OpenText

Sr. Technical Support Specialist

OpenText$72K — $108K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years technical support experience
  • Degree or college diploma in a related discipline, or equivalent experience
  • Solid understanding of Windows OS; Unix/Linux knowledge is a plus
  • Familiarity with web servers like Tomcat or IIS
  • Experience with relational databases, particularly MS SQL Server; Oracle is a plus
  • Ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment
  • Strong multi-tasking and prioritization skills
  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge in at least two specific technical areas (e.g., networking, administration)

Responsibilities

  • Provide end-to-end technical support for OpenText products
  • Communicate effectively under pressure, documenting interactions clearly
  • Manage critical customer relationships with empathy and focus
  • Isolate and analyze complex issues for resolution
  • Serve as a liaison with cross-functional teams to address defects and features
  • Mentor teammates on complex issue resolution
  • Document processes and best practices for internal and external use
  • Offer operational feedback to management regarding support activities
  • Provide after-hours or on-call support as needed

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package for physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
  • Opportunity for variable compensation based on performance
  • Flexible vacation entitlement
  • Paid time off
  • Supportive team environment for professional growth
Full Job Description
Your Impact

The Senior Technical Support Specialist will be responsible for making our customers wildly successful by providing an end-to-end technical support experience of the highest quality on OpenText products. Addressing a customer's concern is not only technical, but also an opportunity to build on, and strengthen, our relationships and partnerships with our customers.

This position requires strong technical and problem-solving skills. Our Senior Technical Support Specialist position offers you an opportunity to learn new and exciting technology, while working with the world's top Fortune 500 companies. Critical thinking is something that you'll use daily as each customer's situation is often unique, requiring creative and long-lasting solutions. Our strong team-based environment ensures that if you get stuck or need help, you'll always feel supported

As a Sr. Technical Support Specialist, you will:

  • You are excited to work with customers who have OpenText solutions on premise and in the cloud
  • You have exceptional written and verbal communication skills to use to represent OpenText with excellent composure and patience, while clearly documenting all interactions for multiple issues and attending status calls.
  • You have focus and can express empathy to manage customer relationships in highly critical situations.
  • You are familiar with isolating, reproducing, and analyzing complex or escalated issues through to resolution, either through direct ownership or with assistance from an expert, depending on complexity severity.
  • You can act as the key point of contact while collaborating with other cross-product or cross-functional teams such as development to ensure software defects and customer requested features are documented and followed through to resolution as necessary.
  • You can serve as an escalation point and mentor to your teammates for more complex issues.
  • You can objectively document and review processes, best practices, white papers, etc. for both internal and external consumption.
  • You can provided insight and feedback to management regarding daily operations in areas such as queue activity, workload and escalations.
  • You feel comfortable providing after hours or on-call support if required


What you need to succeed

  • 4 years of experience working within a technical support environment
  • University degree or college diploma within a related discipline or equivalent work experience
  • Solid foundation working with Windows Operating Systems, with Unix/Linux experience being an asset
  • Knowledge of web servers such as Tomcat or Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
  • Experience working with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, with Oracle experience being an asset
  • Strong desire to provide exceptional customer support efficiently with a high focus on first call resolution
  • Proven experience working in a fluid environment that is ever growing and changing
  • Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize work effectively
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to grasp concepts quickly with a thirst for knowledge
  • Positive attitude, patience, understanding, dedication, and commitment
  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge in at least 2 of the following areas:
    • Networking; with experience working with monitoring and capture tools such as Wireshark, Fiddler, Charles or other web-related tools
    • Administration; with experience using applications such as Active Directory/LDAP, OpenID, OAuth and SAML, or other authentication mechanisms and their associated protocols
    • Database management; with experience in advanced functions such as backup, restore, high availability and performance debugging
    • Security implementation; with experience working with cryptography, PKI, SSL, and certificates
    • Infrastructures utilizing high availability practices; with experience configuring network appliances such as proxy servers or load balancers
    • Application development or debugging; with experience using tools such as Eclipse, DGB/WinDGB, Postman, or web browser dev tools


Compensation: At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. As you move through the hiring process, we're happy to provide more details about our compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.

Salary Range: $72,160 - $108,240; Depending on the candidate's education, experience, skills, geographical location, and alignment with internal equity and external market, actual salary may vary and be higher or lower than the range posted.

About OpenText

OpenText Corporation is a Canadian company that develops and sells enterprise information management software. The company is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. OpenText software applications manage content or unstructured data for large companies, government agencies, and professional service firms. OpenText aims to help customers digitize their operations and optimize their information management processes. The company has made several acquisitions over the years to expand its product offerings and customer base. OpenText has a global presence with offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Learn more about OpenText
Size
14,300 employees
Market Cap
$7.8 billion
Industry
Founded
1991
5 Year Trend
+8.8%
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