Associate Manager - Customer Success Engineer

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WHO WE ARE

Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Our modern SaaS solutions help insurers set a new standard and revolutionize how consumers interact with insurance companies.  

Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. With more than 1,000 successful implementations to date, Duck Creek removes the IT burden for insurers so they can focus on the business of insurance. 

We have a flock of more than 1,800 employees across the globe and are proud to be a Flexible-First employer. We empower our employees with the choice to work from an office, from home, or on a hybrid schedule. Our flexible-first environment fosters productivity, inclusion, collaboration, and ensures a consistent employee experience regardless of location. 

If working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving company that is transforming one of the world’s oldest and largest industries sounds exciting, let us know. We are excited you are considering Duck Creek as a future employer and hope you decide to join “The Flock”! 

To learn more about us, visit www.duckcreek.com and follow us on our social channels for the latest information – LinkedIn and Twitter. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Customer Success Engineer Associate Manager is a technical leadership role responsible for bridging the gap between technical solutions and customer outcomes. This position focuses on delivering advanced technical guidance, support, and solutions to enhance the value customers derive from Duck Creek Technologies’ software offerings. While positioned at an Associate Manager level, this is not a people management role. The Customer Success Engineer Associate Manager operates in a collaborative, fast-paced environment to ensure customer success, satisfaction, and growth.

Job Description:

• Provides technical leadership to the project team to design the overall solution to remain within the boundaries of SaaS and to resolve ongoing technical issues within the project tied to Azure components.  
• Provides ongoing support and guidance to implementation teams and ensuring they are compliant with Duck Creek OnDemand processes and best practices.  
• Presents technical issues to technical governance boards inclusive of the Enterprise Architecture team when required for project decisions and communicates those decisions to the impacted teams inclusive of performing POCs to utilize new Azure / Cloud components to speed delivery.  
• Responsible for all technical / liaison communication with the Customers and serves as a bridge cross Service Managers and Customers.  
• Maintains/validates Customer Technical Runbook information cross clients and Duck Creek OnDemand.  
• Creates and maintains client environment topology documentation.  
• Works with the Account Manager and SI Team Lead to ensure conformance to DCOD processes and procedures.  
• Manages environment dependencies with other OnDemand teams to ensure that these dependencies are met in timely and performant fashion  
• Interfaces directly with SI team and client resources to provide guidance and support  
• Ensures contingency plans are in place during releases.  
• Ensures that environments support High Availability, and the DR plans are in place  
• Ensures HA / DR / PEN tests are conducted (and documented) at least annually  
• Works with Account Manager to measure and ensure compliance with monthly SLAs.  
• Utilize Tools like Dynatrace and Splunk to identify potential performance and code issues with Duck Creek’s OnDemand software.  
• Build knowledgebase of common issues / failures to eliminate repeatability and reduce time to get the customers back online.  
• Perform all other duties and activities as required. 

 Note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

WHAT YOU’VE DONE

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience with proven training in network administration, computer programming, or information systems degree and/or relevant experience 
• Must have experience with .NET (or Java) and Azure (or AWS) framework
• Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms and multi-platform architecture
• Familiarity with microservices, containers, and Infrastructure as Code best practices
• Must have experience in SQL Server and Windows Server
• Hands-on experience in DevOps
• 3+ years of experience with Cloud Environment (Azure/AWS) and Container management (Kubernetes)
• Minimum 5 years working in customer-facing technical role 

Other Requirements:

Travel: 0-10%

Work Authorization: Legally authorized to work in the country of the job location.

WHAT WE STAND FOR 

Our global company celebrates & leverages the differences each employee brings to the table. Our success is a direct result of an inclusive culture where opportunities to learn from one another occur regardless of title, seniority, or background. This collaborative and team-oriented approach is at the core of how we operate and continuously improve our products, services, and systems. 

As such, Duck Creek is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants – to recruit, hire, train, and reward employees for their individual abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital, military, or any other protected status. 

We strive to be an example to the world of inclusion, diversity, and equity in all things – where employees are free to be their authentic selves in the workplace and in the communities in which we live. We believe in leading by example and are proud of the diversity of our team and our shared commitment to our Core Values: We Prioritize Respect; We Listen; We Care; We Add Value; and We Lead.

To learn more about our inclusive company culture, values, DE&I initiatives, and people, please visit: https://www.duckcreek.com/life-at-duck-creek/

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Duck Creek Technologies does not accept, nor will we pay a fee for any hires resulting from unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes.

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