US National Technical Support Engineer III

At F5 we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create secure and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers and their customers better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

At F5 you will be a part of our US National team of Technical Support Engineers. We are seeking a seasoned and experienced Enterprise Support professional who provides remote technical assistance on F5 solutions to internal and customers and F5 Partners requiring support engineers that are part of the US National Support program.

US National TSE IIIs handle multiple active cases of diverse scope where analysis of customer network environments and customer specific data requires a review of identifiable factors to arrive at a conclusion which can work around restore or resolve the customers problem. US National TSE IIIs aim is to keep customers satisfied. They exercise solid judgment within an ISO certified Quality Management System set of defined procedures in order to select the best methods amongst several possible methods and techniques to build a plan of action and take appropriate action.

They receive little day to day instructions on their work and general instructions on new projects or assignments.

Please review and acknowledge:

• This group of TSEs work on a SHIFT SCHEDULE between 5pm/7pm PST to 4am/6am PST to ensure 24/7 coverage.

• The US National TSEswill work a Four-Tens schedule (4 10-hour shifts with an hour lunch break).

• You must be a US Citizen and reside in the Greater Spokane WA region and agree to work the above shift schedule.

• Unfortunately we are not able to provide work sponsorship for this opportunity at this time

This team is exceptionally proficient with several troubleshooting tools and equipment while providing resolutions to cases. They network with senior internal and external personnel and build strong working relationships internally with their peers Escalation Engineers and Managers or related F5 departments and externally to customers and partners. Lastly they provide communication to our customers by phone email and/or Zoom and accept ownership of issues until a resolution is delivered providing high customer satisfaction.

What will you do

• Demonstrates good judgement to select the best methods and techniques to provide a diverse scope of technical support (Level 1 to Level 3) to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software issues on F5 product and services based on data analysis of a complex set of customer specific factors.

• Proactively and effectively communicates status plan-of-action and resolution of issues based on an ISO Quality Management System defined set of procedures.

• Provides F5 customers and partners with a consistently high-quality support experience.

• Participates in on-going training with F5 products and related technologies.

• Maintains high schedule adherence (work hours and on-phone time)

• Effectively manages case escalations to tier 3 (Engineering Services) while maintaining customer communication with limited assistance/mentoring from senior support personnel or management

• Manages multiple routine cases and prioritizes based upon customer and business needs

• Performs additional projects as required

Skills and Knowledge that will help you succeed and perform:

• Excellent customer service skills together with experience supporting corporate customers and service providers in production environments.

• Hands-on technical experience preferred with internetworking/data center operations including WAN operations (e.g. DNS Open SSL Cryptography virtualization etc.) Network Protocols TCP/IP OSI Model UNIX or Linux (e.g. Redhat) operating systems VMware or equivalent hypervisors and network hardware preferred. Potential for exposure to Network Security (e.g. Web Application Security AAA VPN DDoS Malware Application Firewalls etc.)

• Proficient with Windows OS

• Able to work under limited or little instructions on routine work.

• Evidence of building strong internal/external relationships within a team environment.

• Experience with a Customer Relationship Management system. Salesforce Service Cloud experience preferred.

• Analytical thinker with strong attention to detail

• Must be able to read write and speak English fluently including technical concepts and terminology. Multiple language skills a plus.

• Should be able to effectively relay technical information to customers of varying skill levels including senior technical customer levels.

How do you qualify

• Showcase 5 years experience in a professional technical support role or equivalent experience working with relevant technologies

• Holding a 2nd Tier Academic Degree (bachelors BA/BS Honors Graduate Certificate or equivalent) preferred.

• Certification to 201 level certification is expected to be achieved at TSE III level in their core module area of expertise.

• Level 301 certification is preferred but not expected

• Duties are performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table.

• Duties require the ability to use a computer communicate over the telephone via headset and read printed material.

• Working in an environment where work hours are scheduled shifts to provide 24x7 coverage for US National Support Program customers. This role is required to work outside of core business hours including early morning late evening overnight weekends and/or holidays as needed.

• Occasional travel may be required (5-10% of work time)

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However the description may not be all-inclusive and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge skills experience geographic locations and market conditions as well as to reflect F5s differing products industries and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation bonus restricted stock units and benefits. More details about F5s benefits can be found at the following link: F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age sensory physical or mental disability marital status veteran or military status genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable local state or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment including but not limited to hiring job assignment compensation promotion benefits training discipline and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting .