About The Job
The Red Hat Global Customer Success team is looking for an experienced, enterprise-level engineer to join us as a Technical Account Manager preferably in Santiago, Chile or Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In this role, you will work with a small set of key enterprise customers to provide architectural guidance and implementation advice for the Red Hat Infrastructure and Automation Portfolio to meet their business needs.
This is not a sales role. As a Technical Account Manager, you will provide a premium level of engagement that builds, maintains, and grows long-lasting customer loyalty by tailoring technical support to customer environments, facilitating collaboration with other vendors, and advocating on their behalf.
What You Will Do
- Develop relationships with key business and IT stakeholders and become an expert on a customer’s implementation by understanding their top business goals and priorities.
- Perform technical reviews and share knowledge to proactively identify and prevent issues
- Forewarn customers of technology changes or potential disruptions to their service and advice on mitigation strategies.
- Provide advice and guidance to customers about their current and future Red Hat products;
- Troubleshoot technical issues and drive issue escalation with Red Hat and customer teams
- Complete analysis and present periodic reviews of operational performance to customer leadership
- Manage customer use cases and maintain clear and concise case documentation
- Create customer engagement plans and keep the documentation on the customer's environment updated
- Manage and grow customer relationships by delivering attentive, relationship-based support
- Build a sense of trust with customers and serve as their advocate within Red Hat
- Contribute internally to the Red Hat team, share knowledge and best practices with team members, contribute to internal projects and initiatives, and serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and mentor for specific technical or process areas
- Partner closely with Red Hat Engineering, Product Management, and Technical Support teams to debug, test, and resolve issues
- Travel, as necessary, to visit customers and attend events within the region
- 5 years of Linux or UNIX system administration experience
- Technical knowledge of the Linux kernel and Linux file system
What You Will Bring
- 5 years experience in a support, development, engineering, or quality assurance organization
- Ability to manage and grow existing enterprise customer relationships by delivering proactive, relationship-based support
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills; ability to convey complex information to customers clearly and concisely
- Competent comprehension of enterprise architecture and strategic business drivers
- Ability to manage multiple issues and projects with an eye for detail
- Direct experience with a variety of hardware vendors
The Following Are Considered a Plus
- Experience in system management, cloud or server virtualization
- Bachelor's degree in a technology-related discipline, preferably computer science or engineering
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Prior experience in a technical leadership or mentorship role
- Experience with training and presentation delivery
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates have the flexibility to choose the work environment that suits their needs from in-office to fully remote to office-flex. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact. Opportunities are open. Join us.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Red Hat
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