Elastic4 days ago

Senior Support Engineer

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Bangalore

Responsibilities

  • 01Ensuring technical customer issues are serviced within contractual SLA and managed to resolution
  • 02Maintaining strong relationships with customers for delivery of technical support
  • 03Resolving customer problems via telephone, email, chat or remote access
  • 04Having a mindset of continuous improvement in support processes and customer satisfaction
  • 05Working across multicultural and geographically distributed teams
  • 06Contributing to product documentation, customer knowledge base, and best practices guides
  • 07Continuously improving processes and tools in collaboration with the team
  • 08Providing weekend on-call support for the team rotation (8 hours during regular work hours)
  • 09Developing subject matter expertise on a key product feature
  • 10Working on complex issues requiring in-depth evaluation of variable factors
  • 11Taking part in organizational projects, programs, and/or business initiatives to improve performance and customer experience
  • 12Providing technical leadership in Elastic communities and Knowledge-Centered Service methodology and process
  • 13Creating lab environments to replicate customer issues
  • 14Communicating tactfully with customers: gathering information, providing diagnostic and resolution steps, conveying process and product guidance

Requirements

  • 017+ years of experience in technical support, system administration or related customer-facing role
  • 02Technical background in systems administration, Network Engineering, Software Engineering, etc
  • 03Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
  • 04Customer-oriented focus
  • 05Good understanding of cloud-native and container-based technologies
  • 06Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, GCP, Azure and frameworks such as Kubernetes and Docker
  • 07Understanding of the Product Lifecycle and future direction for the supported products or product line
  • 08Strong understanding of cloud-native and container-based distributed systems like Kubernetes
  • 09Advanced level of hands-on generalist experience with Java (e.g., JVMs & components), Operating Systems (e.g., Linux and Windows), Networks (e.g., LDAP, Load Balancers, Proxies, SSL); Experience with APIs and REST calls; Experience with web/application servers (e.g., Tomcat, Apache, IIS, NGINX, Jboss); Advanced troubleshooting skills in web technology systems (e.g., HTML, CSS, Javascript)
  • 10Experience with SSO, SAML, Active Directory, etc
  • 11Knowledge of databases or search software technologies (bonus)
  • 12Experience with SaaS and/or Distributed systems (bonus)
  • 13Team player; ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a positive and adaptable approach
  • 14Proven strong technical understanding of software products
  • 15Collaboration with Developer teams on escalation issues
  • 16Curiosity is key; you have researched our products and possibly downloaded our stack to test it out
  • 17Networking, Server Administration, experience with Wireshark or comparable packet analysis tool
  • 18Exposure to scripting (Shell, Python, etc.)
  • 19Experience with support tools and platforms like Salesforce, Zendesk and JIRA

What we offer

  • 01Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
  • 02Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
  • 03Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
  • 04Generous number of vacation days each year
  • 05We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
  • 06Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
  • 07Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
  • 08Elastic is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds
  • 09As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity