Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience reading/debugging code in Java, C, C , .NET, Python, Shell, Perl, or JavaScript.
• Experience troubleshooting and advocating for customers' needs.
• Ability to communicate in English and French fluently.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in data analytics, warehousing, ETL development, data science, or other Big Data applications.
• Experience using techniques such as packet capture/packet analysis, artificial packet creation, load testing, and traffic path analysis to troubleshoot network latency, packet loss, and other performance issues at the packet level.
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix or Windows systems at a system/network administrator level.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, VLANs, load balancing, etc.).
• Knowledge of basic web technologies (e.g., HTTP, DNS, TCP, etc.).

About the job

As a Technical Solutions Engineer, you will manage customer challenges in addition to providing level two support to our other Support teams. You will be a part of a global team that provides support to help customers seamlessly make the switch to Google Cloud.

In this role, you will troubleshoot technical challenges for customers with a mix of debugging, networking, system administration, documentation updating, and coding/scripting. You will make our products easier to adopt and to use by making improvements to the product, tools, processes, and documentation. You'll help drive business growth of Google Cloud by recognizing and advocating for our customers' challenges.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Manage the customer's problems through effective diagnosis, resolution, or implementation of new investigation tools to increase productivity for customer issues on Google Cloud Platform products.
• Develop knowledge of Google's product technology and underlying architectures by troubleshooting, reproducing, and determining the root cause for customer reported issues, and building tools for faster diagnosis.
• Act as a consultant and subject matter expert for internal stakeholders in Engineering, Sales, and customer organizations to resolve technical deployment obstacles and improve Google Cloud.
• Understand customer issues and advocate for their needs with cross-functional teams including Product and Engineering teams to find ways to improve the product and drive high-quality production.
• Work as part of a team of Engineers/Consultants that globally ensure 24-hour customer support. This will include a need to sometimes work non-standard work hours or shifts.