Engineer III Id-3099

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At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

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As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

The Chief Technology Officer Organization’s vision is to raise the bar for technical excellence, talent, strategy, and standards across Technology. It also seeks to cultivate and foster technical innovation, as well as elevate and amplify the technical heartbeat of the organization.

Are you able to critically assess a situation and provide a solution? Do you want to learn how to thrive in a fast-paced environment while expanding your knowledge? Can you analyze and interpret data? Do you have an interest in providing quality service to our colleagues? If yes, this might be the role for you. As a Service Delivery Engineer you will have the opportunity to become proficient, if not advance, in various workplace tools and software systems as well as collaborate with internal customers and product/support teams. With hands on training, mentoring, and cross-functional team collaboration, we give you the resources to take control and be successful in your career.

Within the Technology Concierge brand, technical skills and communication are key. You’ll interact with multiple business units, customers and third-party clients while delivering exceptional service. This role requires you to be the product middleman, content trainer and technical support for end-users. As a member of the team, you’ll grow within your ability to analyze data, create, follow and update processes. We are in the business of customer facing, building relationships and providing technical support while simultaneously training users to be self-sufficient.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the investigation and resolution of incidents, problems, and gaps as well as implement remedies and preventative measures to include solutions and innovation. They will assist with projects, testing, enhancements, and long-term technical solutions. Other duties include:

  • Maintain composure and structure in a fast-paced environment
  • Communicate efficiently and effectively to various lines of business, users and customers
  • Provide seamless technology support to our colleagues at the Technology Concierge or via Field Services support within the call center environment
  • Focus on asset management, inventory, and data quality as it pertains to computers and associated components
  • Educate customers/users in such a way they become self-reliant
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot software and computer hardware issues through problem solving
  • Assist in the investigation (root cause analysis) and resolution of problems
  • Assist or undertake the development and deployment of preventative maintenance procedures
  • Ensure that service deliverables meet the agreed quality standards of documentation and reporting
  • Contribute to continuous service improvement by maintaining best practices and knowledge repositories
  • Knowledge of technical infrastructure and end user computing including networking, telecom, broadband, hardware, software and configuration
  • Strong understanding and knowledge of call center environments; applications, portals, telephony, and testing
  • Enterprise and strategic thought process with the ability to plan, analyze, design, implement, and operate
  • Prefer demonstrated experience in resolving complex technical and commercial issues in a fact-based way that produces results quickly and maintains relationships
  • Ability to build effective working relationships with the business (call center being a key), Technology, and vendor partner leaders
  • Possess excellent verbal/written communication and negotiation skills
  • Understanding of infrastructure platforms, services and technology processes
  • Self-motivated and driven to identify and deliver appropriate solutions
  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Mac, Mac O/S, Windows Office Suite & Outlook
  • Working knowledge of connectivity type tools (wireless, Cisco AnyConnect, Citrix)
  • Typically holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or other related fields or has the equivalent 6+ years of work experience
  • This role is onsite in our New York City location

Salary Range: $70,000.00 to $135,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
  • Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
  • 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
  • Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
  • Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
  • Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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