Applied Materials is the global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips the brains of devices we use every day.

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Software (Tech )Support Engineer

We are looking for a highly talented Software Support Engineer to join our unique team.

Whats in it for you?

Provide SW Support for our products installed at customer sites around the world, working with global support functions, R&D, HW, and Application teams to make sure our tools function as designed. This is a great opportunity to work with the leaders in the semiconductor industry, who constantly pushes the limits of technology that needs knowledge of SW, HW, and Computing.

What You'll Be Doing :

- Function as a technical support Tier for SW issues.

- Contain all field SW escalations that dont require code changes.

- Independently resolve customer complex issues by analyzing product and system/computing issues (SW, IT, databases). Provide troubleshooting plans and technical solutions to field and Tiel-1 Tier-2 teams.

- Reproduce customer issues on internal systems. Perform Root Cause Analysis.

- Proactively identify points of failure and drive for resolution.

- Involvement in new SW development. Take part in SW development road map milestones, new features

reviews, and customer demos.

- Provide support-related inputs to be included in the next versions.

- Participate in new products introduction.

- Perform new installations/SW upgrades.

- Troubleshoot complex cases and support local teams.

- Develop training programs for field engineers and end users.

- Proactively drive support-related feature developments within the team.

- Initiate Support-related Specs, improvements, utilities and Document solutions, procedures, best-known methods.

- Collect end-user pain points and work on solutions.

- Develop in-house utilities, and tools, and work with the DevOps team to implement the same ideas, that enhance customer experience.

What should you have?

- Self-Learning capability and passion to learn new technology.

- At least experience in technical support or a position of like Tier-3.

- Proven experience with Microsoft \Linux operating systems.

- Required education : Bachelor/masters degree in computer science and/or engineering and/or other technical degree.

- Advantage : experience in SW development / SW testing and integration.

- Willingness to work off hours and weekends and willingness to travel up to 40%.

- Excellent English verbal and written.

- Proven experience with Microsoft \Linux operating systems.

Technical Skills :

- Proven expertise with Microsoft Windows Server and client operating systems, and Linux/Unix environments (command-line proficiency).

- Troubleshooting Methodologies : Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a systematic approach to debugging complex software and system issues.

- Solid understanding of relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) and strong SQL query writing skills for data analysis and troubleshooting.

- Fundamental knowledge of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, firewalls, load balancers) for diagnosing connectivity and performance issues.

- Familiarity with logging and monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, ELK Stack, Grafana, Prometheus) for analyzing system behavior and identifying anomalies.

- Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V) and/or cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.

- Basic understanding of software development processes and methodologies (Agile, Waterfall) to effectively collaborate with development team

- Understanding of API concepts (REST, SOAP) for troubleshooting integrations.

- Ticketing Systems : Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) tools (e.g., Jira Service Desk, ServiceNow, Zendesk) for managing support tickets and workflows.