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IBM Support Engineer in Heredia, Costa Rica
Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.
Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM Data and AI team is looking for a technical support engineer to join our team that is supporting IBM leading Data & AI products on-Prem & multiple cloud platforms. As part of this team, you will have opportunity to work on supporting our customers that are utilizing multiple tools to build next generation of intelligent data fabric, databases and analytics tools. Your responsibilities will include:
Understanding, narrowing and defining the scope of clients concerns in terms of stating the problem and understanding its scope
Managing client expectations and understanding the nature of the issue in terms of technical impact and pervasiveness
Utilizing technical and negotiation skills and collaborate with the Development teams to prioritize and diagnose problems to resolution using problem determination/problem analysis skills.
Make timely, accurate and complete updates in case information to document all activities relating to the clients' reported problems
Communicating updates and action plans to customer or IBM representative via the support portal, phone and email as per response guidelines
Recognize and minimize client impact by using timely and appropriate escalation processes to engage other Support teams.
Adhere to the first response and case update frequency SLA and continuously improve the response and resolution time to maintain high customer satisfaction.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Demonstrated communication skills and additional languages are a plus.
Knowledge of Linux operating systems such as RHEL or CentOS.
Knowledge of Windows Desktop and Windows Server operating systems.
Experience in scripting and basic Java/C++/Python programming experience.
Proficient in technical writing; public facing knowledge articles; technical forum contributions. Basic knowledge of supported Internet Browsers: Edge, Chrome, Firefox.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Experience with Relational/NoSQL databases
Analytics tooling
Cloud technologies
About Business UnitIBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.
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About IBMIBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
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Location StatementFor additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
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