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Sr Technical Support Engineer

Location:  Belmont, CA and Atlanta, GA

The successful candidate will provide 2nd and 3rd level post sales technical support to Actiance End User Customers via phone, e-mail and web. Strong fault isolation and root cause analysis skills are required to diagnose and solve complex technical issues and provide timely solutions to customers in a professional manner. He/she should have the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment, using proper discretion in evaluating/escalating customer issues and diffusing difficult situations. Regularly updating support cases and documenting technical solutions and product information in the knowledge base is required. Work to reproduce customer issues and test potential fixes. Interface with Development, Sales, QA, Marketing teams and Partners to build a positive customer experience. Traveling may be required to customer sites to assist in fault isolation and root cause analysis.

 

Responsibilities

  • Technical account management for end-user customers.
  • Managing support cases to ensure issues are recorded, tracked, resolved, and follow ups are done in a timely manner.
  • Consistent fault isolation and root cause analysis.
  • Diagnose and resolve application, operating system and hardware level issues.
  • Publish Technical Support Bulletins and other technical documentation in the Knowledge Base.
  • Review of technical documentation for training materials, technical marketing collateral, manuals, troubleshooting guides, etc.
  • Manage weekly customer conference calls.
  • Provide on-call support 24x7 on a rotational basis.
  • Perform other activities and duties as requested.

Required Qualifications

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a team environment.
  • Superior organizational and analytical skills.
  • Outstanding customer service skills.
  • Strong ability to independently debug broad, complex, and unique networks with mixed media and protocols.
  • Ability to effectively manage many different tasks simultaneously.
  • Energetic/enthusiastic demeanor.
  • Minimum 3 years experience as a Technical Support Engineer having:
    • Advanced knowledge of Windows operating systems.
    • Advanced knowledge of Windows network environment (domain structures).
    • Knowledge of LDAP and directory services (Active Directory, Sun One, Domino).
    • Troubleshooting expertise with Windows/Linux operating systems.
    • IP networking knowledge, including the use of network sniffer to analyze network traffic.
  • Minimum 2 years experience as a Technical Support Engineer having:
    • Knowledge of interconnected systems, DHCP, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN.
    • Knowledge of DNS.
    • Knowledge of load-balancing.
    • Knowledge of proxy servers.
    • Knowledge of networking protocols and distributed computing environment concepts.
    • Knowledge of SQL and Microsoft SQL Server.

Desired Qualifications (a plus)

  • Oracle knowledge/expertise.
  • Instant Messaging (Public and Enterprise) knowledge and troubleshooting experience.
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).

Education: BS degree (preferably in CS, CE, CIS, EE) or equivalent experience is required.

If you are interested in this position, please e-mail your resume to mminowitz@actiance.com, and reference job Sr Technical Support Engineer in the subject line.

Actiance is an equal opportunity employer.