Premium Support Engineer
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About Us
Always open. Our code our culture our opportunities. Leading open innovation without limits. We are SUSE.
SUSE is a global leader in innovative reliable and secure enterprise open source solutions including SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) Rancher and NeuVector. More than 60% of the Fortune 500 rely on SUSE to power their mission-critical workloads enabling them to innovate everywhere from the data center to the cloud to the edge and beyond. SUSE puts the open back in open source collaborating with partners and communities to give customers the agility to tackle innovation challenges today and the freedom to evolve their strategy and solutions tomorrow.
We are open in our roots and open in our approach striving to be the most trusted open innovator in the World. Openness extends beyond our technology. Our vibrant community thrives on diversity and connectivity without borders.
Premium Support EngineerJob Description
About Us
SUSE the worlds largest independent open source company helps customers partners and communities be the difference in their spheres of influence. Through open collaboration and agile enterprise-grade open source solutions customers partners and communities are empowered to simplify tasks modernize environments and accelerate business innovation ultimately reaping the benefits of measurable value and better futures. Our customer obsessed operating model means exceptional service value flexibility and customer choice with no enforced lock in.
SUSEs open open source approach helps our customers and partners move their businesses forward transforming IT delivering increased agility and faster innovation.
Objective of the role
A Premium Support Engineer is assigned to our enterprise Customers to provide post-implementation product support and is primarily responsible for identification and resolution on any technical issues related to SUSE products.
Premium Support Engineers should develop business relationships with assigned accounts technical and management staff support them by gaining first-hand knowledge of their deployments as well as their business needs. With this close relationship as well as the familiarity with Customers environments Engineers shall provide fast response time and ensure proposed solutions are tailored with customers expectation.
Premium Engineers goals are to provide proactive assistance and maintain the deployment in an optimal and efficient manner:
be available to respond in defined time scope
understand customer needs for further opportunity discovery
possess the ability to work well with a structured and dynamic environment
handle the pressure in highly charged situation
Technical skills and competencies need to be balanced with strong communication skills to build close and trust relationships with customers.
This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Service Delivery Manager.
Travel to customers different working sites will be a requirement.
Focus Area
Responsibilities:
Be able to articulate key values of SUSEs offerings: products/solutions/Strategies
Troubleshoot and provide resolution or workaround to customers technical issues in timely fashion;
Serve as customers advocate within the group by facilitating escalation of issues through appropriate internal organizations
Pro-actively identify issues by becoming familiar with customers technical and business environment
Form strong business relationships with customers at various levels of the organization
Share knowledge by writing technical documents and pro-actively sending helpful technical information to customers (e.g. upcoming patches technical news etc.)
Communicate work performed in provided systems and document as requested
Assist in implementation of Solutions according to SUSEs Best Practice
Interact with SUSE Customer Support team as required to meet customers needs
Evaluate unique and complex deployments and make recommendations for optimisation.
Develop partnership with and assist the Sales team.
Ability to work in customers environment and may at times be required to work outside of standard business hours
Education and Experience Required:
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.
5 years experience in relevant technologies and customer environments.
Extensive experience in high-tech or software company
Relevant industry qualification where applicable.
Knowledge and Skills:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Hands-on Experience on troubleshooting in a technical environment.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to handle tense/stressful situations regarding service outages and issue resolution
In-depth understanding about Linux Operating System and Containerization/Container Orchestration Technologies
Demonstrated technical proficiency in independently implementing Linux solutions with a preference for experience with SUSE products.
Possessing relevant certifications such as Certified Linux Engineer or Certified Kubernetes Administrator/Developer etc. will be highly advantageous.
CustomerFor Life OrganizationMission
Create Customer for Life by building relationships as the most respected partner to deliver customer success.
What we offer
Excellent chance to work on cutting edge technologies that are powering millions of mission critical systems.
We empower you to be bold driving your career to create the future you want. We celebrate and reward your achievements.
If youre a big thinker obsessed with execution and thrive in a dynamic environment in which you can tangibly create a lasting legacy then please apply now!
We give you the freedom to be yourself. You will work in a global community of unique individuals like you with different backgrounds talents skills and perspectives. A truly open community where everyone is welcome has a voice and is encouraged to reach their full potential regardless of age gender race nationality disability sexual orientation religion or any other characteristics.
This position is subject to a background check(s) including criminal credit and/or employment references. The candidate is required to complete the background check(s) once an offer has been accepted. This will be conducted by SUSEs external provider where legally permitted.
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ServicesWhat We Offer
We empower you to be bold driving your career to create the future you want. We celebrate and reward your achievements.
SUSE is a dynamic environment that is evolving rapidly thus requiring agility strong entrepreneurship and an open mind.
This is a compelling opportunity for the right person to join us as we continue to scale and prosper.
If youre a big thinker obsessed by execution and thrive in a dynamic environment in which you can tangibly create a lasting legacy then please apply now!
We give you the freedom to be yourself. You will work in a global community of unique individuals like you with different backgrounds talents skills and perspectives. A truly open community where everyone is welcome has a voice and is encouraged to reach their full potential regardless of age gender race nationality disability sexual orientation religion or any other characteristics.
Sounds like the right fit for you Click Apply to submit your resume. A recruiter will contact you if your skills match our current or any future positions. In the meantime stay updated on the latest SUSE news and job vacancies by joining our Talent Community.
SUSE Values
Choice
Innovation
Trust
Community
Employment Type
Full-Time
