Job Description: Software Support Engineer
The Tier three Customer Support Team is the primary case-handling team within Customer Support at EFI, handling the majority of critical issues for our valued customers across the world. As a Technical Support Specialist your key responsibility is delivering specialized solutions to critical support issues on EFI’s Productivity Software; providing an exceptional, proactive customer experience, with a personal approach; maintaining and enhancing the relationship between the Customer Support Team and EFI’s clients, and; delegating a specific set of technical tasks as required to provide the most efficient, effective and timely solution possible. TSA member is empowered to define adequate means to address customer situations like adequate system and resources allocations. TSA members are expected to work with customers in identifying operational and business weaknesses and guide both EFI and the customer towards the right solution enabling high customer satisfaction while supporting EFI business.
Primary responsibilities
Resolving customer technical issues
Answer incoming telephone calls and open cases in SalesForce, identifying customers, populating case details, and confirming accuracy of data
Monitor Global Support queue and accept SalesForce cases in priority sequence
Review case priority; maintain strict adherence to priority-based SLA requirements
Review case details and contact customer within SLA response requirements
Provide support to customers via email and telephone using own discretion and experience
Work with different Tier Support Peers and Development for environment setup/ DB capture/ other technical tasks as needed
Escalate or re-route cases as required after thorough investigation, by maintaining SLA factors.
Identify customers operational and business areas of weaknesses and guide EFI and customer to the right resolution in support of the business
Submit new solutions in EFI’s EPS knowledge base with proper documentation and possible addition to knowledge base
Close case, providing all relevant resolution details
Software installation and upgrades
Other support tasks as determined by Global Support Manager and/or Technical Team Lead
Work closely with our R&D and Services teams to replicate and resolve customer issues.
Test, analyze, organize, and report on progress of ongoing customer issues.
Ensure accuracy/accountability/progress of issues though data and reporting tools
Work closely with customers to understand, prioritize and manage outstanding support cases within your queue.
Work with EFI clients to configure Windows ADFS Servers for Single Sign (SSO) on and provide solutions using remote access via VPN, RDP to the server.
Confer with clients to conduct IIS and SSL diagnostics to investigate and resolve website problems on Windows Application servers.
Assist customers with creating database backup and migration using SQL server management studio. Executing a script to solve the db related issues.
Education and experience requirements
Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
Willing to work in shifts, including weekend support as required.
Minimum 6 years customer service experience
Managing any projects when needed
Willing to work in shifts, including weekend support as required.
Confidence in talking directly to client contacts at all levels
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
Excellent English verbal/written communication skills.
Ability to clearly document
Confident, articulate, and professional speaking
Data Entry skills such as word-per-minute
Ability to solve problems in a fast-paced environment
Willingness to learn
A self-starter – ability to work with minimal guidance in a fast-paced environment
Technical Support Analyst Requirements:
Knowledgeable of support and Troubleshooting Web Application
Understanding of Web Development and Troubleshooting methods
Experience with SSO and Active Directory and SSL and certificate and binding
Experience with diagnostics Servers and ASP.NET
Familiar with VPN and Network configuration and management
Good SQL experience
Confidence in talking directly to client contacts at all levels
Familiarity with networking systems and protocols
Hands on experience on server troubleshooting and IIS
Highly self-directed – ability to identify issues with component or personnel and take action to resolve
Knowledge of operating systems, office software, enterprise software, and VMs
Preferred skills:
A+ certification
Project Management certification
Fluency (verbal and written) in at least one of the following languages: English, French, Dutch, German or Spanish, with any additional languages considered highly preferable