Technical Support Engineer

Starburst

$100K — $140K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of support experience
  • 3+ years of experience with Big Data, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud technologies
  • Strong knowledge of security technologies such as LDAP and OAuth2.0
  • Proficient in Linux and DBMS concepts
  • Familiarity with SQL, Java, Python, and Bash scripting

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical support for standard and custom deployments
  • Address technical questions and issues through the SFDC ticketing system
  • Reproduce reported issues using various tools and identify root causes
  • Facilitate LTS upgrades upon customer request and communicate service needs to the Account team
  • Conduct monthly technical check-ins with Business Units to discuss support tickets and product bugs
  • Contribute to reference documentation and engage in peer training
  • Lead or participate in departmental and cross-functional projects

Benefits

  • Flexible paid time off
  • Attractive stock grants
  • Supportive and diverse workplace culture
  • Commitment to employee development and education opportunities
  • Opportunities for team bonding through offsites and events
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Technical Support Engineer (TSE) acts as a Starburst SME for a book of Majors and Strategic accounts. The TSE is responsible for answering all technical questions within both standard and custom deployment environments and assisting with supported LTS upgrades. The TSE is also responsible for peer training and development, personal continued education, and contributing to our reference documentation. They will coordinate closely with Support leadership, Engineering, Product and Accounts teams to ensure our customers receive a value driven enterprise experience.

A TSE is able to work independently, with minimal guidance, and demonstrates an expert degree of proficiency in both SEP and Galaxy.
Responsibilities

Technical Support:
    • Provide support for standard and custom deployments
    • Answer break/fix and non-break/fix technical questions through SFDC ticketing system
    • Efficiently reproduce reported issues by leveraging tools (minikube, minitrino, docker-compose, etc.), identify root causes, and provide solutions
    • Open SEP and Galaxy bug reports in Jira and feature requests in Aha!


LTS Upgrades:
    • Provide upgrade support upon customer request
      • Customer must be on a supported LTS version at the time of request
      • TSE must communicate unsupported LTS requests to the Account team as these require PS services


Monthly Technical check-insConduct regularly scheduled technical check-ins with each BU
      • Discuss open support tickets, provide updates on product bugs and provide best practice recommendations based on your observations and ticket trends
      • Responsible for ensuring customer environments are on supported LTS versions


  • Knowledge Sharing/Technical Enablement: Knowledge exchange and continued technical enablement are crucial for the development of our team and the customer experience. It's essential that we keep our product expertise and documentation current and that all team members have access to information.
    • Contribute to our reference documentation
    • Lead peer training
    • Consultant to our content teams
    • Own your personal technical education journey


Project Involvement
    • Contribute to or drive components of departmental and cross functional initiatives


Partner with Leadership
    • Identify areas of opportunity with potential solutions for inefficiencies or obstacles within the team and cross-functionally
    • Provide feedback to your manager on continued ed. opportunities, project ideas, etc.


Requirements
  • 5+ years of support experience
  • 3+ years of Big Data, Docker, Kubernetes and cloud technologies experience
  • Ability to Travel: This role will require 25% in-person travel for purposes including but not limited to new hire onboarding, team and department offsites, customer engagements, and other company events. Actual travel expectations may vary by role and business needs.


Skills
  • Big Data (Hadoop, Data Lakes, Spark)
  • Docker and Kubernetes
  • Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Security - Authentication (LDAP, OAuth2.0) and Authorization technologies
  • SSL/TLS
  • Linux Skills
  • DBMS Concepts/SQL Exposure Languages: SQL, Java, Python, Bash

Location: PST

Our global workforce is supported by a competitive Total Rewards program that reflects our commitment to a rewarding and supportive work environment. This includes a variety of benefits like competitive pay, attractive stock grants, flexible paid time off, and more.

We are committed to fostering an intentional, inclusive, and diverse culture that drives deep engagement, authentic belonging, and an exceptional All-Star experience. We believe that diversity of thought, perspective, background and experience will enable us to own what we do, drive our success and empower our All-Stars to show up authentically.

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