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The Role
Owns diagnosis and resolution of complex customer issues across a distributed database platform. Responsibilities include SQL and query performance troubleshooting, Linux administration, customer onboarding and deployments, managed database monitoring, root-cause analysis, documentation, technical escalation, and collaboration with Engineering. The role provides customer support through tickets, email, and phone, participates in on-call rotations, and uses AI-assisted troubleshooting.
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About Ocient:
Ocient is building OcientAIQ™ – a complete ecosystem for delivering trusted agentic AI solutions at petabyte scale, for the organizations that can't afford to get AI wrong. Our customers protect networks, secure nations, and power the global economy. The problems we solve are genuinely hard, and the work matters.
Founded in 2016 by the team that built Cleversafe (acquired by IBM in 2015), Ocient is headquartered in Chicago with a remote-first global team. We are a carbon-neutral company backed by leading investors including Greycroft, OCA Ventures, In-Q-Tel, and Buoyant Ventures.
Job Title: Customer Support Engineer II
Location: Remote (UK Only)
- Please note that we are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants will need to have the right to work in the UK, both now and for the duration of employment, in order to be considered.*
Hiring Manager: Senior Support Manager, UK
Estimated salary range: £81,360 to £100,000
- The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations
Position Overview:
The Customer Support Engineer II (CSE II) independently owns the diagnosis and resolution of complex customer issues across the OcientAIQTM Unified Data Platform, acts as a technical liaison between customers and Engineering, and contributes to customer onboarding, deployment buildouts, and support tooling development. This role combines growing technical depth in distributed systems, SQL, and Linux administration with strong customer-facing skills and a proactive approach to improving the customer experience and support practice at Ocient.
The CSE II will be part of the team on-call rota and must be comfortable working shift patterns.
Ocient is a remote-first company, meaning this role is 100% home working. Prior experience in a hybrid or remote-working setup would therefore be beneficial.
Core Responsibilities
- Diagnose and resolve complex customer issues in a distributed database environment, developing detailed Root Cause Analyses and Corrective Action Plans.
- Respond to customer questions through phone calls, help tickets, and email, managing multiple issues simultaneously while meeting agreed service levels.
- Assist in customer onboarding, training, installation, and environment buildout for both on-premise and Ocient-managed solutions; access customer datacentre environments remotely to support deployment and configuration activities.
- Perform SQL and query performance troubleshooting and tuning against large data sets, supporting customers in optimising their Ocient environments.
- Ocient uses AI to assist in troubleshooting complex customer problems. The CSE II should be comfortable using AI-assisted troubleshooting, creating and using AI skills, and validating outputs before relying on them for Root Cause Analysis (RCA) or communications with internal and external customers.
- Administer and monitor Ocient managed database solutions and related software dependencies (e.g. kafka, ceph); proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impact customers.
- Create and maintain documentation for major installations, known issues, and workarounds, contributing to the customer-facing knowledge base.
- Provide product and customer feedback to Engineering to support continuous platform improvement.
- Exercise sound judgement in issue ownership and escalation, knowing when to continue investigating independently and when to engage Engineering, while clearly communicating customer impact and technical findings.
Ideal Qualifications
- UK citizen holding a British passport
- Holds, or has previously recently held, UK Security Clearance
- Typically 5+ years of experience in a similar technical role, including 3+ years of experience in service monitoring, execution, and advanced troubleshooting
- Proficiency in Linux operating systems, with daily hands-on use
- Experience with distributed SQL systems, including administration, query writing, troubleshooting, and performance investigation
- Practical knowledge of x86 server hardware
- Strong customer-facing experience, with the ability to communicate technical issues and findings clearly to a range of audiences
- A curious, enquiring mindset with strong structured problem-solving and investigative skills
An Exceptional Candidate Will Have
- Exposure to databases or data warehousing environments
- AI experience in complex troubleshooting environments
- Comfortable working shift rotas and participating in on-call coverage
- Hybrid or remote work experience preferred
- Knowledge of Kafka and S3-compatible object storage
Interview Requirements: All interviews are conducted via video and require candidates to have their camera on for the duration of the session. The use of video filters, face-altering effects, or virtual backgrounds is not permitted for security and verification purposes.
We are not open to using an agency or staffing company at this time. We do not accept unsolicited agency or staffing resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Ocient is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, parental status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please contact [email protected] for more information.
All official Ocient job postings and recruiting communications will come directly from our team via our Careers page, LinkedIn, or from an ocient.com email address. If you receive communication about a role from any other source, please treat it with caution and direct questions to [email protected].
Skills Required
- UK citizenship and a British passport
- Right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship
- Current or recent UK Security Clearance
- Typically 5 or more years of experience in a similar technical role
- At least 3 years of experience in service monitoring, execution, and advanced troubleshooting
- Daily hands-on proficiency with Linux operating systems
- Experience administering distributed SQL systems, writing queries, troubleshooting, and investigating performance
- Practical knowledge of x86 server hardware
- Strong customer-facing communication skills
- Structured problem-solving and investigative skills
- Database or data warehousing experience
- AI experience in complex troubleshooting environments
- Experience working shift rotas and participating in on-call coverage
- Hybrid or remote work experience
- Knowledge of Kafka and S3-compatible object storage
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What We Do
Ocient is a Chicago-based, venture-funded startup building a SQL compliant, exabyte-scale database platform that achieves better performance than Hadoop and NoSQL systems. It is a distributed system optimized for NVMe drives, RDMA networks and high core count processors and is written in C++. We are led by a management team with seven successful st
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