Support Engineer
MicrosoftBangalore, karnataka, indiaUpdate time: January 14,2020
Job Description
Customer Service & Support
• Do you want to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more?
• Do you want to work in an open and inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are celebrated?
• If you love talking to and learning from customers and are excited about working with brilliant technical minds, we want to talk to you.
In Customer Service and Support, we are focused on how we can Empower, Help, and Advise Microsoft customers. We engage in solving complex problems for customers, we collaborate and knowledge share with each other, and we innovate on solutions to enable our customers to make the most of Microsoft products.
Our team is geographically distributed, we speak many languages and we come from a variety of cultural backgrounds. We are rapidly expanding, and we are looking for talented people with a passion for solving complex issues and an obsession for customer happiness.
Our culture is built around attributes that drive our every decision and our every action:
• Customer Obsession - we exist for and because of the customer. We need people who share that passion and drive to make our customers experiences easy, insightful and trusted.
• Growth Mindset - we value all perspectives and reward individuals that poke at the edges of what they know to be true. We are seeking people that think differently and are biased toward action to accomplish great things.
• Diverse & Inclusive - we enable people who bring a contemporary view to shape our internal teams and encourage all to feel included.
• One Microsoft - we collaborate and value the work of others, combining their learnings with our own to make a better outcome for our customers.
• Making a difference - we drive impact by looking for ways to continually improve our day to day responsibilities and the connections between our work and others.
Support Engineers (SE) serve as frontline technical resources for Microsoft’s customers and partners via phone, email or web. They deliver unique value by collaboratively and reactively solving customer problems, providing proactive support advice, contributing to product quality and enhancements and creating self-help assets to broadly reach more customers. You will be part of a team responsible for providing an outstanding technical support experience to our business customers. From problem identification to full resolution, you will own and manage the customer experience over the phone and Web. When needed, you will collaborate with others to engage subject matter experts, Engineering (Product Groups) or Management. Your day to day job will be about providing both technical expertise (either on your own or by involving your colleagues) and about being an excellent communicator and a service oriented professional. You will be given the opportunity to become a subject matter expert in one or more areas and receive guidance and mentorship from your colleagues.
 

Responsibilities

• Scope a customer’s issue by collecting the relevant facts and investigate the problem by doing your own research and by involving other teams as needed.
• Consult and collaborate with your immediate peers or colleagues around the world and with management and engineering to resolve service issues.
• Act internally as a customer advocate.
• Empower customers to find information, self-solve when they decide to, and learn more about Microsoft products, services and support.
• Advise customers on how to gain additional value from their Microsoft products.
• Document your technical work and research to help your colleagues, improve the product, and improve the support experience.
• Maintain a proactive approach to customer happiness, identifying customer satisfaction concerns and managing customer expectations
 

Qualifications

Required
Windows System Administration/Configuration, including a good basic understanding of:
• Registry
• File Storage
• User Accounts & Access Control
• Event Logs & Auditing
• Performance/Resource Monitor
• Networking (TCP/IP)
Experience in one or more of these areas desirable
 
Automated installation of Windows
User Profile management
Windows Update management
Kerberos and delegation
Bitlocker administration 
Windows Shell configuration and management
Windows Activation/Licensing
Remote Desktop Services configuration and management
Clustering
Printing configuration and management
Resilient Storage technology (clustering, storage spaces) 
Server management tools
Hyper-V management and VM deployment
Application installation and management
Windows backup and VSS
PowerShell scripting
Active Directory topology and management
Network Tracing and analysis
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployment/management
Remote File Systems (SMB)
Group Policy management
DNS deployment/management
Troubleshooting hangs and crashes in Windows 
Network Virtualisation (Hyper-V, SDN)
Troubleshooting performance issues using PerfMon and other tools
Language Qualification
English Language: fluent in reading, writing and speaking.
 
• Strong Experience in Active Directory Services.
• Strong Experience in  ADS, Group Policies, FSMO Roles, DNS Zones, Replications etc
• MCSE certification
• Additional Technology Certifications – Cisco, Novell, Unix, Security etc (Preferred)
• 3+ years of experience in administering Microsoft® Windows Server 2012 and Windows 2008 Servers.
• Good English Communication Skills - Spoken and Written (including technical writing)
• Strong Trouble Shooting and problem solving skills
• Excellent customer Service skills and effective learning skills
Critical Exposure areas & Technical Specifications:
 
• Strong Experience in Active Directory Services.
• Strong Experience in  ADS, Group Policies, FSMO Roles, DNS Zones, Replications etc
• Trouble shooting and problem solving skills.
 

 

 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

 

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