Job Description

AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.

At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do--powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.



What you'll doCome and join us! OpenText is seeking highly qualified candidates to join the Premium Support Team as a Named Support Engineer, Dedicated Support Engineer, Solutions Support Engineer! We are looking for motivated, passionate and talented engineers to join our Premium Support team. We're a strong, vibrant cross-site team that help OpenText Customers by providing named and dedicated support experts that understand the customers business -- helps them optimize even the most complex hybrid software environments and resolve issues quickly if they arise.In this role, you will act as a Premium Support Engineer (NSE, DSE, SSE) on our customers' complex software environments and provide technical support to customers who are developing their solutions. You will be a product evangelist and prepare collateral as needed to present best practices for use of the OpenText line of software products to ensure customer success. The ideal candidate would enjoy being an expert on a broad range of topics, be creative and find solving problems to be rewarding.In addition, you will ensure customers get the highest level of business value and are satisfied with the products and services they receive from OpenText with a focus on promoting retention, loyalty, and account growth. The overall objective of the Premium Support Engineer (NSE, DSE, SSE) is to deliver experiences that customers want to have again - to earn the right to customer driven growth. This is achieved by building trust, focusing on value and enabling alignment across the OpenText organization.

Who you areSoftware environments can be complex. In today's fast-paced IT climate, having someone our customers can trust and who understands their software configuration can make all the difference. OpentText Premium Support gives our customer named and dedicated support personnel who really know their IT environment. A flexible blend of problem resolution, technical guidance and strategic support personnel that champion our customers' success and ensure they are getting the most out of their software investment.Not only do you possess exceptional communication skills but can also embed yourself with customers as an extension to their business. You operate with a high level of collaboration and discipline and understand the current technology landscape and you are quickly able to gain a depth of understanding of your customer's business. In this role you willoBe the customers' single point of contact for support incidents opened for a specific product centre.oDevelop an in-depth understanding of your customer's environment and implementation. oDevelop a strong working relationship with customers. oLeverage deep technical expertise and knowledge of your customer's environment to resolve incidents more efficiently.oProvide timely updates on open incidents.oCoordinate with other Micro Focus experts as needed to expedite timely resolution.oApply best practices to help our customers minimize operational risks and avoid common pitfalls. oProvide periodic supportability assessments. oOffer technical support mentoring to increase the customers' knowledge.oUnderstand the operational profile of your customers' environment to improve the support that Micro Focus delivers.oShare prescriptive product roadmaps to assist your customers in upgrade and migration planning. oProvide guidance on leveraging the full features and functionality of the customers' Micro Focus solution. oAct as a strategic partner in developing plans to proactively improve and maintain the customers' software investment. oWillingness and ability to travel if required. (< 10%)oWillingness and ability to work occasionally outside of business hours, including weekends.oWillingness to participate in a 24x7 on-call roster.

Qualifications oBachelor's degree preferred or associate degree holder (technical field) with 10+ years working experience in a customer support environment. oA proven track record in the understanding of in-depth technical troubleshooting.



ExperienceIn-depth knowledge and 10+ years' experience in one or more of the following products:

NetIQ Access Manager (NAM)

NetIQ Identity Manager (IDM)

eDirectory

Red Hat (or other Linux system)

At least one RDBMS system



Exposure to the following products would be highly regarded but not essential: Identity GovernanceiPrintXenWorksGroupwise

Strong teambuilding and leadership skills, with the ability to negotiate and resolve conflict.oGreat communication, co-ordination and collaboration skills, and ability to navigate complex, matrixed organizations.

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