Senior Technical Account Manager, DevOps job at Perforce Software in Minneapolis, MN

Remote; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement Benefits

Life Insurance

Wellness Programs

Total Time Off

Employee Perks

Job summary

Perforce Software, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN, is seeking a Senior Technical Account Manager (TAM) to join the Customer Success team.

You will own the technical health of Puppet Enterprise and guide customers to improved efficiency and cost savings as the primary technical contact after installation. The role requires DevOps experience, strong Unix/Linux admin and automation skills, and familiarity with cloud platforms, CI/CD tools, and cross‑functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Former TAM experience with customers in DevOps or software delivery.
• Undergraduate in Computer Science/IT/Engineering or equivalent.
• Strong verbal and written communication; adapts messaging to stakeholders.
• Collaborative mindset and customer-focused approach.
• Unix/Linux SysAdmin or DevOps with automation experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical health and customer success of Puppet Enterprise.
• Build relationships and guide customers to improved efficiency and cost savings.
• Serve as the customer's main technical contact post-installation; roadmap planning.
• Coordinate training needs and advocate across Puppet by Perforce.
• Collaborate with support engineers to troubleshoot and diagnose issues.
• Represent customers and product quality within development and product teams.

Skills

Unix/Linux

DevOps

Python

Ruby

CI/CD

Git

Cloud Platforms

Kubernetes

VMware

OpenStack

PowerShell

Salesforce knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Bamboo

Kubernetes

OpenStack

VMware

AWS

Azure

GCP

Puppet Enterprise

PowerShell

Job description

Senior Technical Account Manager (DevOps)

Minneapolis, MN

Operations – Technical Account Management

Full-Time Hybrid

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 aglobal footprint spanning more than 80 countries and includingover 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

Perforce, is seeking a Senior Technical Account Manager (TAM) to join the Customer Success team and work alongside the best DevOps Engineers in the industry. Puppet’s IT automation software enables system administrators to deliver the operational agility and efficiency of cloud computing at enterprise-class service levels, scaling from a handful of nodes in the cloud to tens of thousands on premise.

As a senior‑level engineer, TAMs own the technical health and customer success of the Puppet Enterprise solution. The TAM leverages technical and business expertise to build relationships, guiding customers to improved efficiency and dollar savings. The TAM serves as the customer's main point of technical contact post‑installation, working with customers to build a roadmap for future business success using Puppet Enterprise.

The joint journey of the TAM and customer is multifaceted and includes determining training needs; communicating and advocating on behalf of the customer throughout the Puppet by Perforce organization and ultimately sharing in the success and growth of both organizations.

Responsibilities

• Passionate about problem solving and have a background that includes debugging and troubleshooting
• Maintains a constructive and composed focus facing and overcoming tough situations.
• Credible inside and outside of Puppet due to skills, knowledge and ability to communicate cross functionally and at different levels within an organization
• Strong consultative skills that guide and influence decisions
• The ability to work in an international, fast‑growing environment
• The ability to understand and embrace DevOps and its impact in the computing world
• Partners productively with support engineers to troubleshoot and diagnose customer problems
• Advocates for customers and product quality within the development and product management organization
• Exceptionally flexible and can context switch without disrupting a positive disposition.
• Knowledge of data center management, systems management, and monitoring, networking & security
• Large scale infrastructure experience

Requirements

• Former experience working in a TAM role.
• An Undergraduate in Computer Science/IT/Engineering or equivalent gained elsewhere.
• Solid verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging to varying stakeholder levels
• A collaborative and team‑focused mindset, with a willingness to approach new situations
• Loves customers and takes personal pride and ownership to make them successful
• Unix &/or Linux SysAdmin or DevOps background, including:
• Programming skills (Ruby, Python, etc)
• Unix and/or Linux SysAdmin, including automation
• Experience with some of the following technologies:
• Git and git‑based version control
• Public and Private Clouds (AWS, Azure, Openstack, VMware, Kubernetes, GCP)
• Continuous Integration (Jenkins, Bamboo, or others)
• Experience working in the software development or CI/CD domains
• Experience in customer sales/service
• Windows administration experience, including Microsoft PowerShell
• Knowledge and understanding of DevOps culture
• Understanding of Salesforce or other Sales management platforms

$132,000 - $185,000 a year

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• retirement benefits
• life insurance
• wellness programs
• total time off
• other employee perks

Additionally, this position is eligible for benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, life insurance, wellness programs, total time off, and other employee perks that may be offered by Perforce from time to time.

The actual offer will depend on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s education, skills, qualifications, depth of experience and other relevant business considerations. Perforce reserves the right to amend or modify employee perks and benefits at any time.