Responsibilities

The Enterprise Cloud Support Engineer is responsible for support delivery, providing technical support by resolving technical issues on the Enterprise Cloud products like Azure Log Analytics, Azure automation etc. Specific measurements include achieving the CPE team goals, time to resolution or escalation, enabling a response time similar to competitors; maintaining technical skills through completion of ongoing readiness and Platform training; and, in general participating in the creation of future Microsoft support capabilities for the cloud.

To be more specific:
• Customer Issue Resolution & Responsiveness Drive the communication with the customer to ensure the customer has confidence on problem resolution provided by Microsoft. Define and understand the customer issue by creating the adequate reproduction scenarios. Research, troubleshoot, develop and implement a workaround (if needed) and gain agreement from customer on problem resolving. Act as the second tier support to take the escalation and solve the customer issue from subsidiary.
• Effective Communication & Collaboration Identify the right resource to collaborate with for tough & political hot problem. Collaborate with cross-group peers both proactively and reactively. Produce quality documentation and share with the appropriate team members and tech lead as appropriate.
• Training & Readiness Identify current knowledge deficiencies/training needs, as well as potential future needs. Act as a subject matter expert (SME) to build readiness content and develop training (in applicable regions). Make effective technical presentations, both internal and external. Provide documentation and mentoring to others within your technical specialty. Work with your manager, as appropriate to assess your own core competencies and identify current knowledge deficiencies/training needs, as well as potential future needs. Work with your manager and Tech Advisor (where appropriate) to develop a comprehensive personal/technical development plan. Implement your development plan, actively seek development opportunities, and complete all scheduled training. Meet with your manager to assess and adjust the plan as needed to match mid- and long-term career plans.
• Operational Precision Adhere to published queue or call back schedule and be available for different shifts, as necessary. Use appropriate documentation and utilization and / or labor tracking methods to account for time. Manage and prioritize your workload while keeping team members and management appropriately informed. Participate in ad-hoc projects per management request or business need.

Qualifications

Preferred SOFT SKILLS:
• Leadership - handle technically challenging and politically hot customer situations.
• Strong communications skills – Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.
• Effective, polished interaction with customer to gather information.
• Demonstrable troubleshooting skills Cross-team collaboration Logical and Critical thinking.
• Passion for technology and customer support.
• Understanding of cloud vs. on premise computing.

Preferred TECHNICAL SKILLS -

Knowledge of one or two of the following domains:
• Operating System/Virtualization, Networking, Microsoft Azure Platform, Microsoft System Center Suite products.
• Familiarity with OS Internals concepts (Windows, Linux, etc.), Storage, Active Directory and Security
• Understanding of Virtualization concepts and virtual system administration, in-depth knowledge of VMware/Hyper-V as a plus.
• Experience with Azure VM configuration and administration.
• Familiarity with networking tools/protocols. (tcpip, http, ping, tracert, tracemon, wire shark, etc.)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Platform services. (as a plus)
• Microsoft Azure architecture and its components. (Fabric, Compute, Storage, etc.)
• Azure Platform development and deployment concepts.

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