Technical Support Engineer
Key Skills for This Role
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What you'll do
Technical support & Troubleshooting
Monitor, troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues across customer IP Video environments.
Investigate incidents affecting video delivery, streaming performance, system availability, and customer services.
Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective or preventative actions.
Handle escalated technical issues and collaborate with engineering and product teams when required.
Follow established support processes, tools, and operational procedures while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
Ensure all support activities are documented accurately within ticketing and knowledge management systems.
Maintain awareness of service metrics, SLA commitments, and operational KPIs.
Customer engagement
Serve as a primary technical interface for customers through professional and effective communication.
Build and maintain strong customer relationships through regular communication, operational reviews, incident follow-up, and reporting.
Provide timely updates during incidents, maintenance activities, and service-impacting events.
Maintain high levels of customer satisfaction through responsive and customer-focused support.
Deployment & Operational support
Support the deployment of software patches, platform upgrades, and product releases.
Coordinate deployment activities with internal teams and customer stakeholders.
Assist with planning, testing, implementation, and validation activities.
For more experienced team members, lead deployment projects and act as the primary customer contact during upgrade activities.
Knowledge sharing & Continuous improvement
Create, maintain, and improve technical documentation and knowledge base articles.
Share technical knowledge across the support organization.
Identify opportunities to improve operational processes, tools, and customer experience.
Required technical skills
- Candidates should have experience in some or all of the following areas. Exact requirements may vary depending on seniority level.
- Systems administration
- Linux system administration experience.
- Strong command-line skills.
- Basic scripting knowledge such as Shell, Bash, Perl, Python, or similar.
- Networking
- Understanding of enterprise IP networking concepts, including: TCP/IP
- UDP
- HTTP/HTTPS
- DNS
- Routing
- NAT
- VPNs
- Experience with networking infrastructure such as: Routers
- Switches
- Firewalls
- Load Balancers
- Virtualization & Infrastructure
- Experience with virtualization technologies such as:
- VMware
- ESXi
- vSphere
- OpenStack
- KVM
- Understanding of server, storage, and hardware operations.
- Video Delivery Technologies
- Experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:
- Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
- Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) Streaming
- Video Origins
- Live and On-Demand Video Delivery
- IPTV, OTT, or Streaming Platforms
- Knowledge of streaming protocols such as:
- HLS
- DASH
- MSS
- Experience with end-to-end IP Video delivery and integration is a strong advantage.
- Velocix product experience
- Knowledge of Velocix solutions is beneficial but not required:
- VXOA
- VXMDP
- VRM
- VPP
What we're looking for
Early Career / Junior Engineers
Foundation in Linux, networking, or video technologies.
Strong troubleshooting mindset.
Eagerness to learn complex technologies.
Strong communication and customer service skills.
Mid-level engineers
Experience supporting production environments.
Ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve incidents.
Proven customer-facing experience.
Strong understanding of networking and system administration.
Senior engineers
Expertise in complex troubleshooting and incident management.
Experience leading escalations and customer communications during critical incidents.
Ability to drive technical investigations involving multiple teams and vendors.
Mentoring and knowledge-sharing capabilities.
Experience leading deployments, upgrades, or operational projects.
Core competencies
Technical troubleshooting and problem-solving
Customer focus
Communication and stakeholder management
Incident and escalation management
Team collaboration
Adaptability and continuous learning
Documentation and knowledge sharing
Ownership and accountability
About Velocix
Velocix is the world’s leading provider of carrier-grade video streaming and advertising technology.
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