What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Support Engineer position at Red Hat?
The Red Hat Customer Experience and Engagement (CEE) team is looking for a Technical Support Engineer with a background in Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technologies to join our Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure team in the western U.S. In this role, you will provide high-level technical support and sustaining engineering services to maximize uptime and reduce IT costs for enterprise customers using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. You’ll work closely with customers, developers, architects, and operations teams to troubleshoot and solve complex technical issues. You'll collaborate with engineering teams and work alongside some of the brightest developers in the open source community. As a Technical Support Engineer, you will also partner with key strategic cloud partners to jointly solve multi-vendor customer issues. This is a great opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing enterprise software and services companies and the leading provider of open source software. Well-qualified, home-based applicants within the U.S. Mountain or Pacific time zones will be considered.
What You Will Do
Pay Transparency
Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40 countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.
Benefits
Inclusion at Red Hat
Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.
Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.
Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email application-assistance@redhat.com. General inquiries, such as those regarding the status of a job application, will not receive a reply.
What You Will Do
- Serve as a direct point of contact and adviser for customer inquiries about Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform through our customer portal and over the phone
- Deliver exceptional customer experience by troubleshooting a variety of issues and recommending solutions in a professional and courteous manner
- Analyze issues to identify problem areas and effectively communicate corrective actions and resolutions to customers
- Collaborate with members of the technical support team and external parties during the problem resolution process
- Create documentation on diagnostic steps and solutions for future incidents
- Work some weekend and holiday shift duties on a rotational schedule as needed
- 3 years of experience working with Linux or UNIX operating systems; Linux system installation, configuration, and maintenance experience is a big plus
- 3 years of experience working as a support or development engineer for a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider or hosting service
- Experience working with hosted applications or large-scale application deployments
- Familiarity with technologies like Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Kubernetes, and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, cloud management
- Good understanding of Linux tools with an emphasis on cURL, Git, strace, and Wireshark
- Solid troubleshooting skills and passion for problem-solving and investigation
- Outstanding communications skills in English and the ability to communicate courteously and effectively with customers, colleagues, and third-party vendors
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field; degree in engineering or computer science
- Knowledge of technical support systems and tools
- Familiarity with Red Hat’s solutions portfolio and open source software development
- Participation in open source projects, including patches submitted for upstream inclusion
- Red Hat Certified Engineer certification (RHCE)
- Experience with Open vSwitch, Red Hat Application Services, Apache Tomcat, Node.js, Ruby, Python web frameworks, and .NET Framework technologies
- Experience with networking troubleshooting and diagnostics, including familiarity with packet capture analysis, a firm understanding of IP, TCP, UDP, TLS, load balancing, and routing with regards to software-defined networking, and awareness of components like NetworkPolicy, Operators, Machine Config, x509 certificates, OpenSSL, and TLS Auth
Pay Transparency
Red Hat determines compensation based on several factors including but not limited to job location, experience, applicable skills and training, external market value, and internal pay equity. Annual salary is one component of Red Hat’s compensation package. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, and/or equity. For positions with Remote-US locations, the actual salary range for the position may differ based on location but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience.
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40 countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
- Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
- Retirement 401(k) with employer match
- Paid time off and holidays
- Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
- Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
- Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!
Inclusion at Red Hat
Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.
Equal Opportunity Policy (EEO)
Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.
Red Hat supports individuals with disabilities and provides reasonable accommodations to job applicants. If you need assistance completing our online job application, email application-assistance@redhat.com. General inquiries, such as those regarding the status of a job application, will not receive a reply.
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