AWS Elemental is the leading supplier of softwaredefined video solutions for multiscreen content delivery and we are looking for a Technical Support Engineer to join our Global Technical Support Team.
In this role you will own customer issues throughout their complete lifecycle while providing knowledgeable and responsive technical support for our enterprise customers. Our customers include small and large enterprise customers and includes onpremises and cloud based workflows. You will be responsible for issue investigation identifying software defects indepth and complex repro cases across multiple products and services workarounds and researching innovative or unfamiliar technologies. This is a complex fastpaced and highthroughput environment where frequent context shifting and multitasking is required. As an engineer on the team there are additional expectations of leadership and expertise in multiple disciplines.
Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
Track investigate and resolve customer questions and issues by phone and email at various levels of complexity and customer impact.
Act as an escalation point for the most complex and indepth issues that potentially span multiple external and internal organizations while working independently
Communicate directly with internal organizations to complete root cause analyses issue investigation workarounds and defect resolution
Develop and implement the most complex repro cases to identify potential software defects misconfigurations or issues in customer environments
Use case management tools to manage and prioritize issues based on multiple factors including customer impact
Act as a role model to other support engineers leading discussions proactively solving issues and identifying and removing blockers for the entire team
Develop training material and documentation for both internal and customerfacing user community portals
Deliver field support services to customers including product troubleshooting as well as basic implementation and ad hoc training services
Participate in 24x7 oncall rotation for postsale customer support
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Bachelors degree in computer science engineering mathematics or equivalent or 3 years of professional or military experience
3 years of experience working in enterpriselevel technical/customer support
3 years of experience with Linux operating systems particularly with networking and system administration
3 years of experience with LAN configuration Internet protocols server applications and related troubleshooting tools
Knowledge of compressed and uncompressed digital video and audio standards especially around HEVC H.264 and MPEG2 technologies
Knowledge of video packaging and delivery mechanisms such as HLS DASH CMAF RTMP UDP and/or file based workflows
Experience with Cloud Computing especially Amazon Web Services; excellent hardware/software problemsolving skills and ability to navigate challenging situations in a professional manner with minimal guidance
Familiarity with one or more Linuxbased scripting language (e.g. Python Bash JavaScript etc.
Ability to effectively gauge customer impact and temperature to prioritize issue investigation
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $86000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.