Technical Support Engineer responsibilities include resolving network issues, configuring operating systems and using remote desktop connections to provide immediate support. You will use email to give clients quick answers to IT issues. For complex problems that require nuanced instruction, you will contact clients via phone and/or email to provide clear, written instructions and diagnostics.
As a Technical Support Professional at IBM, you are the first point of contact with our clients. Your main responsibilities are to provide technical support and assistance to clients and businesses regarding their software issues. We provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run - planes and trains take off on time, bank transactions complete in the blink of an eye, and the world remains safe because of the dedication our Technical Support has to our clients. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client, Technical Support is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide.
Job Duties:
- Specialize in performing and enabling technical support of IBM Lab software and solutions.
- Provide detailed technical support to customers using problem determination and problem source identification skills.
- Utilize technical and negotiation skills in collaboration with other support operations/organizations to prioritize and diagnose problems to resolution.
- Communicate action plans to the customer or IBM representative, as appropriate.
- Recommend and implement new or improvements to existing technical support tools, procedures, and processes.
- Contribute to department attainment of organizational objectives and high customer satisfaction.
- 1 - 2+ years of experience in a customer support environment
- 1 - 2+ years of experience with TCP/IP and/or SNA protocols
- Possess strong English verbal and written communication skills
- Must be highly motivated, eager to learn and have a passion for supporting great products
- Knowledge of or experience using the MVS / z/OS mainframe operating system concepts
- Working knowledge of PLX, PLAS, REXX, Cobol or Assembler programming skills
- Working knowledge of packet trace or wireshark
- Ability to analyze system output from system ABENDs (logs, traces, dumps)
- Able to diagnose problems ranging from code defects, configuration issues, or performance
- Knowledge of customer relationship management tools such as CSP and/or Salesforce