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Job Location drjobs

Sydney - Australia

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 148750 - 187000

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Replicated is a Commercial Software Distribution Platform. Replicated helps software vendors distribute their applications into self-hosted environments like VPC on-prem air gap and more. With a suite of tools ranging from installation to testing to licensing and support Replicated is the best way to operationalize and scale the distribution of Kubernetes applications into any enterprise environment.

Our customers include KNIME Puppet Smartbear BigID Swimlane and many other fast-growing enterprise software vendors.

Replicated is committed to cultivating an efficient respectful workplace. We know that innovation thrives on teams where diverse points of view come together to solve hard problems in ways that are just now possible. As such we explicitly seek people that bring diverse life experiences diverse educational backgrounds diverse cultures and diverse work experiences.

We are fully remote and plan to stay that way! Were open to any state in the US. In addition for some roles were open to candidates in Canada the UK Australia and New Zealand.

The Customer Reliability Engineering (CRE) team a group of dedicated global engineers focused on helping our vendors successfully deliver and support Kubernetes applications in customer-managed environments. As a CRE youll be on the front lines working directly with customers to solve complex technical challenges related to application deployment management and troubleshooting. Youll gain deep expertise in Kubernetes the Replicated product suite and the intricacies of customer-managed deployments including scenarios where cluster installation is required. This role prioritizes exceptional support and customer success collaborating closely with Sales and Product Engineers.

This role is perfect for you if you are passionate about problem-solving enjoy helping people and thrive on diving deep into technical challenges. Youll leverage your operational knowledge to build best practices and contribute to tooling that empowers both our internal teams and our vendors. This is an excellent opportunity to extend a strong foundation in Kubernetes Linux and the broader cloud-native ecosystem while learning from experienced engineers on a successful growing team.

What youll be doing:

  • Provide expert support to customers resolving issues related to Kubernetes Linux and Replicated products. This includes troubleshooting failures identifying root causes and implementing solutions. Every day will present new and unique challenges.

  • Enable Customer Success: Work proactively with customers to ensure they are successfully deploying managing and scaling their applications using Replicated. This includes providing guidance best practices training and assisting with onboarding new applications.

  • Collaborate with Engineering: Proactively work closely with CREs and product engineers to share customer feedback identify product improvements and contribute to the overall Replicated product roadmap. While this role doesnt require implementing code changes on day one youll be a key contributor in identifying areas for improvement and the team regularly makes code contributions to enhance our products and tools. As you grow within the team youll have opportunities to develop your coding skills and contribute directly to these improvements.

  • Continuous Learning: Invest in your personal and professional growth. Replicated is committed to supporting your development through courses certifications and other learning opportunities.

To be successful in this role you will need to bring:

  • 3 years experience with Linux system administration

  • 3 years experience with Kubernetes and Helm

  • Exceptional technical and non-technical communication and interpersonal skills. You must be able to clearly explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically under pressure.

  • A customer-centric mindset and a genuine desire to help others succeed.

  • Experience working remotely with teams across time zones.

Nice to haves:

  • Experience with CNCF tools

  • Familiarity with Go and the ability to debug Go programs

  • Customer facing experience

Note: This role does include some on-call support coverage. While we do our best to optimize for timezones and working hours our global team is expanding to ensure we are available for our customers when they need us.

Preferred Remote Location: Australia or New Zealand

Please note: For each New Zealand and Australia applicants must have the legal right to work in their country

Your Growth Journey at Replicated

In your first 30 Days:

Immerse Yourself: Dedicate yourself to learning about Replicated - the company the global CRE team our products and our customers (vendors).

  • Hands-on Training: Complete comprehensive hands-on training with the Replicated platform working through a structured onboarding checklist.

  • Team Connections: Meet with team members across Replicated including senior CREs product engineers and other departments to build relationships and understand different perspectives.

  • Onboarding Improvement: As you go through the onboarding process actively identify areas for improvement and suggest changes to make it even better for future CREs.

  • Active Support Participation: Begin working on real support cases from the queue with direct oversight and guidance from senior CREs. This hands-on approach will accelerate your learning and understanding of customer issues and troubleshooting techniques.

In your first 60 days:

  • Deeper Support Immersion: Continue working on support cases increasing the complexity and variety of issues you handle. Focus on understanding the why behind customer problems and the solutions implemented.

  • Process Improvement: Proactively suggest improvements to the support process both technical (e.g. tooling diagnostics) and procedural (e.g. communication workflows escalation paths).

  • Product Knowledge Expansion: Deepen your understanding of how Replicateds products are developed how different services interact and how they are used in customer-managed environments.

  • Vendor Interaction: Begin to participate in some supervised customer interactions gradually taking on more responsibility under the guidance of senior CREs.

  • Documentation Review: Review existing support documentation and training materials identifying areas for updates or improvements.

In your first 90 days:

  • Independent Support: Take on full responsibility for handling support issues from the queue working independently to diagnose resolve and prevent recurrence.

  • On-Call Rotation: Join the on-call rotation providing 24/7 support coverage (primarily weekends due to the global team) for specific Replicated products. Remember youre never alone - the team is always available to support you.

  • Customer Success Engagement: Begin actively participating in proactive customer success activities such as assisting with onboarding new applications or providing best-practice guidance.

  • Feedback Loop: Become a key contributor to the feedback loop between customers and engineering sharing insights and identifying areas for product improvement.

  • Continued Learning: Continue to invest in your personal and professional growth leveraging Replicateds resources (like the curiosity budget) to expand your skills in Kubernetes Linux and other relevant technologies. Begin exploring opportunities to develop your Go coding skills.

At Replicated we value our teammates as individuals who are stronger together. We offer a robust pay and benefits package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success supports their well-being and helps all of us create a great remote work environment.

For team members outside of the US our salary ranges are at localized rates for the countries we support. This is dependent on several factors including level qualifications and experience. We also offer stock options as well as a unique home office allowance & a professional development budget. An overview is on our careers page here: Australia (local currency) the salary range for this role is as follows:
Software Engineer II: $170000 - $21000
Senior Software Engineer I: $187000 - $235000

In New Zealand (local currency) the salary range for this role is as follows:
Software Engineer II: $140250 - $17500
Senior Software Engineer I: $148750 - $187000

We invest in our team and love candidates who are eager to learn and grow. We have a fantastic team of highly collaborative individuals who enjoy learning growing and mentoring others.

We invest in our team and love candidates who are eager to learn and grow. We have a fantastic team of highly collaborative individuals who enjoy learning growing and mentoring others.

OUR CORE VALUES

Care Deeply: Care deeply about the work that you do. Because of that you are constantly learning and willing to go out on a limb challenge assumptions go back to first principles etc.

Longterm: Treat every interaction as part of a 30 year relationship youll see everyone down the road again as customers partners coworkers etc.

Curious: Were always learning and we approach everyone and every problem with curiosity. When needed we challenge assumptions and go back to first principles.

BENEFITS

We offer strong benefits to help you stay healthy and productive. For the US our benefits are listed below:

Replicated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds and we work to make sure that all team members have an equal opportunity to succeed.

Please note at this time we are unable to provide sponsorship to individuals in the United States.

We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters recruitment firms or any other third party for any of our job openings. Any unsolicited resumes sent from anyone other than the candidate in any format to any person at Replicated will be considered Replicated property. Replicated will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

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