Senior Technical Support Engineer @ NICE
placeAtlanta, Georgia, United States
businessOn Site
Posted 18 days ago
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About the Role
The Senior Technical Support Engineer at NICE is responsible for diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues in large-scale SaaS applications hosted on AWS. You will collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and customer success teams to deliver world-class support and performance optimization.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a subject matter expert in troubleshooting performance issues in distributed SaaS environments on AWS.
- Analyze logs, metrics, and traces using tools like CloudWatch, X-Ray, Datadog, New Relic, or similar.
- Collaborate with development and operations teams to identify root causes and implement long-term solutions.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior support engineers.
- Act as an escalation point for critical issues with timely resolution and communication.
- Develop and maintain runbooks, knowledge base articles, and diagnostic tools.
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response efforts.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in technical support, site reliability, or performance engineering.
- Deep understanding of AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, ELB, ECS/EKS, and CloudFormation.
- Proven experience troubleshooting performance issues in high-availability, multi-tenant SaaS environments.
- Strong knowledge of networking, load balancing, and distributed systems.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Excellent communication and customer-facing skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).
- Experience with observability platforms like Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Experience working in ITIL or similar support frameworks.
About NICE
NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) delivers software products used by over 25,000 global businesses, including 85 of the Fortune 100. With more than 8,500 employees across 30+ countries, NICE is a leader in AI, cloud, and digital innovation.
Key skills/competency
- AWS
- SaaS
- CloudWatch
- Troubleshooting
- DevOps
- Performance
- Diagnostics
- Scripting
- Mentorship
- Incident Response
How to Get Hired at NICE
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Research NICE's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and reviews.
- Customize your resume: Highlight AWS, SaaS, and troubleshooting expertise.
- Practice technical tests: Focus on real-world performance problem solving.
- Prepare for behavioral interviews: Emphasize mentorship and escalation experience.
📝 Interview Preparation Advice
Technical Preparation
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Review AWS service architecture and configurations.
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Practice log analysis with CloudWatch and Datadog.
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Update scripting skills in Python and Bash.
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Study runbook creation and incident management.
Behavioral Questions
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Describe past teamwork in crisis situations.
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Explain mentoring junior engineers effectively.
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Detail experiences in handling escalated issues.
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Discuss communication strategies during incidents.
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