Technical Account Manager 2 - South Africa

Datadog; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous global benefits

New hire stock equity (RSUs)

Continuous professional development

Zusammenfassung

Datadog is seeking a Technical Account Manager to provide expert technical advice and support to existing customers while ensuring the successful adoption of Datadog's services. The role requires solid IT Operations experience and the ability to analyze customer environments to maximize Datadog's value.

The position offers generous global benefits, including a new hire stock equity plan and continuous professional development, and operates in a hybrid workplace model. The ideal candidate is skilled in cloud services like AWS, Azure, or GCP, and accustomed to scripting.

Qualifikationen

• Solid technical grounding and hands-on experience in IT Operations.
• Comfortable using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience in scripting languages like Python, Javascript, Ruby, and others.

Aufgaben

• Advise on technical support and product adoption for customers.
• Analyze customer's IT Operations environment regularly for recommendations.
• Be the customer's advocate by understanding their goals and suggesting improvements.

Kenntnisse

Technical grounding in IT Operations

Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure or GCP

Scripting languages (Python, Javascript, etc.)

Using CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Gitlab)

Knowledgeable about Containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience as a TAM supporting enterprise customers

Tools

Datadog

Cloud monitoring tools

Jobbeschreibung

Technical Account Manager (TAM)

We are Datadog's in‑house product experts. The technical solutions team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. A TAM is held in high regard as an expert and trusted advisor for how IT Operations translates to business value. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture – the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work‑life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:

• Advise on technical support and product adoption for customers in line with pre‑sales, post‑sales and the renewal processes.
• Analyze customer’s IT Operations environment on a regular basis and provide recommendations that will maximize Datadog’s value.
• Be the customer’s advocate by knowing their goals and use cases then suggesting process changes, product adoption, configuration and additional features to meet their requirements.
• Participate and prepare for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews with customers.
• Collaborate with Datadog’s product management, engineering and technical services teams to help identify new features and products.
• Continuously evolve best practice to technical product adoption and customer success.

Who You Are:

• Someone with a solid technical grounding and hands‑on experience in IT Operations.
• Confident in your hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Comfortable scripting languages like Python, Javascript, Ruby, Perl, Go, PHP, or Chef/Puppet etc.
• Skilled in using CI/CD tools e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab etc.
• Knowledgeable about Containerization tools e.g. Docker, Kubernetes or Rancher etc.
• Able to sit up to 4 hours, traveling to and from client sites.
• Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 30% of the time.
• Previous experience working as a TAM supporting mid‑market and/or Enterprise customers in the cloud space.
• Experienced using Datadog and/or other cloud monitoring tools.

Benefits and Growth:

• Best‑in‑breed onboarding
• Generous global benefits
• Intra‑departmental mentor and buddy program for in‑house networking
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
• Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

About Datadog:

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence.

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