**Job Summary:** As a Technical Support Engineer you will be providing support to customers, using VMware products, in isolating, diagnosing, reproducing and fixing technical issues in a timely manner. To be successful in this role, you must be a motivated self-starter and self-learner, possess strong customer service and technical problem-solving skills; and be someone who embraces challenges. **Essential Functions:** • Resolve customer's issues via the telephone, email or WebEx session • Reproducing issues in-house and responding back in a timely manner. • Regular follow ups with customers with recommendations, updates and action plans. • Handle technical assistance escalations from TSE1s TSE2s, communicate technically complex remedies, solutions or work-arounds in a clear and concise manner to customer or partner first line managers, and creates knowledge base content for internal and external use. • Obtain and retain detailed knowledge on more than 1 assigned VMware products. **Required Skills and Experience** • Ability to learn and follow defined support and root-cause analysis processes. • Proactively schedules and uses available training days. • Available for on-call or after-hour rotations, with prior intimation , available for Overtime • Adaptive to changes driven by customer demands or business requirements. • Able to deliver a consistent experience with high quality and effectiveness. • Create KB articles • Capable of researching on newly discovered issues. • Collaboratively works with and supports other team members. • Successfully able to prioritize work demands. • Increasing ability to solve practical problems without assistance and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited information may initially exist. • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, hands-on, or diagram form. • Knowledge of management contacts in the system for technical assistance • Experience dealing with various global customers, maintaining and establishing relationship with them • Capable of running status calls with the customers to keep them up to date with all relevant opened issues, and on-going projects • Able to handle escalations with demanding customers at a technical and management level • Experience in providing Unix/Linux technical support to enterprise customers. • Networking: In-depth understanding of L2/L3 networking protocols including switching technologies, routing fundamentals, IP subnetting, routing, firewalling, load balancers, VPN and network design • Experience designing and/or supporting large enterprise deployments. • Hands-on experience with Linux/UNIX based operating systems including strong CLI skill set and working knowledge of general system and network troubleshooting tools (e.g. WireShark) • Good practical working ability with Linux/UNIX utilities, including editors and command shells • B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or equivalent work experience • Fluent in spoken and written English • Multiplatform Operating Systems Knowledge (Windows, Linux, UNIX) would be an added advantage • Work experience of 5-8 yrs. in Technical domain **Highly Preferred Skills** + Experience with database related technology (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, etc) + Experience with ESX Server and/or Virtual Center Server + Experience with SQL query language + Experience with Remote Access Trouble-shooting + WebEx or ILO cards + Networking Knowledge + Linux command-line skills and shell scripting and/or programming + Experience in customization of Windows and/or Linux operating systems + Experience with Servers (Dell, HP, IBM, etc) + Experience with Server Management Software + Experience with Domain integration
- Active Directory + Experience with firewalls and security related issues + Background in System Administration **Category :** Client Support **Subcategory:** Technical Support **Experience:** Manager and Professional **Full Time/ Part Time:** Full Time **Work From Home:** No **Posted Date:** 2020-08-14 VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what's possible today at http://careers.vmware.com. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. Vmware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.
