Linux Support Engineer

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Job Description

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The Role

As a Linux Support Engineer you will:

• Provide OS support to users of the SUSE Enterprise Linux product portfolio.
• Troubleshoot challenging complex critical and sensitive customer issues related to: Installation errors configuration errors out of the box not working functionality booting issues.
• Investigate usage problems unexpected product behaviour performance degradation and root cause analysis.
• Replicate customer issues in a technical lab environmentto provide optimal solutions..
• Communicate with customers through email remote sessions and occasionally via telephone.
• Be part of the APAC team which makes up a 24x7 (follow the sun) support organisation.
• Provide technical support and maintain professional communication with SUSEs customers.
• Collaborate efficiently with your technical support colleagues globally.
• Engage with development and product management on bugs and feature requests.
• Continuously contribute and collaborate on knowledge resources improvement and creation.
• This position is not eligible for remote work and will be based in our Bengaluru office.
• Be required to work on call and weekends based on a shift rotation policy.

Preferred technical experience & skills

• A solid understanding and experience with the Linux operating system preferably certified (SCA RHCSA LPIC-1).
• Several years of experience in a technical support role or as a system administrator for any Linux OS.
• The ability to troubleshoot various aspects of the Linux operating system.
• The ability to adapt to new technologies.
• Basic Bash scripting.
• Expertise or understanding (at minimum) in the below areas:
  • High Availability / Clustering technologies
  • Storage technologies (like SAN multipathing iSCSI LVM)
  • Networking concepts and protocols
  • LDAP Kerberos Samba Active Directory
  • Non-x8664 architectures

Personal Attributes

• All candidates should be fluent in English (written and verbal)
• A strong sense of responsibility self-motivation and the ability to prioritise and organise multiple simultaneous workloads.
• The ability to assess the customer situation and select the best path forward.
• Interpersonal communication skills in both oral and written form.
• The ability to communicate complex technical information to customers in a clear and simple way.
• Experienced in providing a timely and accurate response and resolution to customer issues over the phone or electronically.
• The ability to work efficiently in a dynamic and collaborative environment with a team of highly skilled and motivated engineers.
• Respectful patient and professional approach in line with SUSE values.

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