Technical Support Specialist Jobs in Pune - EXFO

Technical Support Specialist

EXFO

0 to 3 Years

Not disclosed

Expired

Posted: 29 Jun 20

Job Description

EXFO develops

smarter network test, monitoring and analytics solutions for the world’s leading telecommunications service providers, network equipment manufacturers and webscale companies—and we love what we do! With nearly 1,900 employees in more than 25 countries, EXFO is no. 1 worldwide in fiber optic test solutions and has the largest active assurance deployment. Our broad portfolio of intelligent hardware and software solutions enable our customer’s network transformations related to fiber, 5G, virtualization and big data analytics. We’re always looking for top talent to help us lead the way in a thriving industry with boundless opportunities.
We are looking for a Systems Technical Support Specialist to join the EXFO’s service assurance, systems & solution customer support group. The person we are looking for possesses strong customer facing skills with a focus on systems administration & troubleshooting.

At EXFO, you will work day-to-day with worldwide software development, system engineering and support teams. Your primary responsibilities will be to analyze and resolve customer issues in partnership with the different engineer teams of our solutions for network monitoring & analytics.

Responsibilities

Lead complex troubleshooting and resolve critical or escalated technical issues;
Configure and troubleshoot customer related issues on our servers. Participate actively in on-call support with different global field partners, which may include occasional after hours and weekends shift work
Reproduce customer issues in self built lab environments & qualify fixes provided by engineering
Participate to customer issues prioritization calls with the various support teams
Build automation and participate actively in the scripting strategy, to restore & resolve customer issues
Troubleshoot customer system’s performance at the hardware, software and Database level
Be involved with software development team for future development and improvements to be implemented from the collected customer cases from the support group
Accountable for customer satisfaction on the resolution

Technical Requirements

Advanced level Linux skills, including installation, systems administration and troubleshooting;
Advance level web application (Proxy, SSL, Java)
Advanced Wireline & Wireless protocol understanding
Advanced networking skills (TCP/IP, Subnetting, VLANs, IPv4/IPv6 routing, firewall and SSL/IPSec VPNs)
Experience with database (SQL, Sybase, Oracle)
Experience scripting (Bash, Python)
Expertise with virtualization technologies (VMware, Docker)
Experties in Fiber Layer 0 Layer 2
Consideration for Big Data architecture knowledge

Required Skills And Aptitudes

Strong communication and collaborative skills are a must;
Ability to communicate clearly and transparently in English, verbally and in writing, keeping the right people informed of relevant issues; French spoken is very desirable;
Work well in a fast paced, dynamic environment with geographically distributed teams;
Self-motivated, results-oriented with a strong desire to learn;
Ability to Analyze and Prioritize.
Ability to drive special task force teams to accelerate specific customer situations

Qualifications