Introduction
Want to be part of a team that keeps the world's economy running? We are seeking a dedicated team member interested in being part of a talented team committed to supporting customers across the globe. We are looking for candidates with prior technical support experience and a strong Support background in transaction processing or database processing. Problem troubleshooting, analysis, root cause determination, and resolution are key skills needed to excel in this position. The ability to communicate both through written and verbal communication in English is a must. The candidate should also be capable of putting the needs of our customers first while being mindful of technical best practice
Your role and responsibilities
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As a Technical Support Professional, you will be in a front-line position supporting our Data Replication software. You will debug issues seen by customers and work with development to solve customers issues. What you'll do: Using technical resources and tools, support customers by answering questions and responding to customer requirements. Utilize product, technology, industry and/or services skills to identify problems which may be related to product installation, update, configuration, operations, or performance. How we'll help you grow: You'll have access to all the technical training courses you need to become the expert you want to be. • You'll learn directly from Sr members/leaders in this field. • You'll have the opportunity to work with multiple customers.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Providing technical support, including problem determination, resolution, and escalation as needed. Proactively managing high severity and priority incidents. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to listen to customers and understand both situational and technical issues. Assisting customers via telephone, and remote support tools. Ability to work with and collaborate across a global team of engineers. Knowledge of Operating Systems (UNIX, Linux, Windows), MySQL, Data Bases, DB2,. This role will require working a shifted work week to provide support on weekends. Availability to work on rotational schedule.
Preferred technical and professional experience
A working knowledge of case management in Salesforce, or any other ticketing tool, is desirable. Experience working in a FTS support environment. Good analytical and problem-solving skills. Understanding of database usage and internals.
IBM Db2 LUW, IBM Db2 for z/OS, Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle experience is an asset.
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IBM 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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