Network Support Engineer

Our Employees

Are valued and empowered, collaborative and team oriented, innovative in their approach and passionate about their work. They are reliable, trustworthy and open with a high level of integrity. They value diversity, are inclusive and are committed to a global mindset.

Position Summary

The Network Support Engineer (NSE) provides remote technical assistance on F5 products to internal and external customers and F5 partners. NSEs handle multiple active cases of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors, and provide daily customer communication via phone and email.

Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Work hours are scheduled shifts corresponding to forecasted customer activity. NSEs exhibit strong competence utilizing a number of troubleshooting tools, facilities and equipment in the course of providing resolutions to cases. NSEs provide good communication to our customers, and accept ownership of issues until a resolution is delivered, providing high customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

-Provides Level 1 and Level 2 technical support to troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software issues on F5 devices
-Proactively and effectively communicates status, plan-of-action, and resolution of issues
-Provides F5 customers and partners with a consistently high-quality support experience
-Participates in on-going training with F5 products and related technologies
-Maintains high schedule adherence (work hours and on-phone time)
-Effectively manages case escalations to tier 3 (Engineering Services) while maintaining customer communication
-Manages multiple cases and prioritizes based upon customer and business needs
-Follows standards-based processes defined in F5’s Quality Management System (QMS)
-Performs additional projects as required

Qualifications

-Demonstrated experience in a technical support role, working with relevant technologies
-Support experience with corporate customers in production environments preferred
-BA/ BS degree or equivalent experience preferred
-Hands on technical experience with and very knowledgeable on LAN/ WAN operations, Network protocols, UNIX or Linux Operating systems, and/ or networking hardware required.
-Intermediate understanding of TCP/ IP protocols and the OSI model
-Proficient with Windows OS
-VLAN – setup and implementation.
-Knowledge of DNS protocol/ BIND
-Able to work with moderate supervision
-Proven track record in a team environment
-Experience with WAN optimization applications a plus (for WANOpt focus)
-Experience with Clarify preferred
-Analytical thinker with strong attention to detail
-Must be able to read, write and speak English fluently, including technical concepts and terminology.
-Fluency in additional European languages is desireable.
-Must be able to relay technical information to customers with varying skill levels
-Able to attend 5 weeks product training in the US upon joining
-Flexible approach to working hours to provide on call and out of hours coverage

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Job will be performed priarily in an office environment sitting at a desk or computer table. Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material.