Technical Support Engineer - Window Server (English Speaking)

Responsibilities include:
The support engineer is responsible for support delivery, providing technical support to Azure and Windows Server customers by resolving escalated, complex technical customer issues on the Azure or Windows Server platform and delivering technical support against CPE and workflow efficiency targets; to identify required tools, cloud access, training, processes or capabilities to assess customer issues in less than 15 minutes; and to keep escalations to PG operations below 10% of the volume. the Escalation Engineer will need to closely collaborate with PG engineering and operations, and other CTS engineers.
The support engineer is a critical role in the implementation of Azure platform or Windows support capabilities which include working with the PG to implement asks; identify technology, and/or process readiness needs, and work with training PMs and tech leads to ensure support team readiness; develop relationships with and engage with technology-specific depth queues for customer incident resolution when required.
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 support capabilities for the cloud.
Requirements:
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.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Knowledge of one or two of the following domains: Windows Server Operating
System/Virtualization, Networking, Azure Platform, Storage.
Operating System/Virtualization
- Familiarity with OS Internals concepts (Windows, Linux, etc), Storage, Active Directory and
Security
- Understanding of Virtualization concepts and virtual system administration
- Experience with VM configuration and administration
Networking
- Familiarity with networking concepts including VIPs, NAT, DNS
- Familiarity with networking tools (ping, tracert, tracemon, wire shark, etc.)
- Understanding of load balancing, geo-redundancy, CDN and VPN technologies preferred
Azure Platform (as a plus)
- Azure architecture and its components (Fabric, Compute, Storage, etc)
- Knowledge of Azure Platform services
- Azure Platform development and deployment concepts
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- English (both oral and written)