Ideally, you have worked in a 24x7 environment, handled technical case escalations and incident management, worked in technical support for an RDBMS, been on-call during weekends, and are familiar with database release management.
YOU WILL:
- Drive technical solutions to complex problems providing in-depth analysis and guidance to Snowflake customers and partners using the following methods of communication: email, web, and phone
- Adhere to response and resolution SLAs and escalation processes in order to ensure fast resolution of customer issues that exceed expectations
- Utilize the Snowflake environment, connectors, 3rd party partner software, and tools to investigate issues
- Document known solutions to internal and external knowledge base
- Submit well-documented bugs and feature requests arising from customer submitted requests
- Partner with engineering teams in prioritizing and resolving customer requests
- Participate in incident management and on-call rotation
- Participate in a variety of Support initiatives
- Provide support coverage during holidays and weekends based on business needs
OUR IDEAL SENIOR CLOUD SUPPORT ENGINEER WILL HAVE:
- Bachelor’s. or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline
- 5+ years experience in a Technical Support environment or a similar technical function in a customer-facing role
- Understanding of data warehousing fundamentals and concepts
- Ability to debug, rewrite, and troubleshoot complex SQL queries for achieving workarounds or better solutions
- Strong knowledge of RDBMS, SQL data types, aggregations, and functions including analytical/window functions
- Good understanding of RDBMS query profiles and execution plans to analyze query performance and make recommendations for improvement
- Good understanding of database query lifecycle and internal join processing
- Database migration and ETL experience
- Scripting/coding experience in any programming language
- Familiarity with semi-structured data
- Experience in RDBMS workload management and database performance
- Good understanding of any of the major cloud service provider’s ecosystem
- Ability to interpret systems performance metrics (CPU, I/O, RAM, Network stats)
- Experience troubleshooting database connectivity issues using a variety of methods (client software, drivers/connectors)
- Understanding of database patch and release management
- Excellent writing and communication skills in English with attention to detail
- Strong teaming skills in a highly collaborative environment and the ability to function in global arenas
NICE TO HAVES:
- Experience working with a distributed database i.e. big data and/or MPP (massively parallel processing) databases.
- Troubleshooting skills on a variety of operating systems (Windows, Mac, *Nix)
- Good understanding of the technical fundamentals of the internet. You should have a solid knowledge of internet protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP/S, SFTP, DNS as well as the ability to use diagnostic tools to troubleshoot connectivity issues.
- Understanding of cloud computing security concepts