Designated Support Engineer - Flash Blade
We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry.
This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.
SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE...
Designated Support Engineers provide a unique personalized support experience, tailored to the needs of designated customer accounts. DSEs exemplify the highest level of ownership by building strong customer relationships, gaining an intimate understanding of the customer environment, and developing solutions specific to the customer needs.
- Proactively seek to understand customer expectations
- Provide a personalized support experience with every customer interaction
- Resolve, and provide guidance for support cases based on severity
- Own and track customer issues using our ticket tracking system
- Own all customer facing communications, ensuring the message is concise and professional
- Involve the DSE team in technical challenges with customer support cases via escalation, and engineering tickets
- Develops professional expertise, applies support troubleshooting procedures to resolve a variety of issues
- Follow Special Handling Instructions specific to the customer needs
- Develop an intimate understanding of the Pure product in the customer solution/environment
- Manage multiple projects/support cases simultaneously
- Champion customer issues internally, represent the company externally, and represent the DSE team in a customer facing role
- Weekend, holiday, and on call duties as required, flexible hours to accommodate designated customer needs
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...
- Proven ability to resolve customer problems, and escalations utilizing appropriate internal and external resources
- Proven technical troubleshooting skills in a complex multi platform-system-vendor environment
- Ability to triage issues, and escalate them to appropriate engineering groups as necessary
- Advanced to expert knowledge of technologies such as operating systems (Solaris, LINUX, Windows, VMware), LANs & WANs, and backup technologies
- Knowledge, and ability to troubleshoot Networking, Replication, Performance and Space issues
- Demonstration of subject matter expertise in one or more of the following: NFS, S3, SMB, LDAP, Active Directory
- Desire to take customer support to a new level, learn customer environments, and work closely with customers
- Must be willing and able to work in an open office, team environment.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE)
- Minimum three years of experience in customer-facing, technical support work
- Experience in supporting both hardware, and software products
- Prior experience as a Dedicated or Designated Support Engineer
- Prior support experience at technology related company
We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Dublin (Dun Laoghaire) office in compliance with Pure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:
- Pure Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
- Pure Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been Named Fortune's Best Large Workplaces in the Bay Area™, Fortune's Best Workplaces for Millennials™ and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
- Pure Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.
And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources and company-sponsored team events. Check out purebenefits.com for more information.
ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY:
Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at TA-Ops@purestorage.com if you’re invited to an interview.
WHERE DIFFERENCES FUEL INNOVATION:
We’re forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn’t just accepted but embraced. That’s why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership. At Pure Storage, diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability are part of our DNA because we believe our people will shape the next chapter of our success story.
Pure Storage is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and people with intersectional identities. We also encourage you to apply even if you feel you don’t match all of the role criteria. If you think you can do the job and feel you’re a good match, please apply.