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With over 18,000 employees worldwide, the Microsoft Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization is responsible for the strategy, design, and implementation of Microsoft’s end-to-end customer experience. Come join CE&S and help us build a future where customers come to us not only because we provide industry-leading products and services, but also because we provide a differentiated and connected customer experience.

Within CE&S, the Customer Service & Support (CSS) organization builds trust and confidence for every person and organization through delivering a seamless support experience. In CSS, we help customers and partners resolve their issues quickly, prevent future problems from occurring, and demonstrate new ways to achieve more from their Microsoft investment.

Within CSS, our Digital Transformation Platform (DTP) group delivers world-class support for our global customers on their digital transformation journey. We provide valuable support solutions on a wide range of technologies, including Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence and IoT, Business Intelligence and Power BI, SQL, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform, that elevate our customers’ trust in Microsoft and improve their business performance.

In the Customer Service & Support (CSS) team we are looking for people with a passion for delivering customer success. As a Technical Support Engineer you will own, troubleshoot and solve complex customer technical issues. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth by honing your problem-solving, collaboration and research skills, and developing your technical proficiency.

This role is flexible in that you can work up to 100% from home.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Response and Resolution

  • You own, investigate and solve complex customer technical issues and act as a advisor to the customer, collaborating within and across teams and leveraging troubleshooting tools and practices

Readiness

  • You lead in building communities with peer delivery roles and share your knowledge through readiness programs, technical coaching and mentoring of others.
  • You deepen your technical and professional proficiency to enable you to resolve complex customer issues, through training and readiness.

Product/Process Improvement

  • You engage with Microsoft Engineering/ Supportability teams to investigate potential product defects and help develop automation techniques and diagnostic tools driving Microsoft product improvements

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Relevant technical support, technical consulting experience, or information technology experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), or related field AND experience in technical support, technical consulting, or information technology.

  • English Language: confident in reading, writing and speaking.
  • Additional skills on one of the following languages will be considered a big plus: German/French/Italian.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be required to have a Technical Degree or adequate practical background on the following Technologies:

  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / 2014 /2016 /2017 /2019 / 2022 at administrative level (Installation, index and table maintenance, backups etc.) 
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / 2014 /2016 /2017 /2019 / 2022 at dev level (SQL language, Stored Procedures, etc.)
  • Good Windows Operating System background on Threads, Processes and Memory Management (Heap, Stack, Virtual Memory)

Additional skills on one of the following technologies will be considered a big plus:

  • Windows Clustering.
  • Debugging / Creating and Reading memory Dumps.
  • Excellent understanding of Database concepts and deployments.
  • Experience supporting or maintaining complex mission critical database solutions, RDMS technologies, and/or SQL language.
  • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills, an ability to use various data collection tools and methodologies to analyze problems, determine root cause and develop solutions.
  • Excellent Communication Skills - verbal, listening, and written (including technical writing).
  • Passion for technology, lifelong learning and professional development.
  • Experience troubleshooting distributed solutions.
  • Basic Networking, Storage and Platform troubleshooting skills.
  • A Microsoft certification (MCSE or MCSD) is also considered a plus.
  • Strong knowledge related to any other relational DB (eg Oracle) running in a Windows environment.

We are looking for people who:

  • Enjoy providing the highest level of customer experience.
  • Are smart and intellectually curious.
  • Seek a challenging work experience.
  • Want to learn and gain greater expertise in their field.
  • Enjoy working at a growth company with advancement opportunities.
  • Can work hard while having fun; and act in an honest and ethical manner; possess strong organizational, time management and negotiation skills.

If you do not possess in-depth knowledge of the above, we require you to have an overall IT basic knowledge on which we can build upon, together with high desire, being highly motivated to develop yourself into a technology expert.

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and / or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire / transfer and every two years thereafter.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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