Staff Advanced Technical Support Engineer – Switching, EX/QFX
Location
California + 1 moreAll locations: California | Texas
Posted
59 days ago
Salary
$120K - $243K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Advanced Technical Support Engineer – Switching, EX/QFX
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Troubleshoot sophisticated network-related issues across the EX-series and QFX-series Switching product line • Document and reproduce customer problems and coordinate fixes by engineering department • Manage critical customer accounts and escalation requests • Troubleshoot hardware and software issues, replicate customer's environment, network problems in the lab • Facilitate communication between customers, escalation and engineering for bug fixes/workarounds, timely resolution of issues • Mentor newly hired support engineers and peers in technical areas of specialty • Provide ongoing technical and process training on new product developments and service offerings • Serve as team escalation point for difficult technical and customer issues • Participate as technical expert in product marketing meetings and support readiness project work • Document all actions taken toward resolving customer issues in contact tracking database • Develop common questions and answer documentation to be included in department knowledge base • Provide regional and overflow support which includes handling escalations from tier 1 & 2 technical support teams around the globe
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (work experience can be substituted in lieu of a degree)
- 6+ years of experience supporting, designing, and implementing IP networks
- Certifications for switching and routing a plus (JNCIA, JNCIS, JNCIP, JNCIE - CCNA, CCNP, CCIE)
- Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation and customer handling skills
- Ability to logically troubleshoot complex and high-impact problems
- IP Packet flow, OSI layers Layer 3 - IP and related technologies (ICMP, TCP, IPSec, GRE, QoS, VRRP)
- IP routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, ISIS, RIP)
- EVPN / VxLAN Layer 2 technologies (Ethernet, 802.1q/p VLAN, STP, RSTP, ARP, PPP, MLPPP, LACP)
- Traffic generator tools such as Spirent and IXIA
- MPLS, VPLS, L2, and L3 VPN MPLS Traffic Engineering, LDP, RSVP Multicast technologies
- AI/ML experience a plus
- Experience with Linux Perl/Unix scripting
Benefits
- Health & Wellbeing
- Personal & Professional Development
- Unconditional Inclusion
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