Technical Support Engineer (Akana) - US Shift

Perforce
Pune +1 more
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in technical support for API management solutions and are comfortable with a fixed night shift.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in technical support for API management platforms and a history of resolving complex software issues.
    — “use their knowledge and skills from previous experience and on-the-job training to conduct root cause analysis”
  • Individuals who thrive in a collaborative, global team setting and are proactive in sharing ideas and mentoring others.
    — “collaborating with members from Sales, Professional Services, and Engineering”

Things to consider

  • Permanent night shift commitment is required, which may not align with candidates preferring traditional work hours.
    — “Candidate must be willing and able to work a fixed night shift on a permanent basis”
  • No travel is required, but the role demands global collaboration with a dispersed team.
    — “Experience working with a geographically dispersed virtual team”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in troubleshooting complex infrastructure and networks in your resume and interviews.
    — “Technical knowledge of complex infrastructure”
  • Emphasize your ability to reproduce customer environments and provide timely solutions.
    — “Recreate customer environments to reproduce issues and experiment with viable solutions”
  • Showcase your skills in scripting and programming languages like Python or Shell in your application materials.
    — “Hands-on experience with scripting and programming languages (Shell, Python, Java, JavaScript)”
  • Demonstrate your ability to document and contribute to knowledge bases effectively.
    — “Author technical documents on common issues and solutions to build the knowledge base”
  • Demonstrate your understanding of API management and security practices, referencing Akana's role as a leader.
    — “Ranked by Forrester as the top vendor and a leader for API security”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Provide dependable and timely resolution to customer issues
  • Develop and maintain technical expertise in assigned areas
Typical background
3+ years of technical support experienceBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical SupportRoot Cause AnalysisCustomer InteractionProduct DocumentationProblem-solving

Preferred

Akana Product Knowledge

Stack & domain

Technical SupportCustomer IssuesProduct FunctionalityDocumentingEscalatingFeedbackKnowledge BaseReproducing IssuesSolutionsAkana ProductCommunicationCustomer ServiceTeam CollaborationProblem-solvingPressurePrioritizationAkanaSoftware DevelopmentAPI Management

About the role

Original posting from Perforce via Lever

Perforce is a community of collaborative experts, problem solvers, and possibility seekers who believe work should be both challenging and fun. We are proud to inspire creativity, foster belonging, support collaboration, and encourage wellness. At Perforce, you’ll work with and learn from some of the best and brightest in business. Before you know it, you’ll be in the middle of a rewarding career at a company headed in one direction: upward.  

With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce Software, Inc. is trusted by the world’s leading brands to deliver solutions for the toughest challenges. The best run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce.  

Position Summary:

We are looking for an individual who will use their knowledge and skills from previous experience and on-the-job training to conduct root cause analysis and help our customers resolve problems in complex distributed environments. The ideal candidate is expected to be self-motivated, proactive, results-oriented and able to provide a high level of customer satisfaction through the delivery of world-class technical support services. Our engineers are responsible for facilitating frequent and timely customer interactions via e-mail, web portal, phone, and video conferences.

Join the Global Technical Support Team, collaborating with members from Sales, Professional Services, and Engineering to assist in resolving a wide variety of customers’ software development issues. You will be responsible for ensuring the success of our software development customers by effectively providing dependable and timely resolution to Perforce’s Akana product.

Akana provides an end-to-end API management solution. Ranked by Forrester as the top vendor and a leader for API security, Akana helps leading organizations take APIs from strategy and design to deployment and optimization.

Responsibilities::

  • Represent Perforce as the first point of contact for customer’s Akana application software technical requests.
  • Actively engage with the team to learn, share ideas, and mentor others as you grow your expertise in the Akana product.
  • Review, research, and reproduce customer issues to determine and provide the best resolution.
  • Develop and maintain technical expertise in assigned areas of product functionality and utilize it effectively to help customers.
  • Research, document, and escalate cases according to procedure.
  • Provide customer-driven feedback to functional areas to influence process/product improvements.
  • Author technical documents on common issues and solutions to build the knowledge base.
  • Recreate customer environments to reproduce issues and experiment with viable solutions.
  • Research, understand, and advocate Akana software
  • Be a part of the on-call rotation

Requirements::

  • 3+ years’ experience providing customer technical support.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar or relevant work experience
  • Good communication skills and strong customer service orientation.
  • Positive attitude - support engineers are required to be respectful, fair, gracious, and knowledgeable.
  • Emphasis on team collaboration, contributing ideas with the desire to improve processes and the product.
  • Strong analytics and problem-solving skills
  • Able to work well under pressure and prioritise accordingly
  • Shift Requirement: Candidate must be willing and able to work a fixed night shift on a permanent basis to support global customer and business needs. No travel is required.

Preferred Skills::

  • Technical knowledge of complex infrastructure
  • In-depth knowledge of networks, networking protocols and web-based security
  • Understanding and experience in database administration and troubleshooting
  • MySQL/Oracle/Microsoft SQL/MongoDB experience is very desirable
  • Familiarity with the SDLC and practices such as Git workflows, CI/CD, and microservices
  • Understanding of software best practices and Agile development principles
  • Hands-on experience with XML, XSLT, JSON, SOAP, REST protocols, web apps and APIs
  • Strong experience in troubleshooting on Windows and Linux platforms
  • Hands-on experience with scripting and programming languages (Shell, Python, Java, JavaScript)
  • Experience with Salesforce and Jira is desirable
  • Fast and creative thinker, quick on their feet to respond quickly to complex problems
  • Experience working with a geographically dispersed virtual team.

All employees are expected to demonstrate AI fluency appropriate to their role and level, including responsible use of AI tools, sound judgment, and adherence to company AI governance and security policy standards.

Come work with us! Our team members are valued for their contributions, introduced to new opportunities, and rewarded well. Perforce combines the experience and rewards of a start-up with the security of an established and privately held profitable company.

If you are passionate about the technology that impacts our day-to-day lives and want to work with talented and dedicated people across the globe, apply today!

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Source: Perforce careers (Lever)

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