Application Support Engineer

The Impact you will create on the Job

Understand and handle deploying, troubleshooting issues with Compute, Networking, Storage, Database services on AWS & Azure.
IT experience in a team handling the cloud, infrastructure and Linux, Windows operating systems.
Working on  different services in AWS & Azure Cloud Platform
In depth knowledge of a wide range of AWS & Azure services in Compute, Storage, Networking, Infrastructure as a code, Serverless computing, IAM, CI/CD pipelines
Possess a thorough understanding of Internet based technologies (DNS, Security, IP Routing, SSH, FTP, HTTP/HTTPS etc.)

Company Profile:

A global industry leader in the manufacturing industry for over 90 years, we are dedicated to keeping the world in motion across a diverse range of sectors, from conveyor systems to container cranes. Our cutting-edge drive technology is a cornerstone of modern mechanical and plant engineering, and we continue to shape the trajectory of this field both now and in the future.

Key Facts:

The workforce of over 21,000 worldwide, including 900 engineers and 600 researchers, as well as a significant number of trainees and development professionals. Achieved sales totalling 4.2 billion Euros, reflecting our substantial impact on the industry. Our commitment extends beyond business, as we actively prioritise inclusion, diversity, fair partnerships, and responsible resource utilization. With a presence in 54 countries, we maintain 17 production facilities and 88 Drive Technology Centers across five continents, ensuring rapid response, short delivery times, and personalized on-site assistance to our customers.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct on-site service visits for the commissioning of inverters.
• Provide online service support to customers and branch engineers via telephonic conversations for electronics service and commissioning.
• Perform on-site service for SEW's electronics products, effectively diagnosing and resolving issues.
• Maintain thorough service documentation for all conducted services.
• Act as the primary contact for Germany, providing application and technical support for electronics products in collaboration with the Manager of D&A.
• Contribute to application engineering by developing new applications for complete drive management, in coordination with the Manager of D&A.
• Assist the repair department in critical or crisis situations.
• Offer technical support for switching cabinets through local vendors as per customer requirements.
• Ensure the maintenance and proper functioning of the Service centre, tools, equipment, and timely calibration.
• Provide training on service and application development for both customers and SEW employees.
• Maintain the Quality Manual System.

Authorities:

• Plan and execute Electronics Service Jobs on-site based on priority, jointly with the Manager of D&A.
• Make decisions regarding component replacement during job execution, in collaboration with the Manager of D&A.
• Possess authority to certify warranty cases on-site or in-house, working jointly with the Manager of D&A.

Dimensions:

• Handle approximately 40 service jobs per year.
• Contribute to the execution of 8 to 10 new application projects annually.

Profile:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Electronics from a recognized institute.
• Experience: Minimum 2-3 years in Drives & Automation.
• Skills: Proficient in servicing or maintaining drives and automation products. Good communication skills would be an added advantage.

What We Offer:

• An open and transparent working culture with clearly defined job responsibilities.
• Opportunities for outstanding employee development through structured training and mentoring.
• Personalized training and support from experienced managers and colleagues.
• State-of-the-art facilities and working conditions, utilising cutting-edge technology.
• A responsible organization committed to energy efficiency, social responsibility, and environmental protection.

Requirements:

• Good verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills required
• Software& Application learning abilities
• Any Graduation ( Technical will be preferred)
• Experience in a similar role or experience will be preferred
• Able to promptly answer & support related Phone calls, chats & Emails.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft excel and other tools

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Supporting the customer through an email ticketing system, live chat and phone calls to resolve customer queries
• To help solve customer problems and issues maintaining SLAs Troubleshooting technical issues and communicating back to the customer
• Should be able to customers get to the root of their problems quickly.
• Following up with clients to ensure the problem is resolved
• Maintaining records of each phone call for future reference.
• Offering exceptional customer service and satisfaction.
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize tasks.
• Produce periodic reports of technical support operations to company management.
• Using remote desktop connections to provide immediate support.
• Raising tickets to the technical team as and when required to solve technical issues
• Properly escalate unresolved issues to appropriate internal teams like development and QA teams
• Creating support manuals for end uses for step by step guide for the features

Job Responsibilities:

• Having a proactive customer support approach
• Testing product features as assigned
• Build & strengthen customer relationships
• Lead scoring and qualification
• Manage incoming chats, emails and handle appropriate follow-up calls and emails
• Address, resolve, and record any customer issues that arise pertaining to business growth, billing, and general account satisfaction
• Demonstrate the value of the platform to our customers every day by providing amazing customer support
• Maintain existing customer success metrics and data as directed

Job Requirements:

• Excellence at Googling stuff and spoken English
• Ability to meet deadlines and decent depth of thought process
• Capable of operating without much supervision while still producing results
• Not being camera shy and great presentation skills
• Motivation to pursue customer success as a career
• Understanding the basics of customer support such as treating customers with respect, empathy, and understanding
• Technical understanding and ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems

Note: The applicant should be comfortable with both the timings, Day Shift Timings as well as the US Shift Timings.Shifts will be rotational.

Brownie Points If - You are great at video presentation and love engaging with customers through videos

Desired Candidate Profile

• Building a whole IT network or setting up a PC and access permissions for a new hire, providing technical support the organization’s day-to-day operations. This process involves both hardware and software setup.
• Conducting basic induction IT training of new employee in organization. Also often interaction and timely provide training to end users who may not be familiar with the finer points of IT.
• Responsible for liaising with affected stakeholders, identifying the problem, devising a solution, and implementing that fix.
• Handling updates, upgrades, and other maintenance tasks in both hardware and software areas.
• Providing support by telephonic or skype to the out locations staff and ensuring to fix up the problem within a timeline e.g. VPN issues
• Vendor Management – checking and processing the bills without any error. Also ensuring to be made payment on time for smooth operation in daily work
• Working with IDAM ticketing tool and log/assigning calls and resolving as per priority
• Taking care of AMC/Warranty of all company infrastructure.
• Maintaining Asset Register and keeping record of IT equipment.
• Route problems to internal 2nd and 3rd level IT support staff.

• Troubleshooting & configuring on Microsoft outlook & Web mail.
• Escalating complex problem to supervisor and appropriate support specialists
• Installation, configuration and troubleshooting Local and Network Printers

• Taking care of all other responsibilities assigned from time to time.

• Desktop and Laptops support for troubleshooting of win XP, Win 7, win 8, win 10, ubuntu.
• Installation of servers 2008, 2012.
• Working with  Arc server Backup solution Restoring and Backup wizard.
• Keeping track of all the IT Infra assets with tagging and submitting report to finance team for audit of infrastructure assets.
• Antivirus updating, configuring, schedule scanning.
• Onsite support
• Working with nutanix hypervisor like create new server, configuration new server (memory, storage , cpu , network)    take snapshot, snapshot restore, etc

Responsibilities

• Interact with the Velocity customers via phone, email or video conference and by demonstrating the highest level of urgency, resolve customer issues in a timely manner. 

• Build and maintain excellent relationships with clients and achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction.

• Work as part of our extended support team in a startup atmosphere, doing whatever it takes to exceed customer expectations

• Be an Owner and respond to internal inquiries related to Velocitysystems, products and processes. Interact with multiple third-party vendors to resolve the issues

• Understand the technical application of the Velocity suite of products and services

• Partner with Customer Success, Sales, Engineering and Product teams to resolve sophisticated problems with potentially costly and far-reaching consequences 

• Write it Down: identify and create documentation that Empower Others 

What do you need?

• 3+ years of relevant experience in Customer Success

• Have an understanding of web applications, REST APIs, DB Systems

• Experience with JavaScript, Ruby, Perl, or Python programming

• Prior knowledge of DBMS, SQL

• Past experience of using tools like Postman, Kibanna, 

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

• Strong debugging skills. Instinctive ability to subdivide problems into basic components in order to efficiently pinpoint root cause of issues.

• Team player with solid communication and presentation skills

• Good interpersonal communication and customer service skills are needed to work successfully with customers in high stress and or ambiguous situations