Technical consultant

Thales; Amersfoort; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days Paid Time Off

Hybrid working flexibility

Professional growth opportunities

Good salary and travel allowance

Job summary

At Thales, we're seeking a Client Services Technical Consultant based in Amersfoort. This position involves providing expert technical support for Thales OneWelcome products, managing customer inquiries, and ensuring high service quality. Candidates should have a strong background in networking and cloud services, along with excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for customer success. Enjoy a flexible work environment, professional growth opportunities, and a competitive salary package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in customer support with technical application support.
• Experience in troubleshooting and diagnostics within network and data security.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for Thales OneWelcome products via various communication channels.
• Plan and implement product updates and manage customer expectations.

Skills

Problem Solving

Fluency in English

Networking protocols (TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, HTTPS, TLS, APIs)

Basic+ Python programming

Knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, VMware, Microsoft Azure

Authentication protocols (SAML, OIDC)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science

Job description

Location: Amersfoort DIS, NetherlandsAs a Client Services Technical Consultant, you will provide technical support to customers and answering complex questions on function and usage of the Thales OneWelcome product via telephone, email, and/or internet.

Next to that you will be planning and implementing changes to the customer services.

You must possess thorough knowledge ofThales OneWelcome products and services used by customers. You will be responsible for managing customer expectations, project deliverables, and providing cross team functional escalation and communication during the lifecycle of a customer incident or service/change request.

Key areas of responsibility:

• You will answer customers’ questions and troubleshoot and resolve customer complex issues over the telephone or via electronic communications in the areas of product functionality, configuration errors and bugs/enhancements/upgrades.
• You will plan and implement Thales OneWelcome Cloud product updates
• You will work with customers to diagnose issues with Thales OneWelcome products and interpret logs and error messages as well as interrogate and understand the customer environment where the products are being used.
• You will recommend solutions and workarounds to known problems and advise customers on how to apply the solution or workaround.
• You will provide guidance and support on how to use Thales OneWelcome products.
• You will communicate, investigate, and reproduce service issues, advise, plan and implement configuration changes and interface with engineering if it concerns a bug.
• You will identify and document issues consistently and clearly using group tools.
• You will implement patches/releases to minimize risk of unexpected issues and ensure that a fix resolves a customer reported open problem.
• You will interact with the customer to implement smaller changes to the service such as html/css changes as well as functional changes and/or external dependencies as certificates or customer connected landscape changes.

Your skills:

• You must be passionate about problem solving and have a genuine interest in helping our customers and our partners succeed.
• You must be fluent in English.
• You must be willing to, occasionally, provide after hours and weekend support of products on an on-call. The on-call function is shared across the entire team and proactively scheduled to allow conflicts to be resolved ahead of time and to ensure there is no undue burden on any person.
• We would like someone to join our team who has working knowledge of supporting a cloud service interacting with external systems. Networking such as protocols like TCP/IP; IPv4, IPv6 and internet HTTPS, TLS, API’s.
• Basic+ knowledge of programming languages (Python) and Linux. Familiarity with AWS, Kubernetes, VMware, Microsoft Azure as well as authentication protocols as SAML and OIDC etc. is an advantage.
• You must have a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• We are looking for someone with 5+ years industry experience working in a customer support role, providing technical application support, troubleshooting and diagnostics in the area of network and data security products.

What's in it for you

• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Includes the freedom for initiative and good ideas;
• Room for personal and professional growth within our organization, for example in regards to technical, commercial or international skills;
• Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries around the globe;
• A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance;
• You can usually work where and when you want to be able to do your work as well and efficiently as possible. Within Thales we implement hybrid working, where you can, for example, work from home two days a week if your role allows it;
• A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalize your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade days off for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs;
• 40 days off per year (Paid Time Off).