Alaant Workforce Solutions

Austin, TX | Posted: 5 years ago

Global, fast-growing enterprise software firm seeks an enthusiastic, motivated individual with excellent oral and written communication skill to join their team of highly skilled support staff.
 
Company is expanding in the U.S. and offers a lucrative compensation package!

*Will help with moving expenses for the right candidate interested in relocating to Austin, TX!  
 
Responsibilities:
 
Primarily responsible for providing world class technical support to company customers and partners, and will be reporting to the Customer Support Manager. As global customer base expands, the Support Engineer/Analyst may also be required to work shift or on-call patterns to provide support for other time zones.
 
Your primary responsibilities involve troubleshooting, analyzing technical problems and working with the customer and company Developers to resolve technical roadblocks. You will ensure all issues are resolved or escalated to the proper resources to resolve in a timely fashion. Additionally, you will manage communications with customers at all levels to maintain positive relationships.
 
Managing customer issues within CRM system. Manage customer support technical issues on a daily basis, including verifying issues, isolating and diagnosing the problem, and resolving the issue where possible. Provide technical support to customers, partners, sales engineers and post-sales consultants via telephone, email and the web. Reproduce product behavior and determine the problem root-cause and to find work-arounds and solutions.
 
Ability to deal with difficult customer situations. Author, edit, publish and maintain an on-line knowledge base of known issues/solutions.
 
Successful candidates will possess the following skills, education and experience:
 
College diploma or bachelor's degree in a technology-related field (or equivalent work experience).
 
5+ years of industry experience in supporting enterprise software components.
 
Excellent written and verbal communication and problem-solving skills are essential.
 
A high degree of analytical, trouble shooting and problem-solving abilities.
 
In-depth knowledge and ability to troubleshoot currently supported Windows operating systems (servers and clients).
 
Strong Windows administration skills with the ability to diagnose Windows system issues using the Windows Event Viewer logs.
 
 In-depth knowledge and understanding of virtualization technologies and platforms (e.g. Citrix, VMware, Hyper-V). 

SQL Server experience (queries)....support or administration a plus.
 
Thorough understanding of and ability to use and troubleshoot the Microsoft Office suite (specifically MS Excel & Outlook).
 
Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networks and security, LAN/WAN communication and configurations. Good formal documentation skills.
 
Ability to work under own initiative and respond to peaks in demand. Strong relationship management skills, establishing empathy with customers through insight into their business drivers and expectations.
 
Exposure to JavaScript, HTML5, PHP, XML, SOAP, JSON a plus.
***Fluency in Portuguese or Spanish a must.