CFTS - Technical Support Manager

Title: CFTS -Technical Support Manager

Location: Bengaluru, India

Summary:

Customer Focused Technical Support ( CFTS) Team is part of Juniper's Technical Assistance Centre (TAC) which provides designated senior support engineers with deep product knowledge to support their customers. These support engineer are experts in networking technology and skilled on customer network architecture, which enables them to deliver world class premium support to Juniper's customers.

This opening is for a Technical Support Manager for the CFTS team supporting all Juniper products (MX, PTX, ACX, QFX, EX, SRX etc.) and it's solutions to cable customer vertical.

Key Responsibilities (includes but not limited to the following):

• Manage and lead a team of high performance Technical Support Engineers who delivers focused and dedicated support to a CFTS Customer vertical ( Telcom , Enterprise , Cable, Cloud etc).
• Deliver Remarkable & differentiated customer support experience and achieve high customer satisfaction (CSAT).
• Hire, Train & Retain Technical Talent in the team aligning with the Juniper values & business objectives.
• Metrics management and drive continuous / quality improvement initiatives.
• Analytic experience in using data/trends to make proactive decisions and drive operational efficiency.
• Resposible to deliver 12/7 coverage to CFTS global customers during India coverage.
• Set team goals aligned with company objectives & key results (OKR), periodic performance management, enable team members with career growth plan and development.
• Build lasting relationship with customer, partner, field team and other internal stake holders.
• Manage customer escalations, participate in customer meetings and reviews. Partner with cross functional team like Sales, Advance Services, Professional Services to meet customers objective and achieve service level agreement (SLA).
• Collaborate with Testing, Development, Technical documentation, global CFTS team to deliver consistent support to CFTS customers round the clock.
• Perform rotational Duty Manager role ( on call) for weekday and weekends.
• Create an innovative, open and high performing culture in the team.
• Demonstrate ownership – make timely, thoughtful and bold decisions.

Preferred Work Experience:

• Past work experience in networking technologies : TCP/IP, Routing protocols, ISP network architecture etc.
• Prior work experience in TAC team, Service provider environment and managing their end customers.
• Excellent understanding of 24x7 TAC operations in supporting global customers and their critical network activities of Service Provider and Cable vertical.
• Proven record in Hiring and managing technical talent with varied experience.
• Creating an open, energetic, and problem-solving culture in the team.

Personal Attributes:

• Customer Advocacy – Be the Customer's advocate in the organization.
• Excellent Communication Skills – Clear and Crisp communication (email and verbal), Ability to adapt the communication based on the audience.
• Ownership and Problem – Solving mindset
• Ability to work with different stakeholders for outcomes.
• Obsess about Quality – Strive for delivering quality output in every interaction.
• Encourage diversity and innovation.

Qualification:

• Engineering Graduate with 12+ years of networking experience, includes 3+ years of relevant Support operational and People Management experience.
• Juniper products knowledge and Junos experience / certifications would be an added advantage.

If you find this job description aligns with your skills and experience, please share your updated resume with me at risingh@juniper.net