Software Maintenance Engineer (Spoken Japanese, Technical Support)

The Red Hat Customer Experience and Engagement (CEE) team is looking for several Software Maintenance Engineers to join us in Tokyo, Japan.

You will be responsible for prioritizing assigned work and resolve routine to semi-routine issues with limited complexity. You will support software maintenance efforts and collaborates with global teams to ensure consistent software updates and patches. The role supports critical software maintenance tasks while developing proficiency in troubleshooting and debugging.

What will you do

• Ensure that customers get the maximum value from and easily use our products and subscriptions.

• Support customers by responding within the designated service-level agreement to inquiries.

• Handle direct customer engagement via phone, web, ensuring professional, and empathetic communication

• Exceed customer expectations by providing outstanding customer service, maintaining proactive contact, and providing regular updates to ensure they are satisfied with our support service.

• Collaborate with engineers and developers to develop creative solutions for customers, including product fixes.

• Share your knowledge gained from troubleshooting issues by contributing to the global Red Hat knowledge management system; present troubleshooting solutions to other engineers within the domain.

• Good understanding of Kubernetes / OpenShift architecture and building & maintaining scalable applications on these platforms.

What you will bring

• Native or business-level language skills in Japanese and proficient written and verbal communication skills in English.

• 4+ years of experience with Linux operating system installation, configuration, upgrade, and maintenance and a good understanding of Linux command line tools.

• Troubleshooting and debugging experience in distributed and containerized environments.

• Basic understanding of Linux storage subsystem.

• Experience with Containers (Podman, CRI-O, Docker, containerd), Kubernetes (OpenShift, EKS, AKS, GKE)

• Extensive experience managing Linux-based systems in a production environment.

• Ability to read programming languages, such as golang or Python.

• Ability to work with conflicting priorities, take initiative, and maintain a customer-centric focus.

• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills to resolve technical issues.

• Replicate Customer Environments: Recreate customer issues in our labs to isolate root causes, test solutions, and validate fixes.

• Collaborate with Engineering: Partner closely with product management and software engineering teams to escalate bugs, advocate for customer feature requests, and provide real-world feedback to improve product quality.

• Develop Knowledge Base articles: Author and maintain high-quality technical documentation, tutorials, and knowledge base articles to empower customers and scale our support capabilities.

The following is considered a plus

• Relevant Red Hat certifications (e.g., Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, etc.).

• Experience with performance tuning or system tracing tools (like strace) and scripting/programming experience in languages like golang, Bash, C, or Python.

• Understanding of core AI/ML concepts, including model development lifecycle, training vs. inference, and common frameworks.

• Experience with Public Cloud Services (AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, etc.)

• Experience in development, administration, tuning or troubleshooting in at least one of the following technology areas: Kubernetes/OpenShift, Software defined storage solutions, such as Ceph, ODF.

• Experience with Cloud Native Ecosystem (Prometheus, Istio, ArgoCD, Tekton), Hypervisor (VMware vSphere/ESXi, QEMU/KVM/libvirt), or Distributed Storage (Ceph, GlusterFS, VMware vSAN).

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Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

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