Technical Support Engineer

NielsenIQ; Chennai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

LinkedIn Learning

Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Job summary

NielsenIQ is seeking a Support Engineer in Chennai to provide high-quality technical support for production systems across multiple tenants and cloud environments.

The role requires strong problem-solving, 24x7 on-call capability, ITIL processes, and collaboration with EIT and engineering teams; familiarity with Oracle SQL, Snowflake, Databricks and Azure is a plus.

You will document knowledge bases and contribute to Runbooks while delivering timely incident resolution.

Qualifications

• 3+ Years of Relevant experience in L2 Technology Support without gaps.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle PL/SQL, MS SQL, Snowflake, Databricks; Unix basics; Azure familiarity.
• Strong problem solving and analytical thinking toward solutions.
• Understanding of ITIL processes and production technology support.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.
• Willingness to work weekends/holidays with rotating on-call schedule.

Responsibilities

• Understand the SLA and ensure on-time deliverables.
• Manage severities and service requests.
• Regular follow-ups with stakeholders to ensure timely delivery.
• Aim for 100% root cause analysis for incidents.
• End-to-end analysis of high-impact incidents.
• Document knowledge base for critical processes and functionalities.
• Track runbooks and support processes for consistency.
• Develop automated technical solutions to optimize operations.

Skills

SLA understanding

Root cause analysis

Excellent communication

ITIL knowledge

Team collaboration

On-call support

Education

B.E./B.Tech / BSc/MSc CS / BCA / MCA

Tools

Oracle PL SQL

MS SQL

Snowflake

Databricks

Unix

Python basics

Azure basics

Job description

Support Engineer Job Description

Support Engineer Chennai

About the role

So where do you fit here? Our client comes first. This means that NielsenIQ support specialists are here to help. As a Support Specialist, you will be responsible for high quality and in-depth technical support to internal and external users of Production systems . You will have exposure to all aspects of our business, as well as an opportunity to learn and work on many different technologies in a multi-tenant, cloud-based environment. This is a fast-paced and exciting role especially as NielsenIQ introduces many new and innovative solutions. The Support Specialist role requires you to be ready for anything and to be agile enough to tackle challenges as they come your way. Being a strong team player is also key as you will need to know when to ask for help and be willing to jump in when a team member needs a hand.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• To understand the SLA and ensure the deliverables on time.
• To manage various severity levels and Service requests.
• Regular follow-ups with all the stakeholders involved to ensure on time deliver.
• 100% Root cause for all the incidents raised.
• End to End analysis on all the high impacting & potentially impacting incidents.
• To have the clear Root cause tracked till the solution.
• To document the knowledge base of all the critical process and functionalities.
• To track the workaround actions.
• Application E2E flow documentations to be maintained for both technical and functional perspective.
• To track the Runbook on the support process to be followed and maintained.
• To come up with the automated technical solutions to optimize both operational and technical process.
• Also need to proactively come with enhancing the system with the technical solution.
• Identify urgent issues and elevate appropriately, participate in Incident and Problem management.
• To have the Rotational shift and provide the support 24 X 7 coverage.
• Maintain support documentation - Standard Reporting, Knowledge Base, FAQs, Job Aides.
• Ensure compliance to standard NIQ Practices / Tools, ITIL, Google, ServiceNow, and JIRA suite (VM).
• Good understanding of overall application infrastructure is must.
• Internally prioritize work based on incident priority and deadlines.
• Experience in Monitoring & Observability.
• Experience in handling production deployment activities.
• Hands-on in-Service request fulfillment.
• Support for Server/DB patching, firewall changes.
• Liaise with Engineering & EIT team for fixes.

Qualifications

• 3+ Years of Relevant experience in L2 Technology Support without gaps.
• Good Knowledge in Oracle PL SQL/Microsoft SQL/Snowflakes/Databricks, Unix, Basics of Python, Basics of Azure Mandatory to have at least 2 years of Hands-on experience in relative tech stack.
• Strong problem solving and analytical thinking towards solutioning.
• Understanding on ITIL Process and Production Technology support process.
• Excellent Communication Skills.
• To drive the meetings with stakeholders from Technology, Infrastructure and Operational / governance teams.
• Ability to work including weekends and holidays with a rotating on-call schedule.
• Flexibility and acceptance to work in 24 X 7 shift rotations.
• Ability to work flexible & extended work hours as needed.
• Positive attitude, team player, self-starter; takes initiative, ability to work independently.

Degree Qualifications

B.E., B.Tech, B.Sc/M.Sc – Computer Science, BCA, MCA

Additional Information

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

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