Systems Support Engineer [AQ-12639]

Aquent; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental insurance

401k match

Training benefits

Job summary

Aquent is partnering with a pioneering leader in advanced vehicle technology, seeking a technically skilled engineer‑support specialist to enable engineers with reliable access to tools and environments. You will help accelerate development, improve system reliability, and contribute to groundbreaking automotive systems.

The role emphasizes customer‑facing communication, issue reproduction, and collaboration with engineering teams for fast resolution, with potential expansion into CI/build

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 2–4 years of relevant experience.
• Basic networking literacy (SSH, DNS, VPNs, proxies).
• Cross‑platform familiarity (macOS/Windows/Linux).
• Command‑line fluency and shell usage.
• Version control with Git (cloning, branching, diffs, PRs).
• Strong debugging instincts and clear problem reproduction steps.
• Excellent written communication for customer-facing tickets.

Responsibilities

• Own initial response to incoming requests and acknowledge issues promptly.
• Triage issues by reproducing, categorizing severity, and routing to the right team.
• Resolve or escalate environment/configuration issues as needed.
• Provide precise reproductions and context to engineers for rapid action.
• Improve runbooks and documentation to enable self-service.
• Participate in on‑call rotation for high‑severity escalations.
• Assist customers with remote development environments, setup, authentication, and networking.
• Potentially extend to CI/build tooling support.

Skills

Bachelor's Degree in Eng

2–4 years experience

Networking basics

Cross‑platform (macOS/Windows/Linux)

CLI proficiency

Git basics

Debugging mindset

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Git

Docker

Job description

Aquent is partnering with a pioneering leader in advanced vehicle technology, an organization dedicated to pushing the boundaries of automotive engineering and shaping the future of transportation. In this pivotal role, you will be the hero for software engineers, directly enabling the progress of an entire organization by ensuring seamless access to the tools and environments they need to innovate. Your expertise will accelerate development cycles, enhance system reliability, and directly contribute to the creation of advanced vehicle systems, making a tangible impact on the future of mobility.

Are you ready to be a crucial enabler for engineers developing groundbreaking advanced vehicle technology? This is your opportunity to dive deep into complex technical challenges, empowering an entire organization by ensuring seamless access to the tools and environments essential for innovation. You will play a vital role in accelerating development cycles, enhancing system reliability, and directly contributing to the creation of advanced vehicle systems. If you thrive on unraveling technical mysteries and empowering others, this is your chance to make a significant impact on the future of mobility.

What You’ll Do

• Own the initial response to incoming requests, actively monitoring customer support channels, promptly acknowledging issues, and setting a professional tone for a rapid support experience.
• Triage issues by meticulously reproducing them, categorizing their nature, assigning appropriate severity, and either resolving them directly or routing them to the correct team with a clear, well-documented hand-off.
• Resolve a wide array of niche environment or configuration issues, including connectivity problems, setup challenges, and client-side misconfigurations, often without requiring escalation.
• Effectively elevate complex issues to the owning engineering team, providing precise reproductions and all necessary context for immediate action.
• Continuously improve support documentation by transforming recurring issues into valuable runbooks, FAQ entries, and updated documentation, fostering future self-service for customers.
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation for high‑severity (P0/P1) escalations, complementing standard US business hours coverage.
• Initially, focus on helping customers resolve issues connecting to remote development environments, particularly addressing client setup, authentication, and networking problems.
• Potentially expand your role to cover other services and scenarios, including Continuous Integration, build systems, and various development tools.

What We’re Looking For (Must-Have Qualifications)

• A Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering field (e.g., Mechanical, Computer, Aerospace).
• 2-4 years of relevant experience.
• Basic networking literacy, including familiarity with SSH (key authentication, ssh-agent, port forwarding), DNS resolution, VPNs, HTTP(S) proxies, and the ability to diagnose connectivity or latency problems between a client and a remote host.
• Cross‑platform comfort with macOS, Windows (including WSL), and Linux, sufficient to follow setup processes and identify system differences.
• Command‑line fluency, comfortable navigating a shell, reading logs, running diagnostic commands, and editing configuration files in a terminal environment.
• Proficiency in version control basics, including cloning repositories, branching, performing diffs, and reviewing pull requests.
• A strong debugging instinct, capable of taking vague problem descriptions, reproducing issues, narrowing down their scope, and describing them precisely.
• Exceptional customer‑facing communication skills, demonstrating clear, calm, and professional written interaction with engineers, alongside excellent ticket hygiene (status updates, severity, reproduction steps, resolution details).
• A personality that enjoys solving complex problems.

What Will Set You Apart (Nice‑to‑Have Qualifications)

• Prior experience in a developer support, DevOps support, or IT/platform support role.
• Familiarity with build and Continuous Integration systems, including remote build execution or comparable tooling.
• Exposure to programming language ecosystems (e.g., Python, C++).
• Experience with code editors and remote or cloud‑based development environments.
• Comfort with public cloud platforms and light scripting for diagnostics and automation (e.g., Bash, Python).

Why This Role is Exciting

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the cutting edge of advanced vehicle technology. You will join a team with a great culture and friendly, collaborative colleagues, all while maintaining a healthy work‑life balance. This role offers significant growth potential, allowing you to gain extensive experience across a wide range of technologies and systems. There is a high likelihood of extension, with the potential for a direct hire opportunity.

About Aquent Talent

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