Sr Technical Services Advisor

Zerto; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Sr Technical Services Advisor to drive advanced services for designated customers in India. You will advocate for clients, coordinate with service delivery teams, and escalate critical issues to Juniper engineering and support groups.

A strong background in data center and IP/MPLS networks is required. Expect to work in a fast-paced enterprise environment with ITIL-based processes and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of core IP networking concepts (TCP/IP, QoS, VLAN, STP, IPSEC, NAT, IPv6).
• Proficiency with Layer2 and Layer3 protocols (VRRP, OSPF, BGP, Multicast, MPLS VPN).
• ITIL framework knowledge is a plus.
• Juniper product certifications or equivalents are helpful.

Responsibilities

• Be a customer advocate and single point of contact for post-sales service needs.
• Coordinate with customer and accounts team on services sales and delivery.
• Support cases per SLAs and expedite critical issues with Juniper technical support teams.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration to resolve high-priority issues.
• Interface between Customer and Juniper Professional Services, Advanced Services, and Education Services.
• Engage in major projects to define service requirements and risk management.
• Review service delivery metrics, SLA adherence, and produce status reports.

Skills

IP networking concepts

Layer2/L3 protocols

Customer-facing experience

ITIL knowledge

Juniper certifications awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Sr Technical Services Advisor

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:

Key objectives

The Advanced Services team provides exceptional outcomes and remarkable customer experience through "forward-looking" technical services to optimize network reliability and performance for designated customers. We are passionate about enabling our customers towards a fast, risk-free deployment of network services. We assist our customers in evaluating networks for performance, scalability, and security and provide recommendations on network configurations and topologies to improve operational performance and identify/ mitigate major risk areas. Partnering on short-term projects such as recommendation and implementation of new Juniper software and hardware features in the customer's network.

What you’ll do:

Key responsibilities include the following, but are not limited to:

• This role requires you to be a customer advocate within Juniper and be a single point of contact for the customer for all post-sales service needs
• Stay in alignment with the customer and accounts team concerning the services sales and delivery
• Help support cases resolved as per SLAs and expedite/escalate critical issues among Juniper technical support teams. Provide relevant technical inputs to facilitate and expedite escalated problem resolution
• Proactively escalates and brings people with required expertise together to bring critical and important issues to closure
• Act as an interlock between Customer and Juniper Professional Services, Advanced Services, and Education Services for the services to be delivered to the customer
• Engages on the major projects for service requirements, risk management, and expectation setting with the account team, partners, and customers
• Conduct Periodic reviews with the customer on Juniper service delivery metrics, SLA, and quality
• Establish a customer-specific operational status and reporting framework (preferably using ITIL), and lead in the delivery and presentation of status reports
• Uses technical knowledge to review and assess open software defects. Discovers potential risks associated with the deployment plans and partners with the customer to develop mitigation plans
• Assist the customer in making use of proactive consulting services such as technical analysis and recommendations (Impact assessment and analysis, health check analysis, software upgrade analysis, config review, etc…)
• Partners with Customers in conducting periodic Juniper product health checks and Configuration/Design reviews to identify potential improvement areas. Based on the evaluation make a relevant recommendation to optimize operational performance concerning design/topology/configuration
• Reviews and evaluates network change plans and assists in the planning of new feature implementation and product deployment. Allies with internal teams to resolve identified risks in software
• Engages with Juniper engineering teams to improve potential quality issues with products
• Document and maintain customer network solutions knowledge and educate other internal Juniper resources for a better support experience

What you need to bring:

The candidate must have a deep understanding of core IP networking concepts (TCP/IP, QoS, VLAN, STP, IPSEC, NAT, IPv6). Should possess reasonable expertise in Layer2, Layer3 protocols such as VRRP, OSPF, BGP, Multicast, MPLS VPN.

Knowledge and experience of the newest technologies such as Segment Routing, Traffic engineering, DC switching, VxLAN, EVPN, SD-WAN & Wireless is a plus.

Experience working in large enterprises, Network service providers have added advantage.

ITIL Framework process knowledge will be an added advantage.

Experience and desire to work on automation will be valuable in long run.

Amiable communication, interpersonal, and social skills will make a difference!

Juniper product certifications (JNCIS/JNCIP/JNCIE) or industry equivalents are helpful.

Qualification and Experience:

• Experience with customer facing roles is essential.
• We prefer candidates with bachelor’s degree in electrical/electronic Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent. A Business degree such as MBA would be an advantage.
• 6+ years experience in designing, implementing, and solving technical problems of the state-of-the-art Datacenter, IP/MPLS- Networks. High exposure to network operations environment. Ability to operate independently, including management of priorities in unstructured environment.
• The successful candidate will demonstrate and be a role model for the values of the "Juniper Way" - Be Bold, Build Trust, Deliver Excellence.

Juniper Networks is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform important job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us for more information.

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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