Backup Support Engineer

Backup Support Engineer

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

The primary responsibility of the Level 1.5 Backup Support Engineer is to manage customer cases to a satisfactory resolution. The work is predominantly in the areas of compute, storage and network hardware platforms, operating systems, subsystems and products operating on these systems. The CES Engineer is the first and second level of technical support to the customers. On receipt of a service request the CES engineer researches for a solution through remote diagnosis, documentation and/or knowledge databases within agreed timeframes. Qualification of hardware cases involves diagnosis and/or recommendation of parts for the field engineer, and /or direct shipment to the customer. In all cases where a problem gets complex the CES Engineer is responsible to collaborate with CES and L3 engineers within his technology area as well as other involved parties.

Job specifics/responsibilities:

Timely responds to customers via phone/mail/web. Logs case, provides information & troubleshoots to solve customer problem according company KPIs for the business

Manages customer expectations by taking into consideration the entitlement and identifies customer problems

Keeps customers informed, sets and follows commitments, keeps precise case documentation and case ownership

Collaborates with peers as well as with L2 Engineers and L3 Engineers from all Departments

Timely elevates and/or escalates to next level when the case is complex

Participates in projects for process or quality improvements

Manages multiple tasks or cases simultaneously with minimal supervision

Actively captures resolutions of new issues and documents them in the respective data base

Acts as a first point of contact for Engineer I and Staff Engineer for guidance on technical and business process issues

Keeps documentation as per requirements

Meets the deadlines and keeps the service level agreements

Achieves personal goals assigned by the direct manager

Works together with other team members to achieve team goals

Is compliant with all internal rules, policies and procedures, and ensure performance as per all work instructions and/or orders (written or oral), legally assigned by the direct manager, by officials acting for the direct manager or by any manager of a hierarchical level higher than the direct manager

Key deliverables/accountabilities:

Excellent scores of Customer Satisfaction Index

Commitments are met timely with high quality

Good knowledge of products and processes

Accurate Case management

Diagnosis accuracy

Working relationships:

Internal:

GTS Sofia teams

Other HPE teams

External:

HPE customers

HPE Partners and service providers

Education (degree) and professional experience required

University degree

Professional experience: ideally 2-3 years’ experience in CES service and support

Other requirements:

Very good language skills in English

Excellent language skills in German/Russian/Italian/Spanish/Polish/Romanian (if team is supporting German/Russian/Italian/ Spanish/ Polish/Romanian speaking clients)

Project management skills

Presentation skills

Ability to properly maintain technical documentation

Ability to work with business processes

Excellent Business Process Knowledge

Personal skills and qualities:

Customer oriented, courteous, assertive, and motivated to take charge of both customer engagement and problem resolution

Excellent oral and written communications skills

Positive attitude towards team members, customers and partners.

Capable of being self-managed, and a team player, quality conscious, efficient, flexible and eager to share and acquire knowledge

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Time management skills and working with tough deadlines

Ability to work under pressure

Ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time and ability to prioritize

Technical skills (procedures and documents the employee has to be acquainted with):

Advanced IT knowledge

HPE Product lines advanced knowledge is an advantage

Customers (Internal/External) Service Request Handling

MS Office tools

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here .

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Services Job Level:

Intermediate

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