Customer Solutions Architect

DDN Storage is seeking great candidates to join our dynamic team of passionate customer-enabling technologists!

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and high performance data storage innovation for over two decades. DDN Storage is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the world's most demanding AI data centers, in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare, to financial services, autonomous cars, Government, academia, research and manufacturing 

"DDN's A3I solutions are transforming the landscape of AI infrastructure." – IDC

“The real differentiator is DDN. I never hesitate to recommend DDN. DDN is the de facto name for AI Storage in high performance environments” - ~ Marc Hamilton
VP, Solutions Architecture & Engineering | NVIDIA

DDN Storage is the global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management at scale. Our cutting-edge storage and data management solutions are designed to accelerate AI workloads, enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance, reliability, and scalability, DDN Storage empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and data-intensive workloads with confidence.

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation, customer-centricity, and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management.

Our commitment to innovation, customer success, and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage.

Job Overview: We are seeking a dedicated Senior Technical Customer Success Engineer to work closely with our large-scale, high-priority customers. This technical role encompasses everything from initial installation to achieving system stability, tackling a broad range of issues that extend beyond storage solutions. You will be the frontline warrior in handling critical escalations, diving into problems, and steering them to resolution. Your mission is to smooth out the customer's journey, maintain stellar communication with technical leads on the customer's side, and preempt any delays or misunderstandings that could hinder issue resolution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical point of contact for DDN's high-priority customers, ensuring swift installation and system stabilization.
• Proactively work on a variety of system issues, not limited to storage, to prevent and resolve escalations.
• Directly engage with customer technical leads to foster excellent communication, avoiding any potential setbacks.
• Utilize DDN's comprehensive toolset for diagnosing and resolving issues across networking, applications, computing, and storage.
• Conduct thorough analyses using networking diagnostics, log evaluations, and DDN's SIA.
• Efficiently identify, document, and escalate bugs to the relevant engineering teams within DDN.
• Interface across Engineering groups to implement new features for reliability and ease of use
• Collaborate with engineering and product management to secure appropriate prioritization of issues.
• Develop and maintain best practice documentation and tools.
• Develop tools and interfaces to better integrate DDN data into customer environments
• Organize knowledge resources to empower the wider DDN support team, enhancing their capabilities to resolve issues swiftly.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience in a technical support role, preferably with large-scale enterprise customers.
• Strong understanding of Lustre and storage systems, networking, computing, and application frameworks.
• General DEVOPs development skills with the ability to write tools, generate automated reports, make sure tooling gets connected for the customers, e.g. take a logfile and figure out how to get this incorporated into the customer environment.
• Proficient with diagnostic tools, log analysis, and issue tracking systems.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Exceptional communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to document complex technical issues clearly and concisely.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with DDN storage solutions and SIA.
• Prior role in customer-facing technical support or escalations management.
• Familiarity with software development, bug tracking, and the software release cycle.

DDN has a very strong orientation towards these 4 characteristics and any successful employee will demonstrate these capabilities: 

Self-Starter - Takes independent action to identify and solve problems. Seeks out relevant information needed to make decisions. Gets involved with new initiatives. 

Success/Achievement Orientation - Delivers quality results consistently. Targets, achieves (or exceeds) measurable results. Sets challenging goals, focuses on critical priorities, and is accountable. 

Problem Solving - Recognizes problems and responds with a systematic assessment that identifies and addresses cause of issue. Practical, realistic, and resourceful. 

Innovative - Builds and improves key business processes that enhance the effectiveness of DDN. Generates new ideas, challenges the status quo, and solves problems creatively.

DataDirect Networks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, sex stereotyping, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.