Technical Support Engineer - VTS

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

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

401(k) plan with match

Job summary

Ingram Micro Inc. in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Technical Support Engineer. The role supports customers, logs issues, and collaborates with engineering, product, and vendor teams to ensure a top-notch experience.

You will handle complex billing and technical inquiries, triage across teams, and drive incident management with a strong focus on customer success and rapid resolutions. Proficiency in O365, cloud, and APIs is expected.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Technical Support or similar.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; analytical and problem-solving.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft O365 and cloud SaaS troubleshooting.
• Fluency in French & English.

Responsibilities

• Respond to inbound Billing and Technical service requests by phone and email.
• Log issues and status updates in internal tracking system.
• Understand client objectives and resolve issues to ensure customer success.
• Evaluate and resolve complex Billing inquiries.
• Identify root causes and diagnose as software defects or configuration.
• Support multiple cloud solutions (Symantec, Acronis, Dropbox, Microsoft O365).
• Contribute to service desk processes and procedures.
• Coordinate with engineering, product and vendors for timely resolutions.
• Triaging to internal/external teams within OLAs as customer advocate.
• Monitor systems and respond to alerts within 5 minutes during working hours.
• Act as first responders to outages and drive incident management.
• Drive operational efficiency and improvements.

Skills

Technical support

Customer service

Troubleshooting

SaaS platforms

Cloud solutions

Microsoft O365

Communication skills

Linux basics

REST/JSON/OAuth

DNS/HTTP/FTP

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL

Jira

Confluence

French language

English language

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure

AWS

GCP

SQL

Job description

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.

With us, you’ll make technology happen in surprising ways. It’ll be a fun journey! Learn more at http://careers.ingrammicro.com It’s no surprise that technology powers the planet. But what might surprise you is that Ingram Micro has the ability to reach more than 90% of the global population. By joining us, you make Ingram Micro’s contribution a reality: helping businesses grow, supporting industries from healthcare to education with their technology, or even connecting the world. What’s in it for you? Well, we take great care of our people, everyone is made to feel welcome, and opportunities to grow apply to all. But the prospect of shaping the future through technology is something you’re unlikely to find anywhere else. Let’s shape tomorrow.