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Snowflake

Runs a cloud platform for business data and AI

Senior Technical Support Engineer

Customer SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSydney NSW, AustraliaA$117k - A$167.9k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
  • At least 5 years of experience in a technical support or customer-facing engineering role, ideally in a SaaS, DevOps, or observability-focused environment.
  • Deep familiarity with Linux, Unix, macOS, and Windows operating systems and modern networking concepts.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Working knowledge of Kubernetes, particularly troubleshooting, scaling, and deployment.
  • Strong diagnostic and debugging skills across complex distributed systems.
  • A methodical, customer-first approach to problem resolution.
  • Ability to translate complex technical topics for non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize in high-stakes situations.
  • Ability to build strong working relationships across functions.
  • Ability and drive to lead a team, mentor colleagues, and autonomously manage initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver technical support to customers through phone, email, and chat.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues involving the observability platform, integrations, and customer environments.
  • Partner with performance engineering teams to become the subject matter expert on performance issues related to dashboards, monitors, and datasets.
  • Lead initiatives to improve performance and educate engineering, technical support, and sales engineering teams on best practices.
  • Design and build AI skills that increase technical support engineering productivity, quality, and speed.
  • Own and manage high-priority escalations, coordinating with engineering and product teams to drive resolution.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, including knowledge base articles and runbooks.
  • Act as a technical liaison between customers and internal teams, translating customer feedback into actionable product insights.
  • Participate in the on-call rotation to support urgent customer issues outside normal hours.
  • Contribute to process improvement, tooling, and support automation initiatives.
  • Mentor junior support engineers and support team development through knowledge sharing.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with observability or monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, Loki, or similar platforms.
  • Proficiency with OpenTelemetry (OTEL), including configuring and troubleshooting distributed tracing, metrics, and logging.
  • Experience using Terraform to deploy infrastructure, preferably with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes clusters, including Helm, CNI, CSI, kubectl, and k9s.
  • Exposure to modern data storage and retrieval systems, including SQL, NoSQL, and data warehousing technologies.

About the Company

Snowflake

Runs a cloud platform for business data and AI

Snowflake runs a cloud platform where businesses store and analyze data, build AI tools, and share information under common access controls. Its platform separates stored data from computing resources, letting teams run different workloads without maintaining database servers. Analysts query business records with SQL, while developers use Python and other languages to build applications and train models against the same data; Cortex connects AI models to company records so teams build assistants and automate analysis. Customers pay for storage and computing usage across Amazon, Microsoft, and Google infrastructure. Snowflake was founded in 2012 and has its headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Menlo Park, CA
Founded
2012

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