Senior Associate, Customer Lead Engineer

Singapore, Singapore

Job Description


Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual\xe2\x80\x99s passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We\xe2\x80\x99re a technology company that leads with our humanity\xe2\x80\x94driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

Your Role

As a Technical Support Customer Lead Engineer, you will provide system level pre and post-sales support for your assigned customer/s. This includes remote or on-site testing, troubleshooting and technical support for CIENA products.

  • Be the Customer Lead Engr (CLE) for assigned account.
  • This position may also involve on-site day to day interaction with the customer concerning all aspects of network planning, deployment and technical network issues and design.
  • Successful candidate may need to attend customer maintenance windows related to ongoing issues and provide support outside of normal business hours.
  • Interface between customer and other technical support teams
  • Work with internal stake holders to manage customer issues.
Your Responsibilities
  • Be the Customer Lead Engr (CLE) for assigned account. Work with other internal teams to manage and resolve customer issues.
  • Manage technical support cases/tickets end to end.
  • Attend maintenance windows when needed.
  • Be able to accept on-call duties outside of normal business hours when required. This includes being on weekend shift when the business requires.
  • Provide on-call technical support (via telephone or online) for identified CIENA products 24x7 when required.
  • Provide on-site support to customers where and when required.
  • Communicate with Design and Supply Chain on problems / issues found in the field.
  • Utilize debug tools as well as lab research to aid Customer\xe2\x80\x99s technical problem. Recover information necessary to escalate the incident/issue to senior engineers. Escalation may eventually include Engineering/Design, Product/Project Management, Documentation, or Training
  • Work with Quality Assurance, Design, Product Management, Technical Publications, and Training to provide Customer feedback.
  • Create, review, validate and publish required MOP/ISB/FSB documents.
  • Contribute to knowledgebase (KCS)
  • Help train newly hired Technical Support Engineers.
  • Performs other duties related to the role as assigned.
  • Perform Resident Engineering functions on-site or remote, as assigned.
  • Travel to customer sites and Ciena locations globally, as required.
Mandatory Requirements:
  • All immediate family members (parents and siblings) including spouse and spouse\xe2\x80\x99s immediate family members are all Singaporean by birth.
Minimum Requirements:
  • Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in relevant technical field (e.g., Electronics, Communication Engineering, Computer Science) from a college or university
  • Minimum 3 to 5 years related experience in the field of telecommunications preferably in technical support role.
  • Experienced in operation, maintenance and troubleshooting of fiber optic transport systems and associated technologies including but not limited to DWDM, ASON, OSRP, ROADMs, Layer 1 and Layer 0 technologies, protection schemes, Raman Amplification, fixed and flexible grid DWDM systems, coherent systems, etc.
  • Knowledge and experience in operation of optical transport systems.
  • Knowledge in design and implementation of optical Data Communications Network (DCN) for Network Element (NE) management
  • Knowledge of OTN and related technology
  • Packet and IP networking knowledge and experience including but not limited Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and routing. Prove knowledge of networking protocols including but not limited to OSPF, MPLS, BGP, ASBR, etc.
  • Proven track record in the field of technical support and customer service.
  • Must have the ability to communicate effectively in English both verbally and written.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience and knowledge with Red Hat Linux operating system. Unix and/or Solaris experience
  • Experience and knowledge in the operation of network management systems
  • Ciena CE (Carrier Ethernet) certification or equivalent is an advantage
  • Ciena OC (Optical Communications) certification or equivalent is an advantage
  • Proficiency with various \xe2\x80\x98office\xe2\x80\x99 software applications including Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and Excel
  • Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve complex problems
  • Motivated self-starter with excellent time management skills and an ability to work from broad guidelines with minimal supervision
  • Proficient with various types of test equipment for optical and protocol testing.
  • System level troubleshooting on fiber optic telecommunications transport and switching equipment.
  • Good abilities to build relationships build and proven record of excellent Customer focus
  • Team player that is ready to contribute or lead troubleshooting activities
  • Willing to take responsibility for complete problem resolution
  • Ability to deal with stressful situations with colleagues and customers
  • Excellent Customer service skills are required and can work with customer on both technical and management levels.
  • Work in a collateral environment, which promotes sharing of knowledge and experiences.
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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1373825
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Singapore, Singapore
  • Education
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