Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you.Splunk is seeking a Sr Technical Support Engineer to provide enterprise level support to our customers and partners. This is a very dynamic role where you will provide technical assistance, tackle and resolve customer problems, work with engineering on various product issues, and contribute to projects revolving around support tools, knowledge management, our growing market place of solutions, and more.Responsibilities:Provide technical support for enterprise customersDevelop a deep understanding of the Splunk productFix technical issues to establish the root cause of problems and form a solution or workaround across a range of environmentsProvide documentation content and participate in online forum support for real-time questions from Splunk users.Reproduce customer issues and if necessary file bug reports, advance cases to engineering, and provide necessary documentationDemonstrative work experience of Advanced Technical Support for Software applicationsWide Ranging experience with advanced expertise or knowledge in one or more products or technologies, and could be known as a SME (Subject Matter Expert)Able to provide Technical direction to other Technical Support team membersRequirements:Experience with the following systems is a requirement: UNIX (Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX), Windows, and Mac OS XUnderstanding of regular expressions (Regex) and Python scriptingKnowledge in the following areas : Perl and shell scripting, XML, HTMLExperience in Business Intelligence is a plusBe able to isolate problems between hardware and software and provide information to appropriate development team(s)The ability to shift gears and focus is essential when supporting a product like SplunkSolid knowledge of networking conceptsHighly developed, process-oriented skills for troubleshooting, problem solving, and problem resolutionExcellent written and verbal communication skills are a requirementYou are able to work in a dynamic technical environment and support a product with frequent product releases and regular maintenance updates5 to 7 years' experience in a Technical Support role supporting business software applicationsPluses: Prior expertise with Splunk productsEducation:Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science or similar degree or equivalent work experience
