Network Support Engineer
Network Support Engineer - Storage/Data Management (ARX)
Position Summary
The Network Support Engineer II (NSE) provides remote technical assistance on F5 products to internal and external customers and F5 partners. NSE II’s handle multiple active cases of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors, and provide daily customer communication via phone and email. Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Work hours are scheduled shifts corresponding to forecasted customer activity. NSE II’s exhibit strong competence utilizing a number of troubleshooting tools, facilities and equipment in the course of providing resolutions to cases. NSE II’s provide good communication to our customers, and accept ownership of issues until a resolution is delivered, providing high customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Provides Level 1 and Level 2 technical support to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software issues on F5 devices
- Proactively and effectively communicates status, plan-of-action, and resolution of issues
- Provides F5 customers and partners with a consistently high-quality support experience
- Participates in on-going training with F5 products and related technologies
- Maintains high schedule adherence (work hours and on-phone time)
- Effectively manages case escalations to tier 3 (Engineering Services) while maintaining customer communication
- Manages multiple cases and prioritizes based upon customer and business needs
- Follows standards-based processes defined in F5’s Quality Management System (QMS)
- Performs additional projects as required
Qualifications
- Minimum 3-4 years experience in a technical support role, working with relevant technologies
- Support experience with corporate customers in production environments preferred
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience preferred
- Hands on technical experience with and very knowledgeable on LAN/WAN operations, Network protocols, UNIX or Linux Operating systems, and/or networking hardware required.
- Intermediate understanding of TCP/IP protocols and the OSI model
- Proficient with Windows OS
- VLAN – setup and implementation.
- Knowledge of DNS protocol/BIND
- Able to work with moderate supervision
- Proven track record in a team environment
- Experience with network file sharing, file storage protocols (NFS and CIFS/SMB), NetApp/EMC and other data storage systems, Active Directory and authentication protocols (NTLM and Kerberos) preferred (for Data Solutions focus)
- Experience with WAN optimization applications a plus (for WANOpt focus)
- Experience with Clarify preferred
- Analytical thinker with strong attention to detail
- Must be able to read, write and speak English fluently, including technical concepts and terminology. Multiple language skills a plus.
- Must be able to relay technical information to customers with varying skill levels
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Duties are performed in an office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table. Ability to utilize a computer keyboard. Communicate on the telephone via headset. Ability to read material on computer monitor
Benefits
We provide competitive salaries, a world class benefits package, including 100% of the premium for employee medical, dental and vision insurance, highly subsidized premiums for dependent coverage, 401K match, employees stock purchase plan, 18 days paid time off within the 1st year and 8 paid holidays, life insurance, short long term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and much more.