IT Field Support Engineer - Japan

Position: Associate Field Engineer

Location: Japan

Requirements:

• Candidates must possess a College Degree.
• Training and Certification would be an advantage.

- Hardware Certification on Various Hardware platforms

- Strong understanding of Windows/Unix fundamentals

- AIX - IBM Certified System Expert

- IBM Storage

- IBM Certified Specialist

- Midrange Storage Technical Support

- Linux – Linux Professional Institute – Certification 2 or RedHat Certified System Administrator -

- Microsoft - Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Server Infrastructure

- HP-UX - HP-UX Certified System Engineer

- Solaris – Oracle Certified Professional

- VMWare – VMWare Certified Professional

- TSM - IBM Certified Deployment Professional

• Preferably have 4 years up of experience in IT spare parts control & warehouse maintenance
• Willing to be assigned on the stated office location, and to travel to TRT offices globally on as needed basis.

Job Functions:

The primary functions of an AFE is to manage the spares movement inbound and outbound the warehouse, resolution of minor incidents that are raised by our customers and assisting on parts deliveries to Field Engineers & Service Partner Engineers onsite. Incidents and changes can be related to Servers, tape libraries/drives, storage devices, printers, and various other pieces of equipment.

Primary Workflow:

• Spares management inbound and outbound the warehouse
• Handle quarterly stock take in Local Warehouse & Service Partner Warehouses
• Onsite minor break-fix hardware maintenance (Hot swap hard disk replacement, cable reseat, etc)
• Conduct onsite physical & logical audit for proactive sparing
• Perform quarterly onsite preventive maintenance per assigned customer
• Handle spare parts deliveries to FE, SeP & client
• Issuance of IMR’s, POR’s
• Assist VCA’s & BDA’s for conducting investigation for missing parts from stock counting
• Customer communication
• Updating TRT internal procedures
• Learning additional technical and non-technical skills.
• Sourcing Local Service Partners
• Sourcing Local Logistic Partner / Supplier

Required Deliverables:

• Ensure above 95% accuracy between NetSuite inventory database and actual TRT & SeP warehouse spares
• Ensure all supported incidents or tickets are resolved within SLAs.
• Ensure all customer communication is prompt, professional and reliable
• Ensure all commitments made to customer are met, or re-scheduled with the customer’s knowledge and approval
• Continuously learn additional technical and non-technical skills
• Escalate calls through correct channels in a timely manner
• 24 x 7 Support Structure
• Comply fully with company policy to always protect the interests of TRT
• Ensure local SeP is available for onsite requirement
• Working with VCA team for local parts sourcing

Accountabilities:

• Local ticket management / status monitoring and make sure they are resolved within SLAs.
• Warehouse inventory movement monitoring
• Ensure warehouse parts labelling & binning is compliant with TRT global standard
• Ensure procedures are properly followed when onsite
• Ensure on time support for spare parts

Disaster Recovery:

• Coordination within FE / SeP team for urgent part requirement onsite
• Handle coordination & keep good working relationship with logistics and service partners
• Coordination with known local vendor for urgent logistics sparing
• Coordination with VCA, BDA & GSD division for parts needed for a call
• Coordination with VCA, BDA & GSD division for inventory movement
• Appropriate escalation to Shift leader or Field Engineer Team Leader when necessary

Service Call Updates:

• Ensure timely updating to GSD & FE for calls requiring additional parts on-site
• Ensure that all onsite service calls under your responsibility are updated to the GSD Team within the agreed Service Level of client contract

OH&S Work Environment:

• Ensure that the warehouse or technical work areas remain clean and always organized
• Ensure that you adhere to ESD procedures
• Ensure that you adhere to all OHS requirements, including for lifting, cabling, rack-mounting, and equipment in rooms is not obstructing walkways.