Sr. Customer Care Engineer (Support, Engineer)

Recruiter
Aspect Software
Location
Greater London
Salary
Competitive
Posted
20 Mar 2015
Closes
17 Apr 2015
Sectors
IT, IT Support
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Sr. Customer Care Engineer (Support, Engineer)
Middlesex, London | Competitive


Overview:

Aspect makes it easy for you to engage with your customers. We help companies deliver remarkable customer experiences across every conversation and every channel - voice, email, text, social, web - through a single, elegant software platform. Whether delivered on premise, hosted, or in the cloud, this platform brings all the conversations together in one place, ensuring a consistent omni-channel customer experience each and every time. We are a global leader in providing unified interaction management, workforce optimization, and back-office solutions, seamlessly orchestrating people, processes and touch points for today's top brands. For more information, visit us at


Job Description - Sr. Customer Care Engineer (Support, Engineer):

GENERAL SCOPE & SUMMARY

Provide onsite and remote service delivery of Aspect Software's hardware and software products in conjunction with the phone support teams. This includes, but is not limited to, client base within an assigned geographical area. Primary responsibilities include problem troubleshooting and resolution, configuration of system hardware and software components, network integration, and system upgrades and updates. Serve as key member of global support team by assisting remote support teams in onsite diagnostic troubleshooting and root cause identification at customer locations, performing remote support role as necessary by contributing to live support call answering, and ensuring site compliance with the most current software/hardware releases and updates for assigned customers.


PRIMARY ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES - Sr. Customer Care Engineer (Support, Engineer)

- Gain and maintain knowledge of assigned customers' technical and business environment, including key customer contacts.
- Provide in-depth problem determination and verification, including (but not limited to) complex Root Cause Analysis reports.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues utilizing all available tools, resources, and documentation.
- Engage additional resources when necessary.
- Construct and document clear and concise Technical Plans of Action for customers and front line support.
- Provide effective and consistent communication to management, peers and account team in support of customer.
- Articulate the technical operations and functioning characteristics of assigned products.
- Take ownership and drive effective closure to complex or escalated customer issues.
- Support, coach and mentor new hires.
- Possess an in-depth level of Aspect product knowledge within a specific area of technology focus to manage complex customer issues and escalations.
- Work on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of variable factors.
- Internal and external contacts often pertain to company plans and objectives.


Qualifications - Sr. Customer Care Engineer (Support, Engineer):

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

- Demonstrated competency in supporting main Aspect products and strategy.
- Demonstrated competency related to PCs, Networks, OS platforms, databases, telephony, software applications, third party trouble identification, and ACDs.
- Demonstrated ability to learn complex software tools quickly and explain those concepts to others (peers and customers).
- Excellent customer service and teamwork skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Professional demeanor to maintain and enhance customer relationships.
- Ability to use professional concepts in accordance with company objectives to solve complex problems in creative and effective ways.
- Deliver assignments without considerable direction.
- Ability to develop resolutions to complex problems where analyses of situations or data require an in-depth evaluation of various factors and the frequent use of creativity.
- Ability to exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.


JOB REQUIREMENTS - Sr. Customer Care Engineer (Support, Engineer)

- 5-8 years relevant work experience supporting customers in a technical environment preferred OR commensurate college-level coursework, or a combination of both.
- Specialist knowledge and experience in supporting one Aspect product and at least one other product family.
- Aspect Unified IP experience required to fulfil assigned customer commitment.
- Some travel, after-hours, or on-call work may be required.
- Shift flexibility including weekends.
- Ability to pass a background check may also be required.
- Role to be based on a customer site for 3 days per week.

Aspect is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity. In that spirit, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people, including women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans or any other legally protected group.


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This position is not open to any third party recruiters, consultants and/or staffing vendors at this time.