Overview

With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.

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 are powered by Microsoft’s AI technology to help consumers, businesses, partners, and more, resolve their issues quickly and securely, helping prevent future problems from occurring and achieving more from their Microsoft investment.

In the Customer Service & Support (CSS) team we are looking for people with a passion for delivering customer success. Support Engineers (SE) serve as frontline technical resources for Microsoft customers and partners via phone, email or web. They deliver unique value by collaboratively and reactively solving customer problems, providing proactive support advice, contributing to product quality and enhancements and creating self-help assets to broadly reach more customers. You will be part of a team responsible for providing an outstanding technical support experience to our business customers. From problem identification to full resolution, you will own and manage the customer experience over the phone and Web. When needed, you will collaborate with others to engage subject matter experts, Engineering (Product Groups) or Management. Your day-to-day job will be about providing both technical expertise (either on your own or by involving your colleagues) and about being an excellent communicator and a service oriented professional. You will be given the opportunity to become a subject matter expert in one or more areas and receive guidance and mentorship from your colleagues.

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 Requirements:

We are looking for an experienced technical support and consulting professional with a background in information technology and a passion for communicating and problem solving. The ideal candidate will have: Softer Skills- Excellent skills in active listening

• Clear and concise communication
• Self-motivcated problem solver. Enjoys finding solution to complete problems, but with ability and knowledge to work with close and extended team to escalate larger issues.
• Ability to respond effectively to a dynamic online environment; Shows curiosity for campaigns and demonstrates the ability to learn and apply new product and marketing information required to help the customer
• Confidence and competence to stay focused in a demanding fast-paced environment
  Technical Experience and confidence to work within the following technology Windows System Administration, Configuration, including a good basic understanding of:
• Registry
• File Storage
• User Accounts and Access Control
• Event Logs and Auditing
• Performance, Resource Monitor
• Networking (TCP, IP)
  Additionally, proficiency in several of these domains (and eagerness to learn more) - Automated installation of Windows
• User Profile management
• Windows Update management
• Kerberos and delegation
• Bitlocker administration
• Windows Shell configuration and management
• Windows Activation, Licensing
• Remote Desktop Services configuration and management
• Clustering
• Printing configuration and management
• Resilient Storage technology (clustering, storage spaces)
• Server management tools
• Hyper-V management and VM deployment
• Application installation and management
• Windows backup and VSS
• PowerShell scripting
• Active Directory topology and management
• Network Tracing and analysis
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployment, management
• Remote File Systems (SMB)
• Group Policy management
• DNS deployment, management
• Troubleshooting hangs and crashes in Windows
• Network Virtualisation (Hyper-V, SDN)
• Troubleshooting performance issues using Perf Mon and other tools
• IP management technologies (DNS, DHCP)
• Remote Access (VPN) technologies
• Virtual Networking technologies
  Language Qualification Essential: English Language: fluent in reading, writing and speaking. Desirable: Fluency in German, French, Italian language skills

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and / or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire / transfer and every two years thereafter.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.