Customer Support Engineer

Requisition Number: 201939

External Description:

Role:

 

Working with a small dedicated team providing 7x24 remote and on-site support. Primary contact for one or two major Teradata customers delivering full account management including regular face to face meetings, problem ownership and all aspects of service delivery. You will report to the UK-South Operations Manager. A combination of the following experience is expected.

 

Systems Support:

 

The successful candidate will have previous experience of enterprise class hardware support with an awareness of database support an advantage (Teradata, Oracle, DB2 etc). Experience of large systems environment is needed and the role would be ideally suited to someone who has a hardware engineering background with Customer Service Delivery understanding. The role will involve both remote and on-site support. It will include being part of an on-call rota providing systems support to a number of large Teradata customers.

 

Key Accountabilities:

• Teradata technical support delivered remotely including hardware & software fault resolution, and software installation.
• Teradata Support and Engineering is based on a proactive service philosophy and requires constant focus on the customer’s needs and an excellent service delivery. This is a very demanding and yet rewarding position.
• The successful candidate will be required to take part in 7x24 on call covering Teradata customers within a region of the UK. This will involve on site presence to address customer faults and apply preventive maintenance. System installations, preventative maintenance and Hardware/Software upgrades will also be included.
• Account Management, being the prime point of contact with the customer and the ‘owner’ of all activities within these accounts. This will involve preparing for monthly/quarterly customer meetings. Discuss with customers current and future software releases and the current known problems. End to end ownership of problems and regularly updating customers.
• The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills with the ability to interface with all levels of Management effectively.

• It is expected that up to 30% of the role will be in Technical Account Management. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills with the ability to interface with all levels of Management effectively. Previous Account Management skills are expected but not essential providing all the technical and interpersonal skills are in place.

 

Education & Experience:

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  Ideally, experience of working within a mainframe/complex systems environment.
  • Experience on Linux/Windows based platforms including disk array knowledge.
  • Good working knowledge of Linux (SLES10/11 SUSE), UNIX, and Windows operating systems are important.
  • Networking skills are a definite advantage.
  • SQL Skills or knowledge of Database products (Oracle, DB2 etc…) would also be an advantage.
  • Very good written and communication skills are required.
  • The confidence to deal with customer management including high-pressure situations.

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City: London

State: Greater London

Community / Marketing Title: Customer Support Engineer

Job Category: Customer Support

Company Profile:

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