Full-Time

Customer Solution Engineer

Posted on 4/12/2024

Scality

Scality

201-500 employees

Unified object storage and cloud solutions

Data & Analytics

Mid, Senior

London, UK

Required Skills
TCP/IP
Kubernetes
Python
Communications
Atlassian
Management
Java
Perl
JIRA
Ansible
Confluence
Linux/Unix
Requirements
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
  • Proven track record of customer facing professional services delivery or consulting
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken)
  • Additional European language is a plus
  • Strong understanding of Linux Operating System architecture (minimum of 5 years of experience operating Linux platforms)
  • In depth hands on UNIX/Linux system administration skills and experience in managing large scale distributed environments (minimum of 5 years)
  • Significant understanding of hardware, specially x86 platforms, including RAID architecture and file systems
  • Experience on storage environment (NAS, SAN, RAID, distributed file system, object storage, Restful API, Amazon S3)
  • Solid networking knowledge: low level networking concepts, bridging, bonding, vlan, TCP/IP
  • Knowledge of High Availability environment (distributed system, load balancing, cloud platforms) and container technologies (docker, kubernetes)
  • Knowledge with Web Servers, Backups, Email, Package Management, Monitoring in a large scale production environment
  • Scripting skills (Python, Perl, Shell), Automation (Saltstack, Ansible)
  • Development skills in C/Java is definitely a plus
  • Knowledge of ITIL Problem and Change management processes
  • Knowledge of Atlassian stack (Jira, Confluence)
  • Ability to use and create high-quality technical and business documentation, including systematically updating process documentation, customer architecture and configuration documentation upon change activity
  • Ability to present complex solutions in a business-oriented approach
  • Ability to clearly set expectations, present and track action plans, identify what is Scality responsibility and what is expected from customer
  • Empathy: Ability to listen and understand and report customer needs before diving into potential solution execution. Ensuring action plans and expected outcomes are understood and accepted by customers
  • Positive relationship skills, both towards internal customers (sales) and external customers (service providers)
  • Manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
  • Ability to plan service activity including preparation, service execution, written project handover and process documents based on potential learnings from the intervention
  • Rigorous: always finish activities to the required quality level
  • Capability to ask for help when things are not working as expected whilst maintaining accountability and ownership of the service project
  • Analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving skills: capability to define a problem as a gap between desired situation and actual situation with business impact. Validates the problem with the customer, able to gather information in order to select the most effective solution to resolve
  • Team player: shares knowledge with team members by updating customer specific documentation, writing knowledge base articles, working with documentation team to improve customer facing documentation, and providing coaching and assistance. Understands and clarifies needs of colleagues: other CSEs, support engineers, project managers, sales team, engineering
  • Must be adaptable, flexible, and able to work with minimum supervision
  • Understanding of project management concepts
Responsibilities
  • Design, Build and Delivery of product or third-party components for customers
  • Participate in the design of solutions, run technology showcases or proof of concepts at customer sites, and provide consulting
  • Provide integration, consulting, training, post-sales professional services, and support during the delivery process
  • Interact with the product organization to discuss new features required by customers
  • Coordinate customer and internal interactions for specific accounts where extended services are provided in addition to standard support
  • Responsible for intake (sales) and handover (support) of delivery projects
  • Responsible for services delivered to EMEA customers
  • Travel to customer sites as required
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken)
  • Additional European language is a plus
  • Prepare for challenges, autonomy, fun, sport, and travel
  • Drives the post-sales customer interactions and project delivery
  • Acts as the primary point of contact for the customer delivery within Scality
  • Accountable for the quality and the schedule of the delivery projects, in accordance with internal processes
  • Ensure proper communication to all project stakeholders (customer, partners, Scality)

Scality specializes in object storage and cloud solutions, offering immutable ransomware protection and data retention through object locking. Their technology unifies data management from edge to core to cloud, catering to a wide range of industries and trusted by major organizations for its exceptional file and object storage software.

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$160M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2009

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

-8%

Benefits

Global offices & international relocation

Sports allowance program

Flexible spending account

Sponsor industry events, educational conferences, & technical seminars

Donation matching