to Novell's senior leadership team
This is a global role, and as such, you can be located anywhere in the world. Novell's corporate headquarters are in Waltham, MA, and SUSE Linux is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, but relocation to those sites is not required.
Key Responsibilities:
* Develop and execute a community growth and evangelism plan
* Develop and execute community marketing plan (incl. budget and activities)
* Develop and nurture the openSUSE communities
* Interact closely with internal openSUSE team and openSUSE Board
* Coordinate open source message with internal and external key spokespersons
* Act as a frequent public face of Novell to the open source community by blogging, participating in IRC chat and other discussion forums
* Travel to Linux community events to speak on behalf of openSUSE and Novell
* Organize and manage the first ever openSUSE conference
* Manage Novell's engagement with university students by developing forums and codefests
* Attract developers to the openSUSE communities
* Collect requirements from the community about the needs of developers
* Be responsive to community requests and make sure that Novell is responsive as well!
Qualifications and Requirements
* Bachelor's Degree preferred
* Minimum of five years of contributing to the open source community
* Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including public-speaking skills.
* Strong organizational skills & ability to meet deadlines
* Teamwork - the ability to work both within the product team and across other marketing teams
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masinick
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2025 7:43 pm Post subject: Hmm, sounds quite interesting! |
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| Wow! I am quite content in my current job role, but if I could do this kind of job from where I am, I might be interested in it! |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2025 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| masinick - Ever consider Novells Lebanon NH office?
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masinick
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2025 1:51 am Post subject: Sounds interesting. I need what I have now though |
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| mmmna wrote: | | masinick - Ever consider Novells Lebanon NH office? |
What is there? Can I be a Linux evangelist from there?
I just got a second project to work on at my job - which is digging me in deeper into project management. I was told the reason I was being brought into the second project is because it is having problems and I am respected as a person who is "good with process" and I can add some process and stability to the project. Nice complement.
I'd love to try some Linux work, but right now, the job I have is a six figure job and I desperately need it because I am now in "child support" mode, if you get my drift. Six figures is nothing. How'd you like to be out 4K a month? So right now, I am sticking with my lucrative job - and I actually like it nearly all the time!  |
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Well, I don't know for sure what is 'there' in Lebanon NH, but the posting says.... "Location: Anywhere in the world" and "Travel: 50%, including international".
Somehow, I don't think it would suit your current situation.
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masinick
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2025 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| mmmna wrote: | Well, I don't know for sure what is 'there' in Lebanon NH, but the posting says.... "Location: Anywhere in the world" and "Travel: 50%, including international".
Somehow, I don't think it would suit your current situation. |
In a way, I wish it did, but this is not my time to change. I hope before I retire I can play the part of a PAID Linux evangelist. Meanwhile I will do it through forums and other means to scratch that itch. |
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crouse
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masinick
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2025 2:00 am Post subject: |
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| crouse wrote: | | masinick wrote: | | Meanwhile I will do it through forums and other means to scratch that itch. |
....... and we appreciate every post masinick |
Thanks. I have news to report on the installation and update of three distros.
Will go to Distributions to discuss that now. |
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