[LA-Jobs] Enterprise Support Engineer- Asia Pacific (Remote)

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A new job has been posted on the Linux Australia website.
http://linux.org.au/enterprise-support-engineer-asia-pacific-remote
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https://jobs.lever.co/github/23a118c8-0737-43b8-a81d-a233f34a4760

More and more companies are using GitHub Enterprise, so our global Enterprise  
Support Team is quickly growing. When our customers have problems, they  
contact us and it is our goal to help them as quickly, and awesomely as  
possible. We're looking for Enterprise Support Engineers to join our Asia  
Pacific Support team. This role is remote, but candidates must be currently  
be located in Australia, Japan, or New Zealand and possess legal working  
authorization.

Our Enterprise Support Engineers are responsible for helping our GitHub  
Enterprise customers who have our product installed and managed in the  
customer's virtualization environment. Your main responsibility will be to  
work with our customers to solve support tickets. Tickets are usually opened  
by internal system administrators, and can include investigating load or  
networking issues, debugging application errors, and discussing feature  
requests. You'll also work with our engineering team to prioritize issues and  
development, and our documentation team to improve customer-facing resources.  
You don’t need to be a Git expert, but you do need to have technical  
experience and a passion for helping people.

The position reports to an Enterprise Support Manager and works closely with  
other teams and leaders across the company. GitHub works remotely and  
asynchronously as much as possible. While this role does not require you to  
live near one of our offices, it will require some travel to meet with  
co-workers or attend company events.
WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Solve complex customer support tickets often involving Linux servers, source  
code, and web application issues
Effectively communicate technical information to customers and engineering  
groups at GitHub
Work proactively with customers on activities such as coordinating upgrades,  
communicating upcoming features, and ensuring their installation is running  
smoothly
Identify bugs and improvements in the GitHub Enterprise codebase
Manage urgent customer outages during business hours
YOU SHOULD HAVE:

Current legal working authorization and currently residing in one of the  
following countries: Japan, Australia or New Zealand
Experience with Linux
General understanding of how modern web applications work
Prior experience providing technical support
Excellent problem solving skills
Familiarity with some flavor of production-level virtual machine (e.g.,  
VMware ESX, Xen, KVM)
Enthusiasm for working directly with customers
Stellar English and grammar skills
BONUS POINTS:

Worked closely with large complex customer accounts
Familiarity with Git and GitHub
Experience with phone support
Ability to look through and understand code (Ruby / Bash)
Previous experience as a Linux System Administrator
Previous experience providing on-site consulting or professional services
About GitHub

WHO WE ARE

GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates,  
and complete strangers. Over ten million people use GitHub to build amazing  
things together. With the collaborative features of GitHub.com, our desktop  
and mobile apps, and GitHub Enterprise, it has never been easier for  
individuals and teams to write better code, faster.

We have a lot of exciting things to do, and we’re looking for the right  
people to grow with us!

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN

Working at GitHub is, to put it simply, a special slice of the universe.  
We're committed to transparency, collaboration, experimentation, and always  
staying classy.

Because of this unique perspective, we've established one of the most  
flexible and well designed physical workspaces around that encourages you to  
work as you work best. Right now, over 60% of our employees are based outside  
of our San Francisco (SOMA) headquarters and work according to how they get  
their best stuff done.

Ensuring that GitHubbers are healthy, motivated, focused and creative is how  
GitHub stays awesome. Part of this is ensuring that our benefits* are out of  
this world.

In a nutshell, we've built and are growing a place where we truly love  
working, and we think you will too.

GitHub is made up of people with many different backgrounds and lifestyles,  
and we like it that way. We invite applications from people of all stripes.  
We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender  
identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national  
origin, citizenship, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other  
differences that people imagine to discriminate against one another. Also, if  
you have a disability, please let us know if there's anything we can do to  
make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate.

*Please note that benefits vary by country, if you have any questions don't  
hesitate to ask your recruiter!


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