Technical Support Engineer

Duties: What you get to do in this role:

• The Technical Support Engineer will be responsible for managing and resolving the most challenging issues for the ServiceNow Platform. This includes being the First last point of escalation within the technical support department and mentoring working with other junior team members in the various technologies.
• The successful candidate will be able to quickly gain an understanding of the ServiceNow platform. This is a customer-facing role and therefore it requires strong interpersonal skills in addition to strong technical skills.
• The Technical Support Engineer must be able and willing to work outside of normal business hours (evening/weekend shifts, holidays) as needed.

Skills: In order to be successful in this role, we need someone who has:

• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot difficult technical issues
• Working knowledge of the components in a web applications stack
• Experience writing or debugging Object Oriented code (Java preferred, other relevant technologies ok)
• Experience in one (or more) scripting languages: JavaScript, Python, Perl, Unix Shell, Windows Shell)
• Experience with relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Oracle)
• Experience administering: Linux/Unix OR Microsoft Server
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Works well in a team environment
• Strong personal commitment to quality and customer service
• Ability to understand and communicate complex technical systems
• Proven ability to maintain a professional demeanor when handling complex user issues

Desired Skills

• A fundamental understanding of ITSM, ITIL, or CMDB
• Deep understanding of JavaScript.
• Advanced MySQL or Oracle experience
• Experience diagnosing performance degradation
• Understanding of remote administration via SSH, SNMP, WMI, Powershell.

Education:
The ideal candidate is a college graduate with a Computer Science degree or equivalent and has had a developer or database administrator role for more than 2 years. Strong interpersonal communication skills are essential.