Mac Escalation Engineer - Opportunity for Working Remotely

Why will you enjoy this new opportunity? Carbon Black is now part of VMware. As a standalone company, Carbon Black established itself as a leader in the endpoint security space. The product portfolio includes the rapidly growing Carbon Black Cloud (CBC) platform that delivers next-generation endpoint protection capabilities from the cloud. Now with the full resources of VMware, you have the opportunity to make an impact and build upon Carbon Black’s success. Our Engineering Team is moving at lightning speed on the breaking edge of technology. Software Engineers specifically dedicated to the Accelerated Customer Engineering (ACE) team work as part of an agile team to quickly diagnose and resolve issues impacting our customers. Within this fast-paced, collaborative organization, you'll work to ensure customer success and satisfaction by contributing to products that protect customers' dearest assets. As a member of the Accelerated Customer Engineering (ACE) team, you will solve complex problems related to the Carbon Black Cloud Windows sensor. You will review forensic data including product & system logs, debug large bodies of code, report and fix defects and design workarounds to ensure our customers' continued success. You’ll work closely with Product Management, Professional Services, and Customer Support to shorten time-to-resolution of customer reported product issues. Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? Within 30 days of employment you will have completed a federal background check and become competent with VMware's Security rules, guidelines and standard operations. Within 90 days, you will have completed onboarding tasks and will be shadowing ACE engineers on investigations including joining in on customer calls. Within 180 days your product knowledge is such that you will be equipped to work on your own escalations. You will help drive quality initiatives within the development teams. Within 360 days, along with the above, you are able to act as the lead technical resource on a team that may include support, development and customer success to bring troubled customers back to health. You will assist in creating tooling and process improvements to speed resolution of engineering assist tickets. What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis? This position will perform work that the U.S. government has specified can only be performed by a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and therefore any potential offer of employment will be contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship. Experience developing or supporting an enterprise class application, addressing product issues and driving corrective actions Experience with crash file and performance analysis Experience with debugging tools like dtrace and top Experience analyzing network traces (tcpdump, Wireshark) Strong knowledge in C/C++  and Object Oriented Design Patterns Experience coding for highly scalable multithreaded systems Experience with code management and bug tracking tools (SVN, Git, Jira) Familiarity with Kernel Extension and System Extension development a plus What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like? This role reports to the ACE Endpoint Manager. He and much of the team joined VMware as part of the Carbon Black acquisition. The U.S. team is based on the East Coast while the Indian team in Pune. They have different strengths but one thing in common, they love figuring out tough, complicated problems and working with other teams to improve customer experience. Where is this role located? Remote: This role is fully remote allowing you the flexibility to work from the location you feel most productive and comfortable. What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware? You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com. Employee Stock Purchase Plan Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types Generous Time Off Programs 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.) Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classes Category : Engineering and Technology Subcategory: Software Engineering Experience: Manager and Professional Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time Posted Date: 2022-05-09 VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. 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