Retail Technical Operations (RTO) Engineer

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is seeking a Retail Technical Operations (RTO) Engineer   is responsible for the deployment, integration, technical enablement, validation, and operational support of Toshiba retail solutions. RTO serves as the technical bridge between Product Engineering, customer environments, deployment teams, project teams, and support organizations to ensure successful solution delivery and long-term customer success.   The RTO Engineer combines platform expertise, deployment experience, troubleshooting skills, customer engagement, and operational discipline to support both new implementations and existing production environments. The role focuses on delivering consistent, scalable, and high-quality customer outcomes through engineering excellence, collaboration, and continuous knowledge sharing.   Responsibilities   Deployment Readiness   Assess customer environments for implementation readiness.   Review infrastructure, architecture, networking, hardware, software, and dependencies.   Conduct network readiness assessments and architecture validation.   Support certificate, security, and environment planning.   Validate hardware and software configurations and releases.   Identify technical risks, gaps, and readiness issues before testing, pilot, or production deployment.   Participate in deployment planning and technical reviews.   Solution Deployment   Provide technical guidance and engineering support during implementations.   Deploy and configure retail platforms and infrastructure components, including:    Controllers   Distributed Data and backup controllers   Terminal and Terminal Primary environments   ELERA platform solutions   TCxSky environments   SDK, JavaPOS, and Device Broker components   Configure and validate system environments.   Integrate retail peripherals and payment devices.   Support pilot deployments, production rollouts, and go-live activities.   Troubleshoot deployment-related issues and ensure successful implementation.   Technical Troubleshooting and Support   Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues across supported platforms.   Perform root cause analysis and performance investigations.   Troubleshoot infrastructure, network, deployment, and platform issues.   Analyze logs, technical evidence, and system behavior.   Reproduce issues and validate corrective actions.   Collaborate with Product Engineering on escalations and defect investigations.   Clearly document findings, conclusions, assumptions, and unresolved items.   Customer and Stakeholder Engagement   Work directly with customers, project managers, deployment teams, support organizations, and Product Engineering.   Lead or participate in:    Technical discovery sessions   Readiness and architecture workshops   Deployment planning activities   User Acceptance Testing (UAT)   Pilot deployments   Go-live support   Production rollouts   Troubleshooting sessions   Technical handoffs   Post-deployment reviews and After Action Reports   Communicate technical risks, decisions, blockers, and validation results.   Maintain strong customer focus and professional communication throughout engagements.   Knowledge Management and Continuous Improvement   Capture lessons learned from deployments, troubleshooting activities, and customer engagements.   Create and maintain deployment guides, troubleshooting playbooks, runbooks, standards, and technical documentation.   Contribute validated knowledge to the RTO Engineering Deployment Library.   Promote continuous improvement of deployment standards, operational processes, and troubleshooting practices.   Review and validate AI-assisted outputs before operational use.   Ensure documentation accuracy, governance compliance, and knowledge reuse across the organization.   Cross-Functional Collaboration   Partner with Product Engineering, Customer Support, Project Management, deployment teams, and customer IT organizations.   Provide technical readiness assessments, deployment guidance, validation support, and escalation assistance.   Help coordinate technical activities across multiple stakeholders to achieve successful customer outcomes.   Required Qualifications   Experience supporting enterprise software, infrastructure, or retail technology deployments.   Knowledge of deployment methodologies, implementation processes, and production support practices.   Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.   Experience analyzing logs, system data, and technical evidence to resolve issues.   Understanding of networking, system administration, infrastructure, and application integration concepts.   Ability to validate technical environments and identify deployment risks.   Experience working directly with customers and cross-functional technical teams.   Strong written and verbal communication skills.   Ability to document technical findings, procedures, and operational knowledge clearly.   Ability to distinguish confirmed facts from assumptions and make evidence-based recommendations.   Experience supporting production environments and operational recovery activities.   Demonstrated ability to work across organizational boundaries and coordinate multiple stakeholders.   Commitment to following established standards, validation processes, and change management practices.   Preferred Qualifications   Understanding of containerized services, messaging, certificates, security configuration, and payment integrations.   Experience with large-scale pilot deployments, go-live support, and production rollouts.   Experience creating technical documentation, playbooks, runbooks, or engineering standards.   Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools while maintaining technical validation and governance requirements.