- The Technical Support Engineer (TSE/SRE) is expected to
- provide advanced technical support and reliability engineering for our
- Data/Graph-based software product to a global client base and partners.
- This role requires strong technical expertise, sharp
- problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate complex technical
- information clearly. Beyond troubleshooting and resolving customer-facing
- issues, this role also carries reliability ownership — monitoring system
- health, improving uptime, and building automation to reduce recurring issues.
- The TSE/SRE must have experience working with databases,
- ideally including graph databases, and a solid background in Linux, networking,
- and scripting (bash/python). They work closely with engineering teams to
- escalate and resolve complex issues (e.g., code changes required,
- first-time-seen behavior) and contribute to reliability improvements across the
- platform.
Job Responsibilities
Tiered
- Support: Provide Tier 1-3 technical support, owning issues from
- initial triage through resolution or engineering handoff
- Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across application,
- database, and infrastructure layers
Incident
Management: Lead or support incident response for production issues,
including root cause analysis and postmortems
Reliability
- & Monitoring: Monitor system health and performance using
- observability tooling; proactively identify and address risks before they
- become incidents
- Automation: Build scripts and tooling to reduce manual, repetitive support and
- operational work
Knowledge
Documentation: Maintain runbooks, KB articles, and internal
documentation for common issues and resolutions
Customer
Communication: Communicate technical issues and resolutions clearly to
customers and partners
Collaboration
with Development Teams: Escalate and work jointly with engineering on
issues requiring code-level fixes
Database
Monitoring & Optimization: Monitor and tune database performance
for production workloads
Product
Adoption Support: Assist customers with onboarding, configuration, and
best-practice usage of the product
Training
and Mentoring: Mentor junior support engineers and contribute to team
knowledge-sharing
3-5
years of overall experience in Technical Support, SRE, or DBA/SysAdmin
roles supporting production systems, with direct customer-facing exposure
Proficiency
in Linux system administration and troubleshooting
Strong
skills in Bash and Python scripting
Hands-on
experience with Kubernetes and Docker/container management
Experience
with NoSQL databases; hands-on experience with a graph database (Neo4j,
ArangoDB, Dgraph, Neptune, or similar) strongly preferred
Knowledge
of network protocols and security practices (SSL, LDAP, AD, SSO)
Experience
with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack,
Datadog, or Splunk)
One
of the following: Kubernetes certification (CKA) or a Cloud certification
(Azure/AWS/GCP, DevOps Engineer level or equivalent)
Good to Have
Understanding
of a systems programming language (Go, C++)
SQL
proficiency
Familiarity
with DevOps/automation tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform)
Experience
with on-call rotations and SLA-driven support models
Requirements
Must-Have
3-5
years of overall experience in Technical Support, SRE, or DBA/SysAdmin
roles supporting production systems, with direct customer-facing exposure
Proficiency
in Linux system administration and troubleshooting
Strong
skills in Bash and Python scripting
Hands-on
experience with Kubernetes and Docker/container management
Experience
with NoSQL databases; hands-on experience with a graph database (Neo4j,
ArangoDB, Dgraph, Neptune, or similar) strongly preferred
Knowledge
of network protocols and security practices (SSL, LDAP, AD, SSO)
Experience
with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack,
Datadog, or Splunk)
One
of the following: Kubernetes certification (CKA) or a Cloud certification
(Azure/AWS/GCP, DevOps Engineer level or equivalent)
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