http://www.microsoft-careers.com/go/We-Still-Serve/198940/ See how Microsoft helps members of the military with their job transition process. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:09:06 GMT en-us /images/microsoft/microsoft2.jpg http://www.microsoft-careers.com/go/We-Still-Serve/198940/ 720 Job Category: Software Engineering: Development
Location: United States, WA, Redmond
Job ID: 728839 24177
Division: Online Services Division

Live@edu is one of Microsoft?s key competitive initiatives for the education market with the clear goal of ?Winning IWs for LIFE!? We want to win the hearts and minds of students and teachers worldwide through directed delivery of our communication, collaboration, and productivity hosted online services. Our services also need to appeal to the IT administrators who will manage the services for their institution while giving the students/faculties the full spectrum of Microsoft?s service offerings both in the institution and individual context.

This is a fast paced engineering team with a shipping culture that is developing services to provide seamless experience via integrating the platform and workload from across the company (Windows Live, Exchange, OCS, SPS, Geneva, etc.). We are looking for a passionate, smart, motivated and experienced software developer, with great design, development and problem solving skills, and ready to meet the highest standard of engineering excellence. You will enjoy working in a team of developers as part of a fast paced, highly collaborative engineering group, with a tight and cohesive partnership across all disciplines. The ideal candidate should have a passion for quality, great understanding of building hosted service software and web applications, and have experience shipping world class services.

A successful candidate will have:
BA/BS degree in computer science, or equivalent
5+ years of C/C++/C# experience in production environment
Working knowledge of Web technologies, ASP.NET and SQL server
Strong design and problem solving skills
Ability and passion to pick up new technologies and stay on the cutting edge of development

ST:BOSG]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Software-Development-Engineer-Senior-Live@Edu-CLOUD-Job-WA-98052/905455/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Redmond-Software-Development-Engineer-Senior-Live@Edu-CLOUD-Job-WA-98052/905455/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Sales
Location: India, Mumbai
Job ID: 722431 25586
Division: Sales

Job Profile:
The Account Manager ( Communications & Media Sector )/ Business Development Manager (Communications & Media Sector ) will responsible for managing a set of GSM ( Global Strategic Major ) & CAS accounts in the named Enterprise Segment accounts in the defined territory (India ). The account list will include major NSP ( Network Service Providers ie Telecom SP?s ) & Media accounts ( Broadcasters, Publishers, Advertising companies ) headquartered in Western & Southern part of India Geography.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead account & Sales management for full set of all Microsoft products & solutions sold into the account Revenue & Sale quota achievement , Customer Satisfaction ( CPE ) and key CXO relationship management
Account sales campaign planning - Owning and maintaining Account Plan process including key process adherence to MSSP ( Microsoft Solution Sales Process ) & Siebel based sales funnel management
Monthly, quarterly & annual (sell-to) sales quota fulfillment as per predefined annual product set targets & goals - from the defined set of accounts.
Orchestration of sales v- team activities by teaming with other direct sales v-team members of ATU ( Account Team Unit ) & STU ( Solutions team unit ) and all other indirect v-team members in subsidiary, RHQ & Corp.
Defining customer engagement touch points & executive relationships in the account as per account plan.
Sales reporting and participating in account planning, sales review process as necessary.

The Account Manager will be the single point of contact for all of Microsoft Product and businesses groups into the account and will be the lead for all customer engagements. Given this critical accountability this role will also call for a lead role in aligning internal attention, mobilizing timely & adequate resources in customer facing sales campaign process.

In addition the Account Manager shall deliver against Segment specific ( Communications & Media Sector ) strategic initiatives such as :

Working with the WW Comm Sector Solutions Managers, subsidiary Solution Specialist, Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), and ISV partners to to strengthen our solutions capability and deliver across V2 ,V3 ( Industry solutions &Service Enablement ) revenues & scorecard objectives .
Assist solutions team in? seed? market development, through creative biz models , in emerging Hosting biz within the assigned territory .
Grow server revenues & hosting biz and new solutions portfolio - as per predefined metrics.
Assist the EPG & Industry PAM team in managing Comm Sector in penetrating managed SI & ISV partners like Accenture, Datacraft, HP etc & delivering against preset ( partner influenced MS Solutions ) revenue win criteria in target list of accounts.
Work with multiple biz groups ( Like MED,MSN,XBOX,MSTV etc) to deliver against V4, One Microsoft sell through objectives.

Experience & Knowledge Experience

· Should have worked in technology (IT /Telecoms), hard core software sales organization in the past - with experience in bidding/ preferably in Communication Sector markets. Min work exp +10 years in Sales.
· Should have requisite skills to articulate (verbal& written) technology solutions in both biz & technical language succinctly & have the ability to relate biz results to technology solutions. Should have had made past use of biz modeling / biz case analysis - as selling tools.
· The person should be a hard core sales person with exposure in large IT project sales. Have an equal balance of domain technology knowledge, skills & past exposure as well as have a feel for business needs in the communications sector market place ( preferably in the local context too ).. Should have preferably worked in similar jobs in large global technology multinationals.
· Complex deal/ Strategic Selling tools & training or Large account sales planning skills certification desirable & will be an added bonus.]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Mumbai-Strategic-Business-Manager-Job-IN/928424/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Mumbai-Strategic-Business-Manager-Job-IN/928424/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Sales
Location: India, New Delhi
Job ID: 722433 25585
Division: Sales

Job Profile:
The Account Manager ( Communications & Media Sector )/ Business Development Manager (Communications & Media Sector ) will responsible for managing a set of GSM ( Global Strategic Major ) & CAS accounts in the named Enterprise Segment accounts in the defined territory (India ). The account list will include major NSP ( Network Service Providers ie Telecom SP?s ) & Media accounts ( Broadcasters, Publishers, Advertising companies ) headquartered in Western & Southern part of India Geography.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead account & Sales management for full set of all Microsoft products & solutions sold into the account Revenue & Sale quota achievement , Customer Satisfaction ( CPE ) and key CXO relationship management
Account sales campaign planning - Owning and maintaining Account Plan process including key process adherence to MSSP ( Microsoft Solution Sales Process ) & Siebel based sales funnel management
Monthly, quarterly & annual (sell-to) sales quota fulfillment as per predefined annual product set targets & goals - from the defined set of accounts.
Orchestration of sales v- team activities by teaming with other direct sales v-team members of ATU ( Account Team Unit ) & STU ( Solutions team unit ) and all other indirect v-team members in subsidiary, RHQ & Corp.
Defining customer engagement touch points & executive relationships in the account as per account plan.
Sales reporting and participating in account planning, sales review process as necessary.

The Account Manager will be the single point of contact for all of Microsoft Product and businesses groups into the account and will be the lead for all customer engagements. Given this critical accountability this role will also call for a lead role in aligning internal attention, mobilizing timely & adequate resources in customer facing sales campaign process.

In addition the Account Manager shall deliver against Segment specific ( Communications & Media Sector ) strategic initiatives such as :

Working with the WW Comm Sector Solutions Managers, subsidiary Solution Specialist, Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), and ISV partners to to strengthen our solutions capability and deliver across V2 ,V3 ( Industry solutions &Service Enablement ) revenues & scorecard objectives .
Assist solutions team in? seed? market development, through creative biz models , in emerging Hosting biz within the assigned territory .
Grow server revenues & hosting biz and new solutions portfolio - as per predefined metrics.
Assist the EPG & Industry PAM team in managing Comm Sector in penetrating managed SI & ISV partners like Accenture, Datacraft, HP etc & delivering against preset ( partner influenced MS Solutions ) revenue win criteria in target list of accounts.
Work with multiple biz groups ( Like MED,MSN,XBOX,MSTV etc) to deliver against V4, One Microsoft sell through objectives.

Experience & Knowledge Experience

Should have worked in technology (IT /Telecoms), hard core software sales organization in the past - with experience in bidding/ preferably in Communication Sector markets. Min work exp +10 years in Sales.
Should have requisite skills to articulate (verbal& written) technology solutions in both biz & technical language succinctly & have the ability to relate biz results to technology solutions. Should have had made past use of biz modeling / biz case analysis - as selling tools.
The person should be a hard core sales person with exposure in large IT project sales. Have an equal balance of domain technology knowledge, skills & past exposure as well as have a feel for business needs in the communications sector market place ( preferably in the local context too ).. Should have preferably worked in similar jobs in large global technology multinationals.]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/New-Delhi-Strategic-Business-Manager-Job-IN/928425/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/New-Delhi-Strategic-Business-Manager-Job-IN/928425/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Customer Service & Support
Location: China, Shanghai
Job ID: 732743 25519
Division: Services & Support

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Premier Field Engineering (PFE) delivers onsite, remote and dedicated support services for Premier customers around the world to promote health in their IT environments. As part of Customer Support Services, PFE partners with Commercial Technical Support and Enterprise Services to strengthen the Microsoft Services field engineering capability worldwide.

? What Premier Field Engineers deliver?
Onsite and remote, proactive, reactive and dedicated support services to our Premier Customers and Partners around the Globe.
? What kind of customers would Premier Field Engineer be working with?
The PFE team works on projects with a wide variety of customers, from small Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) through to Government departments and large Enterprise customers across all industry sectors.
? What technologies would I be using?
A. As a PFE Engineer, you will be designing and delivering new services to meet customer needs within a wide range of Microsoft?s Products and Technologies for example:
B. Exchange Server - SAN Technology, Server Roles in Exchange 2007, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Performance Tuning Optimization
C. Networking/Clustering - Core technologies, DHCP, DNS, WINS, TCPIPv4 - understanding of design, deployment and support in Windows 2003 and Windows 2008
D. Active Directory - understanding of design, deployment. Ability to review AD, Deliver Training and support break/fix scenarios
E. Sharepoint Server - You will ideally have knowledge in the following: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS2007), experience in working with Windows SharePoint Services v3 (WSSv3), SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS2003) / Windows SharePoint Server (WSSv2), configuration & debugging skills & Basic SQL Server 2000 / SQL Server 2005 knowledge

The purpose of the position is to provide Microsoft customers with reliable technical solutions to the complex integration problems associated with business solutions built using Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint Portal Server and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Typical tasks performed in this role include specific problem isolation and correction, conducting application design and technical reviews, performance tuning, application stability consulting/troubleshooting, code reviews, porting/migration assistance, configuration/administration management, pre-rollout testing and general development consulting. The prospective PFE candidate should draw upon all resources at Microsoft, to advise and consult on the use of Microsoft SharePoint Technologies to avoid such problems in the future.

The PFE position requires a long list of technology experience or demonstrated understanding of these technologies. The ideal PFE skill set is grounded in a solid understanding of the Microsoft Windows platform. From this foundation, the PFE position is exposed to many technologies, including but not limited to: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0/2.0, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Content Management Server, Project Server 2007, IIS, SQL Server, development with .NET languages, XML and Scripting technologies, and data access technologies. Practical user mode debugging is a preferred skill, but not required.

Candidates must have exceptional customer service, problem solving, and communication skills, and the ability to work in a team environment. Must have sufficient technical depth to communicate with development and other internal organizations at a peer level as well as convey technical concepts to non-technical individuals. Must possess the ability to work with minimal supervision and operate as a self contained business unit within the Premier Field Engineering team. Must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Strong business background in Fortune 500 and/or experience with systems technology consulting firm desired

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Shanghai-Premier-Field-Engineer-CSS-SH-Job-CN/928201/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Shanghai-Premier-Field-Engineer-CSS-SH-Job-CN/928201/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Sales
Location: United States, IL, Chicago
Job ID: 732199 25362
Division: Sales

SharePoint Solution Architect
Midwest District EPG Team: Chicago area

Midwest District is looking for a SharePoint Solution Architect who has a mix of advanced solution and strategic business acumen to lead a large customer?s SharePoint migration to the cloud. The role requires both broad and deep technology knowledge and the ability to architect BPOS SharePoint solutions by mapping customer business requirements to a cloud based (BPOS) solution. It also requires demonstrated skills in cross-group collaboration and coordination. Proven ability to envision, scope, estimate and manage large complex migration is required. Proven ability to engage in senior level technology decision maker discussions, business value, and Microsoft's cloud platform are a must for the customer-facing requirements of this role. The role also requires proven ability to coordinate various objectives of multiple internal organizations in an effort to drive value for the customer. The potential for broad impact coordinated from our business and product groups and integrated into our regions and accounts through customer-facing project delivery is a key element of this position. This role will be a key member of the core account team as the BPOS SPS migration lead for this large global customer.

The SharePoint Solution Architect brings proven technical and team leadership to the MWD and account team. The individual will be leveraged into position where they will have the opportunity to contribute to and oversee delivery of the largest, most complex, and most strategic projects for enterprise customers. The role will be accountable for a timely remediation of the on premise SharePoint environment to the cloud as well as the migration to SPS 2010.

The successful candidate will have a degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent work experience. Position requires a strong working knowledge of SPS 2007 and 2010 with direct experience in the architecture and deployment of SharePoint solutions. Qualifications include hands-on experience in the analysis, design, development, deployment and operations of complex architectures and solutions using Microsoft tools and technologies. Advanced technical selling and customer management skills are a requirement.

Travel may be an integral part of this position as are high levels of recognition and visibility. Travel can be as high as 25% if demanded by the needs of our customers and our business.

Sales:EPG]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Chicago-SharePoint-Solution-Architect-Job-IL-60290/924969/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Chicago-SharePoint-Solution-Architect-Job-IL-60290/924969/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Sales
Location: United States, TX, Las Colinas
Job ID: 732204 25366
Division: Sales

MTC ARCHITECT - Collaboration:
Technical Architect - Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) - Dallas.

The MTC in Dallas, TX is looking for a technical sales professional with deep and broad technology experience as well as strong solution selling skills. In this role, you will work with business and technical decision makers from Microsoft enterprise accounts as well as Microsoft partners and Microsoft account teams. You will focus on leading Strategy Briefings (SB), Architecture Design Sessions (ADSs) and Proof of Concepts (POCs), helping enterprise customers identify and articulate the business opportunity, propose and validate solution architectures, and transfer knowledge on best practices through interactive white-boarding sessions and hands-on delivery.

The successful candidate will have deep enterprise development experience, including in-depth, hands-on knowledge of the Microsoft .NET Framework and the Microsoft Collaboration Platform (SPS 2007 and Office 2010/MOSS 2010), Experience in one or more of the following is also required; Cloud Computing, .NET Sharepoint Development Platform, and Unified Collaboration technologies. The ability to explain abstract technical concepts in a business value context is also a must. A BS/BA degree or equivalent work experience combined with a minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience, including a technical sales background is strongly preferred.

The position requires a commitment to customer satisfaction, including internal customers, the ability to thrive in a virtual team environment, and strong communication and presentation skills. The candidate must be a self-starter who takes ownership of opportunities; works independently, manages multiple simultaneous projects, and deals well with ambiguity and last-minute changes. The candidate needs to have the ability and passion necessary to maintain technical excellence with emerging technologies, including competitive technologies, while continuing to manage customer opportunities.]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Las-Colinas-MTC-Architect-Job-TX/924970/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Las-Colinas-MTC-Architect-Job-TX/924970/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Customer Service & Support
Location: India, Bangalore
Job ID: 717961 15662
Division: Services & Support

EOS-SPS Dev Support Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities

Represent Microsoft and communicate with corporate customers via telephone, written correspondence, or electronic service in regard to finding solutions for technically complex problems identified in Microsoft products.
Solve highly complex level of problems, involving broad, in-depth product knowledge or in-depth product specialty; that may include support of additional product line. Frequently, these problems will not only be technically complex, but will be politically charged situations requiring the highest level of customer skill.
Responsible for efficiently managing the relationship with these customers and thoroughly documenting their cases.
Collaborate on cross-team and cross-product technical issues by working with resources from other groups as needed to resolve customer issues. Collaborate with Tech Leads and escalation resources when appropriate.
Participate in case triage meetings to share knowledge with other engineers and develop efficient customer solutions.
Consistently share best practices with team members. Act as technical resource for broad and complex issues, and may typically be assigned to moderately strategic accounts. Ability to develop and deliver ?in depth? technical training to other engineers.
Write complex technical articles and sample programs for knowledge base.
Maintain strong working knowledge of pre-release products and take ownership for product improvement in key product areas.
Qualifications

Basic Qualification

2+ years of work experience with Internet technologies including web site design, administration, and code-related development using .NET framework languages.
1+ years of experience in SharePoint
Experience with LIVE projects
Experience with Visual Studio environment and web application development using ASP.NET languages (VB.NET and/or C#).
Experience solving technical problems in high pressure situations.
Experience in platform administration including Windows Server, Internet Information Services, and Microsoft SQL Server.
Experience with basic troubleshooting tools such as IIS logs, Event logs, PerfMon, etc?
Preferred Qualification

1+ years of customer support experience
Experience with MOSS2007 or SPS2003 development
Familiarity with T-SQL query language
Good working knowledge of networking technologies and ability to troubleshoot network problems using tools such as Network Monitor
Strong skills in troubleshooting security-related issues involving NTFS, IIS and Active Directory
Strong knowledge of processes, threads and memory structures
Experience with Windows Workflow development

Reporting to: Team Manager

The position requires working in EVENING / NIGHT SHIFTS and provides VOICE-BASED SUPPORT

SEA:MSIN:SMSG:EN]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/BANGALORE-EOS-SPS-Dev-Support-Engineer-Job-IN/796587/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/BANGALORE-EOS-SPS-Dev-Support-Engineer-Job-IN/796587/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Services & Consulting
Location: United States, DC, Washington
Job ID: 728293 23225
Product: SharePoint Server
Division: Server & Tools Business

Microsoft Office SharePoint Services Premier Field Engineer - The Microsoft Enterprise Public Sector Services team has an opening for Premier Field Engineer who will be responsible for delivering Microsoft Office SharePoint Services technical support and optimization for a designated set of strategic Microsoft Enterprise customers. This person will be responsible for delivering SharePoint support in various Enterprise environments.
Goal: Positively impact customer satisfaction and expand internal visibility of customer issues by managing complex, mission critical, issues from all customer segments, in Enterprise Accounts and Partners. Use expert customer relationship skills, negotiation and conflict management, research experience, and process management expertise to provide complete and timely follow-up to customer issues. Primary responsibilities include providing technical support for customer service delivery and availability, while ensuring satisfaction with Microsoft Office Sharepoint Services.
Responsibilities: This person will be responsible for delivering technical support to designated strategic Microsoft Services customers. The ideal candidate should have at least 4 years' experience with several Microsoft Enterprise products. This candidate should possess a superior knowledge and demonstrated technical proficiency and deep troubleshooting skills in Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server (SPS), Microsoft Office Sharepoint Services (MOSS), with experience in managing large environments. In addition, experience in IIS is desired. Secondary expertise in at LEAST one of the following: Windows server Operating Systems, SQL, IIS, ISA, IE. Other technical depth should include experience with debugging in Windows 2003, Exchange, and SQL, and/or development skills in one or more of the following: Transact-SQL, VB, VBA, VBScript, C++, VJ++, Jscript, HTML/DHTML, XML. It is expected that the candidate will further show evidence of the ability to acquire knowledge from a variety of sources regarding related Microsoft technologies. The candidate will be expected to demonstrate and give examples of forward-thinking and strategic experiences while working in both a reactive and proactive technical mode. The candidate will be expected to demonstrate and give examples of their ability to function and contribute to a team-oriented environment. Excellence in written case documentation is expected, and past cases will be reviewed. (Supplemental documentation may be requested)
Qualifications: 4 year technical degree or equivalent work experience, plus 3-5 years' experience in technical support or MIS in an Enterprise environment. Current Windows MCSE preferred. MCSE required within 6 months of joining the team. Candidate must possess the ability to effectively communicate with customer managers and executives on technical and business issues. Strong organization, time management, project management and negotiation skills. The position will require travel up to 50%. Applicants must be US citizens, hold or be able to obtain a Top Secret Clearance & must be able to start within 30 days of acceptance.
RPM 137980
728293

SS:PSS]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Washington-Premier-Field-Engineer-Job-DC-20001/889577/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Washington-Premier-Field-Engineer-Job-DC-20001/889577/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Customer Service & Support
Location: China, Beijing
Job ID: 731550 24894
Division: Services & Support

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Premier Field Engineering (PFE) delivers onsite, remote and dedicated support services for Premier customers around the world to promote health in their IT environments. As part of Customer Support Services, PFE partners with Commercial Technical Support and Enterprise Services to strengthen the Microsoft Services field engineering capability worldwide.

? What Premier Field Engineers deliver?
Onsite and remote, proactive, reactive and dedicated support services to our Premier Customers and Partners around the Globe.
? What kind of customers would Premier Field Engineer be working with?
The PFE team works on projects with a wide variety of customers, from small Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) through to Government departments and large Enterprise customers across all industry sectors.
? What technologies would I be using?
As a PFE Engineer, you will be designing and delivering new services to meet customer needs within a wide range of Microsoft?s Products and Technologies for example:
A. Exchange Server - SAN Technology, Server Roles in Exchange 2007, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Performance Tuning Optimization
B. Networking/Clustering - Core technologies, DHCP, DNS, WINS, TCPIPv4 - understanding of design, deployment and support in Windows 2003 and Windows 2008
C. Active Directory - understanding of design, deployment. Ability to review AD, Deliver Training and support break/fix scenarios
D. Sharepoint Server - You will ideally have knowledge in the following: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS2007), experience in working with Windows SharePoint Services v3 (WSSv3), SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS2003) / Windows SharePoint Server (WSSv2)
E. SQL Server: Configuration & debugging skills SQL Server 2000 / SQL Server 2005 /SQL 2008 knowledge
F: System Center Product Family: understanding of design, deployment. Ability to review , Deliver Training and support break/fix scenarios

The purpose of the position is to provide Microsoft customers with reliable technical solutions to the complex integration problems associated with business solutions built using Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint Portal Server and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Typical tasks performed in this role include specific problem isolation and correction, conducting application design and technical reviews, performance tuning, application stability consulting/troubleshooting, code reviews, porting/migration assistance, configuration/administration management, pre-rollout testing and general development consulting. The prospective PFE candidate should draw upon all resources at Microsoft, to advise and consult on the use of Microsoft SharePoint Technologies to avoid such problems in the future.

The PFE position requires a long list of technology experience or demonstrated understanding of these technologies. The ideal PFE skill set is grounded in a solid understanding of the Microsoft Windows platform. From this foundation, the PFE position is exposed to many technologies, including but not limited to: System Center product family, Exchange family, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0/2.0, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Content Management Server, Project Server 2007, IIS, SQL Server, development with .NET languages, XML and Scripting technologies, and data access technologies. Practical user mode debugging is a preferred skill, but not required.

Candidates must have exceptional customer service, problem solving, and communication skills, and the ability to work in a team environment. Must have sufficient technical depth to communicate with development and other internal organizations at a peer level as well as convey technical concepts to non-technical individuals. Must possess the ability to work with minimal supervision and operate as a self-contained business unit within the Premier Field Engineering team. Must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Strong business background in Fortune 500 and/or experience with systems technology consulting firm desired
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Beijing-Premier-Filed-Engineer-CSS-BJ-Job-CN/916301/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Beijing-Premier-Filed-Engineer-CSS-BJ-Job-CN/916301/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Job Category: Customer Service & Support
Location: China, Beijing
Job ID: 731551 24892
Division: Services & Support

DESCRIPTION:
Premier Field Engineering (PFE) delivers onsite, remote and dedicated support services for Premier customers around the world to promote health in their IT environments. As part of Customer Support Services, PFE partners with Commercial Technical Support and Enterprise Services to strengthen the Microsoft Services field engineering capability worldwide.

? What Premier Field Engineers deliver?
Onsite and remote, proactive, reactive and dedicated support services to our Premier Customers and Partners around the Globe.
? What kind of customers would Premier Field Engineer be working with?
The PFE team works on projects with a wide variety of customers, from small Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) through to Government departments and large Enterprise customers across all industry sectors.
? What technologies would I be using?
As a PFE Engineer, you will be designing and delivering new services to meet customer needs within a wide range of Microsoft?s Products and Technologies for example:
A. Exchange Server - SAN Technology, Server Roles in Exchange 2007, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Performance Tuning Optimization
B. Networking/Clustering - Core technologies, DHCP, DNS, WINS, TCPIPv4 - understanding of design, deployment and support in Windows 2003 and Windows 2008
C. Active Directory - understanding of design, deployment. Ability to review AD, Deliver Training and support break/fix scenarios
D. Sharepoint Server - You will ideally have knowledge in the following: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS2007), experience in working with Windows SharePoint Services v3 (WSSv3), SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS2003) / Windows SharePoint Server (WSSv2)
E. SQL Server: Configuration & debugging skills SQL Server 2000 / SQL Server 2005 /SQL 2008 knowledge
F: System Center Product Family: understanding of design, deployment. Ability to review , Deliver Training and support break/fix scenarios

The purpose of the position is to provide Microsoft customers with reliable technical solutions to the complex integration problems associated with business solutions built using Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint Portal Server and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Typical tasks performed in this role include specific problem isolation and correction, conducting application design and technical reviews, performance tuning, application stability consulting/troubleshooting, code reviews, porting/migration assistance, configuration/administration management, pre-rollout testing and general development consulting. The prospective PFE candidate should draw upon all resources at Microsoft, to advise and consult on the use of Microsoft SharePoint Technologies to avoid such problems in the future.

The PFE position requires a long list of technology experience or demonstrated understanding of these technologies. The ideal PFE skill set is grounded in a solid understanding of the Microsoft Windows platform. From this foundation, the PFE position is exposed to many technologies, including but not limited to: System Center product family, Exchange family, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0/2.0, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Content Management Server, Project Server 2007, IIS, SQL Server, development with .NET languages, XML and Scripting technologies, and data access technologies. Practical user mode debugging is a preferred skill, but not required.

Candidates must have exceptional customer service, problem solving, and communication skills, and the ability to work in a team environment. Must have sufficient technical depth to communicate with development and other internal organizations at a peer level as well as convey technical concepts to non-technical individuals. Must possess the ability to work with minimal supervision and operate as a self-contained business unit within the Premier Field Engineering team. Must have the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Strong business background in Fortune 500 and/or experience with systems technology consulting firm desired
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.]]> http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Beijing-Premier-Filed-Engineer-CSS-BJ-Job-CN/916302/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS http://www.microsoft-careers.com/job/Beijing-Premier-Filed-Engineer-CSS-BJ-Job-CN/916302/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS