Apex Systems is a world class technology services business that incorporates industry insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill our clients’ digital visions.
Apex has an opportunity for a Support Engineer II. For applicants interested in the opportunity, send your updated resume to Liz Papell, Professional Recruiter at lpapell@apexsystems.com.
Here are the details:
Position: Support Engineer II
Location: 100% Remote
Rate: negotiable based on experience
Duration: 6-month contract-to-hire
*Candidates need to be located in EST hours*
Position Description:
You will deep-dive, analyze, mitigate or resolve technical issues that are escalated by the various Amazon Robotics Facilities. You will use multiple data sources, dashboards and logs to pinpoint software/hardware defects, inconsistencies or bugs and will be directly involved with resolving them. On occasion, you will have to collaborate with various development/software teams to navigate complex situations and create viable solutions for our customers.
You will engage with (and drive) high severity incidents around Amazon’s Product Fulfilment & Sortation facilities. You will set up and manage high severity calls and directly communicate and troubleshoot with the customer until the situation is mitigated. This activity will, at times require you coordinate real-time service restoration between multiple teams and act as a central point (incident manager) to reduce the duration and severity of the business impact. Lastly you will use Change Management best practices to create, approve and implement changes within the Amazon Robotics environment.
Qualifications:
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Three years of technical support experience supporting enterprise systems, platforms, or applications in a first-line (or above) operations team (focus on troubleshooting and root-causing issues, not necessarily system configuration)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communication to various levels of customers/leadership and experience with authoring product knowledge base content
- Previous experience with technical troubleshooting, including pulling and reading logs, interpreting dashboards, and responding to service alerts/alarms
- Demonstrated proficiency with Linux and running SQL queries
- Prior hands-on experience in working with AWS applications and environments
Preferred Skills:
- Master’s degree in a relevant technical field
- Five or more years of troubleshooting systems, platforms, or applications in a second-line (or above) operations team
- Active technical certifications in one or more relevant technical fields (Cloud services, Networking, Cybersecurity, etc.)
- Understanding of project and change management methodologies and best practices
- Scripting knowledge in any programming language, with previous experience automating tasks via scripts
Additional Benefits:
For this opportunity, you will also be eligible for benefits through Apex for the contract period, 401K, medical/health benefits options, a W2 hourly rate, weekly pay, and direct deposit!
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