Sunday, March 29, 2009

724 Solutions International Senior Support Engineer

724 Solutions, a worldwide leader in providing technology and solutions to mobile network operators, is looking to add to its existing staff supporting one of the Italian premier mobile operators.  As a member of the 724 Solutions onsite team, the successful candidate would be part of a team supporting 724’s customer deployments of 724 products and customizations in Milan.

 

Scope of Responsibilities

 

·         Serve as primary day-to-day technical contact for operations and support, problem analysis, product questions, and general troubleshooting as required.

·         Participate as part of an on-call rotation to support after-hours production issues.

 

 

Representative Daily Tasks

 

·         Supports and works closely with large Mobile Operator Clients Level 1 Operations / Support technical staff

·         Tracks, manages and escalates Client issues through to resolution

·         Isolates problems with little assistance from others

·         Takes on special assignments with little guidance and direction from management

·         Ability to perform troubleshooting and other problem analysis as required.  For example;

o    Isolate complex network problems with little assistance

o    Reproduce and document complex problems in a test or other environment

o    Identify software faults and isolate them to software module level

o    Isolate hardware problems to unit level

·         Assist with patch or new release deployment, user acceptance testing support, and production deployment 

·         Develops Methods of Procedures (MOPs) and performs tests required for change activities to be performed

·         Log cases into 724’s incident tracking system

·         Liaise with 724 Solutions’ Product Development organization. 

·         Ability to document, prioritize, and communicate Client issues

 

 

Other responsibilities, from time to time, might include:

 

·         Participating in customer-specific development activities as customer requirements change and expand (eg: developing operations / administration utilities or scripts)

·         Supporting the deployment of other 724 products

 

 

Experience Required

 

The qualified candidate should have:

  1. A strong technical background in Linux/Unix systems administration (Redhat Linux, in particular)
  2. A solid understanding of networks (IP addressing, firewalls, load balancers, etc.)

3.     Background and experience in Web protocols and configuration, plus WAP, MMS, and SMS protocols

4.     Shell and/or perl Scripting experience preferred

  1. Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems



Other Qualifications

 

  1. Wireless mobile network operator background in network engineering (vs. business applications).
  2. Wireless application development / support background is preferred.

3.     Good Client communications skills

4.     Good technical analysis skills to lead and drive Client problem resolution in a timely manner

5.     Industry related Degree level education

6.     Proficient with MS Office and Windows utilities.

 

To apply for this position, please send your resume in English to aprenoveau@724.com.

 

Please note:  We thank everyone for your interest, however only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.  

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