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Microsoft Corporation Technical Support Engineer-SQL Manage Instance and SQL on VM in Multiple Locations, Romania
With over 17,000 employees worldwide, the Microsoft Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization is responsible for the strategy, design, and implementation of Microsoft’s end-to-end customer experience. Come join CE&S and help us build a future where customers come to us not only because we provide industry-leading products and services, but also because we provide a differentiated and connected customer experience.
Within CE&S, the Customer Service & Support (CSS) organization builds trust and confidence for every person and organization through delivering a seamless support experience. In CSS, we help customers and partners resolve their issues quickly, prevent future problems from occurring, and demonstrate new ways to achieve more from their Microsoft investment.
Within CSS, our Digital Transformation Platform (DTP) group delivers world-class support for our global customers on their digital transformation journey. We provide valuable support solutions on a wide range of technologies, including Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence and IoT, Business Intelligence and Power BI, SQL, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform, that elevate our customers’ trust in Microsoft and improve their business performance.
In the Customer Service & Support (CSS) team we are looking for people with a passion for delivering customer success. As a Technical Support Engineer you will own, troubleshoot and solve complex customer technical issues. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth by honing your problem-solving, collaboration and research skills, and developing your technical proficiency.
This role is flexible in that you can work up to 100% from home.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
Response and Resolution
• You own, investigate and solve complex customer technical issues and act as a advisor to the customer, collaborating within and across teams and leveraging troubleshooting tools and practices
Readiness
• You lead in building communities with peer delivery roles and share your knowledge through readiness programs, technical coaching and mentoring of others.
• You deepen your technical and professional proficiency to enable you to resolve complex customer issues, through training and readiness.
Product/Process Improvement
• You engage with Microsoft Engineering/ Supportability teams to investigate potential product defects and help develop automation techniques and diagnostic tools driving Microsoft product improvements
Qualifications
Required Technical skills
Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / 2014 /2016 /2017 /2019 / 2022 at administrative level (Installation, index and table maintenance, backups etc.)
Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 / 2014 /2016 /2017 /2019 / 2022 at dev level (SQL language, Stored Procedures, etc.)
Azure Platform Knowledge, Understanding the Azure ecosystem, its services, and how SQL Server on an Azure VM and Azure SQL Managed Instance fit within it is beneficial. This includes knowledge of Azure Resource Manager, Azure Portal, Azure CLI, and PowerShell.
Good Windows Operating System background on Threads, Processes and Memory Management (Heap, Stack, Virtual Memory)
Performance Tuning & optimizing.
High Availability & DR solutions (AlwaysOn Availability Groups, FCI, Windows Server Clustering Service, Replication, LogShipping, Failover Group – MI, Zone Redundancy - MI)
Security (Encryption at rest(TDE), Encryption in transit(SSL))
Table Partitioning
Experience in one or more of these areas desirable
Windows Clustering.
Debugging / Creating and Reading memory Dumps.
Cloud knowledge (preferably Azure).
Excellent understanding of Database concepts and deployments.
Experience supporting or maintaining complex mission critical database solutions, RDMS technologies, and/or SQL language.
Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills, an ability to use various data collection tools and methodologies to analyze problems, determine root cause and develop solutions.
Excellent Communication Skills - verbal, listening, and written (including technical writing).
Passion for technology, lifelong learning and professional development.
Experience in one or more of these areas desirable.
Experience supporting Azure or other cloud-based solutions.
Microsoft certifications in data platform or Azure technologies.
Experience troubleshooting distributed solutions.
Experience troubleshooting Open Source Databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
Basic Networking, Storage and Platform troubleshooting skills.
A Microsoft certification (MCSE or MCSD) is also considered a plus.
Strong knowledge related to any other relational DB (eg Oracle) running in a Windows environment.
Language Qualification
English Language: fluent in reading, writing and speaking.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .