Citrix Looking for Technical Support Engineer – Network at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

Citrix builds the secure digital workspace technology that frees 400,000 customers to do their very best work from anywhere. By joining our award-winning workplace, you’ll be included in the globally diverse, collaborative team that values work-life balance. Come see why Fortune named us one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Let’s innovate and grow together!

What we’re looking for:
You have a three year university degree, combined with at least two years of tech support experience in a large enterprise environment.

You have obtained working knowledge of Networking (both client & Server OS) and good networking knowledge, including TCP / HTTP / SSLN/ DNS / WAN. You are comfortable working in understanding of WAN and LAN switching and routing, ARP, TCP, IP, HTTP, SMTP, DNS and other related internet protocols.

Ideally, you have also obtained industry certifications in the areas of Virtualization and/or Cloud, which includes working knowledge of AWS / Azure / ESXi.

If this sounds like you, we would love to speak to you right away.

Position Summary –

Technical Support Engineer is responsible for providing technical assistance on Citrix products to customers of medium to large size, scope, and/or political complexity – via phone, email and/or remote access. The support focuses on in-depth problem analysis of Citrix products and their integration into enterprise-wide mixed environments. The incumbent may assist less senior colleagues, using fundamental technical troubleshooting skills obtained through previous experience to isolate, analyze, and provide resolution to customer issues of moderate to high complexity, with little instruction from team leads and/or management.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Provides technical assistance on Citrix products to customers of medium to large size, scope, and/or political complexity – via phone, email and/or remote access.
• Performs advanced problem analysis and isolates problems of moderate to high complexity, with little instruction from team leads and/or management.
• Achieves and maintains targeted call statistics such as number of calls answered, number of cases closed or issues resolved, along with other established goals.
• Publishes articles on moderately complex technical support issues in Citrix’s online knowledgebase, and reviews others’ articles
• Documents cases, recommendations, and resolutions clearly in the CRM system, takes ownership of hot and/or more political cases escalated from less senior engineers
• May participate to weekend follow the fun coverage and occasionally conduct onsite mission.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain advanced Citrix certification within 1 year of service.
• Ability to obtain basic major vendor third party certifications
• Should have the 3 years degree regular course
• Proven ability to work on multiple issues and prioritize work accordingly to business processes
• Can do attitude with a strong will to lead by example
• Ability to identify major concerns from the field and relay those concerns to management in an appropriate manner
• Strong communication and negotiation skill for leading critical discussion and expectation management.
• Strong logical/critical thinking and problem resolution skill.

Requirements

• Must have at least two years of experience in a technical customer support environment or field experience.
• The individual must have at least 1 year experience with products and technologies in an Enterprise environment.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Good knowledge with Load Balancers (e.g. Citrix NetScaler, Foundry ServerIron, Alteon, F5 BigIp, Cisco CSS).
• Web Application Firewalls (e.g. Citrix NetScaler, Imperva, and Akamai)
• WAN Optimizers (e.g. Citrix CloudBridge, Riverbed Steelhead, Cisco WAAS)
• Knowledge of Security technologies (e.g. SSL/TLS, VPNs, Firewall, IDS/IPS).
• A solid understanding of WAN and LAN switching and routing, ARP, TCP, IP, HTTP, SMTP, DNS and other related internet protocols.
• • A strong working knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol stack.
• Knowledge of Layer 4-7 load balancing and SSL acceleration technologies.

Preferred Certifications:
Citrix / CCNA Certification

Citrix NetScaler working knowledge

Virtualization / Cloud working knowledge ( AWS / Azure / ESXi )

Functional Area:
Tech Support

What you’re looking for:
Everyone is welcome at Citrix. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and a culture of belonging, and celebrate bringing our courageous, authentic selves to work. We believe this way of working helps us innovate, and it’s just one of the reasons why our employees continuously recognize Citrix as a great place to work.

Citrix helps make work more sustainable to benefit the planet, our business, and our communities. For more than 30 years, we have empowered individuals and organizations to work remotely or work from anywhere, reducing commuting emissions and energy consumption in the process.

We are the #1 leader in Virtual Client Computing (VCC) and #2 in the Application Delivery Controller (ADC) space, and we have key partnerships with top cloud providers. We’ll give you the tools, learning opportunities, mentorship, and flexibility to achieve your goals. Come see why you belong at Citrix, with our culture supporting purposeful innovation and growth from within.

The Benefits

We offer a competitive total rewards package* that includes:
18 weeks of paid parental leave

Health and wellness benefits

Employee assistance program

Retirement benefits

Time off and absence programs

Professional development and mentorship opportunities

Paid volunteer time and charitable matching of employee donations

Employee resource groups

And more!

**Please note that benefits may vary based on location.

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