Technical Support Engineer - VTS

Ingram Micro Inc in; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

401(k) with company match

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Job summary

Ingram Micro Inc in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Technical Support Engineer to join a high-performing support team. You will provide technical assistance for customers, resolve complex product issues, and collaborate with engineering, product, and customer-facing teams to ensure a top-notch customer experience.

Role requires availability for weekends/on-call as needed, working with Microsoft O365, and familiarity with cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Technical Support or similar
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft O365
• Ability to prioritize user requests effectively
• Experience troubleshooting SaaS cloud solutions is a plus
• Fluent in French & English

Responsibilities

• Respond to inbound Billing and Technical service requests via phone and email
• Log issues and updates in internal tracking system
• Diagnose issues and provide timely resolutions to ensure customer success
• Evaluate and resolve complex Billing inquiries
• Identify root cause and categorize issues (software, misconfigurations, end user issues)
• Support multiple cloud solutions (Symantec, Acronis, Dropbox, Microsoft O365)
• Collaborate across engineering, product, and customer-facing teams
• Triages to internal/external teams to meet OLAs
• Monitor systems and respond to alerts during working hours
• Assist with incident management and service outages
• Drive operational efficiency and process improvements

Skills

Excellent communication

Analytical skills

French & English fluency

SaaS cloud experience

Linux basics

Customer service mindset

Prioritization

Self-motivated

Team player

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Apache

IIS

MySQL

MSSQL

PostgreSQL

DNS

HTTP/HTTPS

Linux shell

Job description

Technical Support Engineer - VTS (Finance)

Accelerate your career. Join the organization that's driving the world's technology and shape the future.

Ingram Micro is a leading technology company for the global information technology ecosystem. With the ability to reach nearly 90% of the global population, we play a vital role in the worldwide IT sales channel, bringing products and services from technology manufacturers and cloud providers to business-to-business technology experts. Our market reach, diverse solutions and services portfolio, and digital platform Ingram Micro Xvantage™ set us apart. Learn more at www.ingrammicro.com

Come join our team where you'll make technology happen in surprising ways. Let's shape tomorrow - it'll be a fun journey!

This position is based in our Buffalo, NY office with the opportunity to work a few days remotely per week.

We are looking for a Technical Support Engineer to join our high-performing support team and provide technical assistance to our customers. In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor, solving complex product issues, and contributing to continuous product and process improvement. You will be deeply embedded in our product ecosystem, collaborating across engineering, product, and customer-facing teams to ensure a top-notch customer experience.

Your role:

• Responding to inbound Billing and Technical service requests over the phone and email per day directly with customers
• Accurately and efficiently log all issues and status updates in our internal tracking system
• Understands client's business objectives/impact and applies their expertise to timely resolve issues and ensure customer success
• Evaluate and provide resolution for complex customer Billing inquiries
• Identify root cause(s) and diagnose as software defects, misconfiguration, content issues, or end user issues
• Supporting multiple cloud solutions (I.e. Symantec, Acronis, Dropbox, Microsoft O365)
• Contributing to the development of service desk processes and procedures
• Interacts closely with various departments and vendors to provide timely resolution on issues
• Handling support requests from resellers, by staying on top of new features and enhancements and being a subject matter expert and providing diagnoses and issue resolution on our Platform.
• Triaging to internal and external teams, pushing for resolution within OLAs by being the Customer advocate with Engineering, Development, and 3rd party Vendor teams
• Monitoring systems and handling events, proactively recognizing, and acknowledging alerts, responding to alerts or emergency issues within 5 minutes during working hours (Event Management)
• Act as first responders to service outages and performance degradation by moderating conference calls and engaging Triage teams to restore service in the shortest time possible (Incident Management)
• Drive operational efficiency and improvements

* Note: This is not a complete list of tasks.

What you bring to the role:

• Must be available to work weekends and after hours as needed
• High school diploma (or equivalent) required. Secondary degree preferred
• 2+ years of experience working in capacity of Technical Support or similar
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft O365
• Ability to prioritize user requests effectively and manage user expectations
• Ability to balance attention to detail with expeditious execution in a fast-paced environment working
• Passion for driving exceptional customer experience
• Previous experience troubleshooting and debugging SaaS cloud solutions is an asset
• Ability to work through ambiguity and thrive in a rapidly changing business environment
• Understanding of related terminology and concepts
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with Webservers and Databases - Apache, IIS, MySQL, MSSQL and PostgreSQL
• Strong knowledge of Application Protocols - DNS, HTTP, HTTPS (SSL), FTP
• Basic understanding or experience working on Linux environments
• General understanding of technologies on Apis webservice: JSON, REST, OAuth,..
• Flexibility working some weekends and later hours to help fulfill a 24x7 business
• Passion for providing exemplary customer service, strong customer focus
• Eager to learn new technologies
• Good verbal and written professional communication, fluent in French & English.
• Self-motivated and proactive in performing duties
• Attention to detail
• Teamplayer

Nice to have

• ITIL certification
• Microsoft Azure certification
• Hands-on experience with Cloud platforms, such as Microsoft Azure, AWS or GCP
• Programming/scripting experience on at least some of the following: Bash, Python, PowerShell, PHP Knowledge of SQL
• Exposure to virtualization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $56,000.00 - $89,600.00 per year.

The ranges above reflect the potential annual base pay across the U.S. for all roles; the applicable base pay range will depend on the candidate's primary work location, pay grade, and variable compensation plan. Individual base pay within each range depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time of hire. New hires starting base pay generally falls in the bottom half (between the minimum and midpoint) of a pay range.

At Ingram Micro certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus or sales incentives and long-term incentives. These awards are allocated based on position level and individual performance. U.S.-based employees have access to healthcare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits, among others.

This is not a complete listing of the job duties. It's a representation of the things you will be doing, and you may not perform all these duties.

Please be prepared to pass a drug test and successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check.

Ingram Micro Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.