Technical Support Engineer

Your role and responsibilities

Technical Support Engineer, IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA (Up to 80% telecommuting permitted)

• Provide professional, courteous and prompt technical support for assigned complex system level software products.
• Conduct analysis and research of moderately complex technical customer problems.
• Provide timely resolution and consistent customer communication.
• Analyze company product logs, to the product line, analyze related information such as Java thread dump, heap dump, network log and garbage collection logs to provide root cause analysis and solutions for issues related to system memory management, clustering, SMTP, TCP/IP, SNMP, HTTP and HTTPs.
• Execute Unit-Test fixes and regression test, bug fixes to ensure regression-free solution and production functioning per specifications.
• Plan to troubleshoot in place for each request and communicate progress against the plan to the customer via frequent and regular status updates.
• Demonstrate initiative in acquiring product skills in a single product family on several platforms, along with supporting technologies.
• Develop product experience by installing, testing and using software products and attending formal and informal classes.
• Provide afterhours coverage as required.
• Utilize: Load Balancers, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), AWS (Amazon Web Services), SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Java.

Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer/Electronics Engineering or related and two (2) years of experience as a Technical Support Engineer, Software Developer or related. Two (2) years of experience must include utilizing Load Balancers, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), AWS (Amazon Web Services), SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Java. $150279 to $160000 per year. Full time. V208.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer/Electronics Engineering or related and two (2) years of experience as a Technical Support Engineer, Software Developer or related. Two (2) years of experience must include utilizing Load Balancers, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), AWS (Amazon Web Services), SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Java.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

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ABOUT IBM

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Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
• Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.