Eucla, Western Australia, Australia
Remote only
As an Open Organization built on open source software, Red Hat values innovation, solid technical acumen, customer focus, leadership, and the creativity that impacts the customer experience across a range of products.
The Red Hat Customer Experience and Engagement (CEE) team is looking for Software Maintenance Engineer with Linux networking experience to join us. In this role, you will build on your expertise with Red Hat technologies, namely Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) running on hybrid cloud, while providing outstanding technical support to our customers. You'll work closely with our developer and quality engineering (QE) teams to incorporate customer feedback and make Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) an even better product. The customers you'll interact with are often last level technical contacts on the customer's side, like system administrators, architects, and solution engineers.
You will be a part of the unique Red Hat culture, enriched with various principles and initiatives, such as Open Management Practices, Open Decision Framework, and diversity and inclusion. With the freedom to showcase your leadership skills at any time, you will have the option to bring innovative solutions to complex problems. You will get the opportunity to be a part of several Recognition programs to reward and celebrate yours and others' success. This job is a very important centerpiece between our customers and developer teams and is essential to perfect our product quality and customer experience. Successful applicants must reside in a country where Red Hat is registered to do business.
Support Red Hat's customers on various network related issues for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat products on different hybrid cloud solutions
Diagnose and troubleshoot complex technical problems across different components like Packet loss, bonding and teaming, IPv4 and IPv6, Control Groups, firewall (iptables) Load Balancer, network interface controllers (NICs), as well as provide the root cause analysis
Build on your expertise by going through intensive onboarding, which includes taking Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Certifications, like Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Constantly work on your skills so you can keep up with the latest technology trends as well as new products and features in Red Hat's portfolio
Consult the customer cases with in-house support engineers and developers to promote creative solutions and improve customer experience
Contribute to the global Red Hat knowledge management system
Collaborate with your colleagues on different side projects, contribute to the success of the global team, and contribute to the open source community
Manage workload to ensure that all customer issues are timely handled and managed to resolution
1+ year(s) of experience with Linux for the enterprise sector
Professional working experience as a support, sustaining, or development engineer or other directly related experience in an enterprise environment
Linux operating system installation, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance experience
Excellent communication skills, ability to analyze and effectively resolve complex customer issues. Ability in communicating / fluency in Mandarin is a must.
Ability to work with conflicting priorities, take initiative, and maintain a customer-centric focus
Passion for problem-solving and investigation of the most complex customer and technical problems
Passion knowledge, ability to further grow and enhance your technical and interpersonal skills
Ability to work as part of a team, open-minded, and collaborative approach
Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience
Knowledge of containers is a big plus
Knowledge of networking, firewall, security, clustering, web servers, and databases using Linux is a plus
Experience with non x64 architectures is a plus
Familiarity with Linux scripting languages is a plus
Plus to have
Experience providing Enterprise level technical support; experience providing support to customers consuming Paas or Saas technologies is a plus
Experience working with hosted platform environments, managed application services, or large scale application deployments.
Background in Linux or Unix operating systems.
Proficient with Linux troubleshooting tools such as curl, wireshark and crash analysis
Familiarity with cloud technologies and platforms such as Azure, containers, and Kubernetes
Prior experience with Azure, CRI-O, Kubernetes, containers and openvswitch, are a plus
Familiar with developer workflows, Continuous Integration (Jenkins) and Continuous Deployments paradigms are a plus
Comfortable with logging issues and working with issue tracking tools such as Jira
Commitment to providing the best experience possible for Red Hat’s customers
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About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.
Inclusion at Red Hat
Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.
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