In Customer Support we LOVE to disrupt, we innovate to deliver a phenomenal experience. Diversity Matters, we harness our unique strengths to deliver the best outcomes. We work closely with several different parts of the organization to learn and educate each other, then we build the right solution for all parties; Transparency is at our core. We have fun doing great work with great people. Come become one of us. You will be responsible for managing customer technical queries and have a passion for providing an exceptional customer experience and a passion for problem solving. Find out more information below!
Responsibilities: I can do that!
- Supporting both Global and Japan customers in technical aspects with respective languages
- Develop a deep understanding of Splunk products
- Provide technical support for enterprise customers
- Ability to take ownership of their issues, troubleshoot and resolve technical problems across a range of environments
- Exceptional troubleshooting skills to establish the root cause of problems and form a solution or workaround across a range of environments
- Ability to reproduce customer issues and if necessary, file bug reports, escalate to engineering with proper and detailed documentation
- Superb communication skills to effectively manage the customer relationship
- Provide proper documentation content and participate in online forum support for real-time questions from Splunk users
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced work environment and support products with frequent product releases and regular maintenance updates
- Ability to seamlessly shift gears and focus is essential when supporting a product like Splunk
- Provide documentation content and participate in online forum support for real-time questions from Splunk users
Requirements: I’ve already got that!
- Business level of English, Business level of Japanese
(Native level of Japanese is a plus!) - 3-5 years of Customer support or technical support experience in IT industry
(Non technical support experience is also considerable as long as they have following skills) - Experience with the following systems is a must: Cloud(AWS/GCP,Azure), Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X
- Experienced in troubleshooting of Storage/IOPS on OS environments is a MUST
- Understanding of regular expressions (Regex) and Python scripting is a plus
- Knowledge in the following areas is a plus: Perl and shell scripting, XML, HTML
- Be able to isolate problems between hardware and software and provide information to the appropriate development team(s)
- The ability to shift gears and focus is essential when supporting a product like Splunk
- Solid knowledge of networking concepts
- Highly developed, process-oriented skills for troubleshooting, problem-solving, and problem resolution
- Superior written and verbal communication skills are a must
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced technical environment and support a product with frequent product releases and regular maintenance updates
- 5+ years’ experience in a Technical Support role
- Pluses: Experience in Business Intelligence, Enterprise Security a plus but not required
Education: Got it!
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field or equivalent work experience
We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying. For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer: At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.