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We are seeking a hardworking customer-focused Distributed Cloud Support Engineer II. You are comfortable in both the Support and Engineering environments translating internal Engineering communications into clear concise directions for customers and partners. You are passionate about helping our customers tackle problems. You will provide support via phone emailSlackand web portal. Support requests range in complexity from how to questions through involved debugging and forensic efforts when prioritizing operational issues. Visualizing problems remotely is key to being successful in this role along with excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills. You will have a significant career growth opportunity within a fast-paced SaaS company.
What will you do
Fix reported issues andadvocatefor the customer.
Collaborate with sales and engineering teams to provide support to resellers service providers and enterprise customers as well as end users via telephone e-mail Slack and the web portal.
Issue reproduction and concise documentation of solutions provided through technical notes casestudiesand knowledge base articles.
Critical issue management and customer assurance when handling reported issues.
Coordinate fixes by engineering or Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) whenand relayappropriate informationto our partners and customers.
Provide recommendations on how to improve supportability reliability availability and serviceability based on lessons learned through issue resolution.
Training and enabling our service partners to ensure they can effectively resolve customer issues.
How do you qualify
2or more years of experience working in anoperationsenvironment.
Background in customer service/support and IT network or IT security incident management.
IT Security or IT Operations experience with corporate customers in production environments.
Experience drivingefficiency handling growth and delivering results.
Good understanding of IT Network or IT SOC best practices and a real passion for continuous improvement.
Strong organizational skills and work well with contacts in various business subject areas.
Advantageous to have:
Strong understanding of Networking and Layer 7 Protocols.
Familiarity with Container technologies (Docker and Kubernetes).
Knowledge of Data Representation types (XMLJSONand YAML).
Public cloud experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Google Cloud Platform (GCP)and/or Microsoft Azure is preferred.
Security product/solutions experience (Firewalls WAFs DDoS) is preferred.
Strong troubleshooting skillsindependentand collaborative.
Approachable disposition and steadfast in delivering.
Ability to prioritize and multitask whenleadingsophisticated technical issues.
Phenomenal communicator in English
Proven understanding of routing and switching technologies.
Ability to read different scripting and automation (PythonShelland Ansible).
Experience with Virtualization technologies.
Bachelors degree in engineeringor equivalent practical experience.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
This role requires availability outside normal business hours to align with the distributed team or to respond to critical security events.
Some travel may be(less than 10%).
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.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with or @).
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 .
Required Experience:
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