Junior Technical Support Specialist

3 weeks ago


Waterloo, Canada Open Text Corporation Full time

**Junior Technical Support Specialist**:

- Req id: 31952- Waterloo, ON, CA**OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY**

Together Carbonite and Webroot form the SMB and Consumer Division of OpenText. The mission of our joint offering is to make cyber resilience simple, reliable and accessible in the connected world. We foster a thriving, dynamic environment rich with inventive minds and entrepreneurial spirit and our employees are empowered and encouraged to build their careers at OpenText.

**The Opportunity**

As an Associate Technical Support Specialist, you will take the knowledge and experiences you have gained to resolve difficult customer and partner issues and contribute to the overall growth of the business. With great training, effective leadership, smart processes, timely communication, regular coaching, and a strong support system you will be spared no effort in your pursuit of continued success. You will:

- Troubleshoot technical issues with the tools and skills after product training, often working with issues that could not be resolved at previous support levels
- Ensure customer has best product that suits their needs
- Participate in the content creation lifecycle for support documentation

**You are great at**:

- Provide advanced troubleshooting on issues including but not limited to, missing data and advanced technical issues.
- Learn the technical architecture of Carbonite’s products.
- Manage multiple customer cases simultaneously, ensure all case-related information and activities are accurately documented, and provide timely progress updates to customers and account managers to maintain service level agreements
- Work with Tier 2 and Tier 3 engineers on technical escalations, bug,s and a feature request
- Assist customers and alliance partners troubleshoot and successfully completing disaster recovery tests within a scheduled window of time
- Become trained to support additional products within the OpenText Mid-Market product suite
- Make business-critical decisions that help customers or partners understand proper data protection techniques to ensure full recovery when needed
- Properly escalate cases to the appropriate teams as needed based on the issue complexity and process documentation. Work closely with these teams to identify new trends/resolutions.
- Assist in the content creation/editing process for our Knowledge Bases by creating and editing content as necessary based on findings within your support interactions. This includes but is not limited to documenting new issues and solutions, editing existing content for clarity, and identifying content that is no longer relevant.
- Utilize existing systems to document assistance sessions that aid the business in identifying trends. Collaborate with other levels and Management as needed, to review data, identify solutions, and assist with implementation.
- Continued use of Support utilities (CRM, Customer Account Information, Knowledge Base, Training Materials, etc.) to think critically and resolve assigned customer interactions.
- Strive to achieve our established KPIs of Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) and Quality (Critical Error Accuracy).
- Remain current on internal alerts, training, and process changes that are designed to prepare you for the evolving requirements of the role.

**What it takes**:

- A track record of good judgment and decision-making in positions with significant responsibility.
- Ability to independently identify high-value projects and drive them to completion.
- Demonstrated leadership capability in cross-functional team environments.
- A high degree of comfort with complex technical environments.
- Having and being able to articulate/defend an informed opinion on important topics.

Skills & Experience:

- Ideally, 1-2 years experience supporting Windows Server environment.
- AS, BS or BA degree in a computer-related field preferred. Equivalent work experience will be accepted in place of the education requirement.
- Must possess highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to work with an extensive variety of customers. Must be able to work with difficult customers and situations and still maintain a high level of customer satisfaction. Must be able to maintain a professional demeanor when working with difficult or challenging customers. Heavy telephone usage.
- Experience with configuration and implementation of Microsoft and/or Linux based servers.
- Knowledge of Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and SQL
- Knowledge of WAN and Network protocols (WINS, DNS, DHCP, TCP).
- Ability to analyze technical problems without visual contact with the machine.
- Excellent learning skills.
- Ability to utilize available resources to the fullest; must have excellent computer skills.
- Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities.
- Demonstrable ability to define problems, gather data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Adept at articulating and responding both verbally and



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