About Rimini Street, Inc.
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software and a Salesforce and AWS partner. The Company has operations globally and offers a comprehensive family of unified solutions to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise application, database, and technology software, and enables clients to achieve better business outcomes, significantly reduce costs and reallocate resources for innovation. To date, over 5,500 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector, and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted enterprise software solutions provider. To learn more, please visit riministreet.com, and connect with Rimini Street on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. (IR-RMNI)
We are actively seeking a Sr. Sales Engineer. This is a remote position that is based in New York.
Position Summary
The role of the Sr. Sales Engineer is to provide exceptional remote-based support for mission-critical VMware components as part of our global VMware Services support team.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Evaluate complex customer issues using methodical troubleshooting based on expert knowledge of VMware functionality and develop an action plan to resolve issues
- Provide hands-on assistance to end users via remote client connectivity or collaborative web meeting
- Work closely with end users on a daily basis to understand their needs, support business change and deliver a consistently high-quality customer experience
- Replicate reported issues as needed for troubleshooting
- Provide new or modified configuration to resolve incidents
- Advise end users on application functionality and capabilities
- Recommend changes to client training based on incident volumes and trends
- Create scripts to identify, analyze and correct data issues
- Thoroughly document remediation, test results, and approvals
- Be a pro-active contributor to a support organization which is running 24x7x365, this will require the ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends and holidays and monitoring email regularly outside standard business hours
- Collaborate with team members in a virtual team environment to extend field experience to different client situations
- Contribute to the development and management of knowledge-sharing methodologies, diagnostic tools, and creative processes, to improve the client experience
Additional Duties & Responsibilities
- Participate in a 24x7x365 On Call rotation with other team members.
- This position is required to support clients in specific business hours
Experience
- 10+ years of VMware experience across the VMware technology footprint
- Technical and functional expertise with solid understanding of vSphere, vCenter, NSX, vSAN, Aria, SRM, and Skyline Collector.
- Expertise with VMware including full life-cycle implementation experience, configuration, and administration of VMware
- Knowledge of VMWare maintenance/patching mechanics and VMware architecture
- Demonstrable history solving complex problems across multiple components
- Work closely with client VMware SMEs and Management
Skills
- Superb trouble-shooting skills and tenacity in problem solving
- Passionate focus on customer support and the ability to build long term, successful working relationships with Clients
- Strong knowledge of key application functionality
- Excellent English communication skills – verbal & written are required
- Attention to detail and the ability to learn quickly
- Extreme focus on Client satisfaction
- Ability to work calmly and professionally in high pressure situations
- The ability to work remotely from a home-based office in a virtual environment
Desired Qualifications
- The best candidates will have knowledge of multiple VMWare components across multiple releases including proficiency with VMWare component business processes, navigation mechanics, configuration requirements, integrations, and knowledge of underlying technology
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
Language
- Dependent upon location, we require fluency in both English & Portuguese (Brazil), French/Spanish/Italian (EMEA), and Japanese (Japan)
Location
Why Rimini Street?
We are looking for talented, passionate people to help us build our future at Rimini Street. We hire only the best, the most extraordinary professionals and provide compensation, bonuses, and benefits to match the skills of our top-performing team members. Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy growing together, and get excited about learning new skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to make a true impact as part of a team of extraordinary professionals? This is the place for you.
Our work is challenging and meaningful. We start and end each day with a sense of achievement and purpose guided by our core values, the Four Cs:
- Company
- We dream big and innovate boldly.
- Colleagues
- We work with extraordinary people who create a culture of mutual respect and collaboration.
- Clients
- We relentlessly pursue solutions that help clients achieve their goals. Our unmatched client care is rooted in our passion for exceptional service.
- Community
- We believe in leaving the world a better place than we found it. With the Rimini Street Foundation, we’ve made positive impacts in six continents for over 425 charities.
Accelerating Company Growth
- Nasdaq-listed under ticker symbol RMNI since October 2017
- Over 5,300 signed clients, including over 180 of the Fortune 500 and Global 100 companies
- Over 2,000 team members in 23 countries
- US and international recognition for industry leadership and philanthropic efforts. See all of our awards and recognitions here: https://www.riministreet.com/company/awards/
Rimini Street is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
To learn more about how Rimini Street is redefining the enterprise software support industry, visit http://www.riministreet.com
Please Note: Rimini Street does not accept resumes submitted by recruiting/staffing firms unless specifically requested by Human Resources. Unsolicited resumes will be ineligible for referral fees.
