Technical Support Engineer

Overview

Westcon-Comstor is a global technology provider and specialist distributor, operating in more than 70 countries. It delivers business value by connecting IT vendors with technology resellers, systems integrators, and service providers. With over 30 years of distribution experience, Westcon-Comstor accelerates business success for vendors and partners through industry insight and technical expertise. The company operates through two lines of business: Westcon and Comstor.


We are looking for Senior Technical Support Engineer (Sr. TSE)/Technical Support Engineer (TSE) in India for APJ region at Westcon-Comstor. The Sr. TSE/TSE is part of a team that is the contact for customers experiencing issues with installation, configuration, operation and management for Carbon Black solutions. They are, in many ways, the post-sale "face of Carbon Black" and must be passionate about helping our customers solve problems.


The Sr. TSE/TSE will field queries via phone, email and web portal of the CRM solution. Queries will range in complexity from "how to" questions through involved debugging and forensic efforts when tracking down operational anomalies. The ability to visualize problems remotely is key to being successful in this role along with excellent analytic and troubleshooting skills. This is a great opportunity for someone with a background supporting commercial software that has a passion for diving into complex technical issues and also has an interest in building their Security expertise!


Roles & Responsibilities:

• Provide exceptional customer service while responding to phone, e-mail and online requests for technical support
• Represent the customer to ensure serviceability and product quality issues are being tracked, prioritized, resolved, and incorporated into the product release cycle
• Assist customers in the installation and deployment of Carbon Black's software products
• Track and monitor all support cases to ensure timely resolution and follow-up
• Clearly identify, document, and find solutions for customer issues and product problems
• Escalate critical customer situations to the appropriate level of management and engineering expertise
• Communicate technical issues and solutions to the engineering, QA, sales, and support teams as well as to the customer base
• Participate in Knowledge Centered Service training to become a licensed publisher and contribute to the company knowledgebase
  

• 6-10 years relevant experience supporting a distributed software technology in a Windows and Mac, or Linux environment, ideally an agent based product.
• Preferred OSX or Linux platform experience with supporting technologies/products.
• Operational experience with SQL technologies.
• Experience in the enterprise security space.
• Experience supporting multiple, simultaneous engagements.
• Familiarity with software distribution, patch management, and anti-viral technologies.
• Excellent analysis and debugging skill.
• Programming experience a plus.
• Ability to function as an individual contributor and/or a member of a team.
• Ability to work a day shift with responsibilities a few times a year for an on call after hours rotation.