TSE-I, Technical Support

Job description

TSE-I, Associate Technical Support Engineer

Draper, UT

About Virtustream

Virtustream, a Dell Technologies business, is the enterprise-class cloud company that is trusted by organizations worldwide to migrate and run their mission-critical applications in the cloud. For enterprises, service providers and government agencies, Virtustream’s xStream® Management Platform andInfrastructure-as-a-Service(IaaS) meets the security, compliance, performance, efficiency and consumption-based billing requirements of complex production applications in the cloud – whether private, public or hybrid.

Regularly provides technical support expertise in a complex cloud platform environment with the need to support the Virtustream Storage Cloud, as well as Virtustream enterprise class, mission critical, production environment for the xStream IaaS Portal software and provides support for on-premises deployments of xStream for Virtustream software customers.

Ability to convey sophisticated ongoing technical system support is critical to, and an essential component of, both Virtustream business operations and the business operations of Virtustream customers. Apply technical support expertise to resolve and escalate customer issues. Customer requests may be received by Support Centers through automated alerts, voice initiated technical calls from Customers, Partners, remote maintenance calls, internal and field Virtustream employees, Chat and Web support calls. Works closely with peers and internal SMEs to increase knowledge and resolve customer issues. Identifies and provides resolutions to technical problems. Use troubleshooting tools, content, and analytical practices to help determine best way to resolve identified and unidentified problems. 

This position requires interaction and coordination among several different groups within the Product Development group including Operations, Development, QA and Support.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

·  Respond to customer-initiated service and incident tickets for reported problems and queries
·  Act as a customer liaison and point of contact throughout the ticket lifecycle
·  Troubleshoot production problems with Virtustream software products for and with customers
·  Take initiative to accomplish tasks involving communication/coordination with Operations, Development and QA teams
·  Improve existing processes and/or develop new processes to improve efficiency where needed
·  Partner with various engineering teams to troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve tickets
·  Ability to work well as a member of a large team spanning multiple cultures and time zones
·  High self-motivation and ability to learn multiple technologies and software applications with little supervision
·  Ability to multi-task several projects at a time
·  Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in written form; especially technical concepts
·  Excellent (written and spoken) communication and customer support skills with Customer Centric Focus

MUST HAVE SKILLS:

·  Minimum of 1-2 years of professional experience with enterprise networking/storage/servers hardware; especially as it relates to virtualized environments
·  Practical decision making and problem resolution skills
·  Excellent systems, software and network troubleshooting skills
·  Beginner to Intermediate virtualization knowledge and experience working with virtualization tools (e.g. VMware vCenter, OpenStack or similar)
·  Ability to obtain Publuic Sector Clearance
·  Experience with configuration and maintenance of web servers (e.g. IIS 7.0+, NGINX, Apache)
·  Knowledge of Linux OS
·  Schedule: Flex; including on-call, mid shift, afterhours, weekends, and holidays

PREFERRED SKILLS:

·  Familiarity with Two-Factor Authentication concepts
·  Experience with Docker, Amazon S3, and HTTP protocols is a plus
·  Education: Associate’s Degree; Technical or Business
·  Certification: ITIL Foundations (preferred)

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Job Family:  Virtustream Job ID:  R60916