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Senior Production Support Engineer

illumin Inc.
Toronto, ON
Full-time
Entry Level

What You'll Do:

  • Lead and oversee support for our flagship product, Illumin, along with other systems, providing advanced technical expertise and support.
  • Take ownership of complex support tickets, conducting in-depth technical investigations, report requests, and performing system administration tasks, ensuring timely and accurate resolution.
  • Mentor and collaborate with fellow Support Engineers, UI, Back-End, Data, DevOps, QA, and Product teams to efficiently resolve product issues and defects.
  • Ensure adherence to Production Support Service Level Agreement (SLA) timelines, driving open tickets to closure with a focus on maintaining high service standards.
  • Respond to system-generated alerts related to failures on the application platform, providing expert-level problem-solving to mitigate and resolve issues.
  • Advocate for a customer-first attitude, ensuring transparent and timely communication, and keeping customers informed about the progress of inquiries and issue resolutions.
  • Develop and document standards, processes, and procedures, focusing on best practices and effective issue resolution, while ensuring these are followed across the team.
  • Identify, lead, and implement improvement & automation opportunities proactively, driving product success and operational efficiency.
  • Support on-call rotations, ensuring the team is supported and prepared to handle critical issues.

What You'll Need:

Must Have:

  • Bachelor's degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • 6+ years of experience in a production support role with a strong background in SQL and the ability to write complex DB statements on the fly.
  • 3+ years of experience working in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) customer service.
  • Proven leadership and mentorship skills with a track record of guiding teams through complex issues.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience working in a professional environment.
  • Strong analytical/critical thinking skills with the ability to manage multiple high-priority tasks simultaneously.
  • Exceptional time management, organizational, and planning skills.
  • Strong collaboration and team-building abilities, with experience leading cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with Confluence, JIRA, Service Desk, or other support desk applications.
  • Familiarity with Kibana, Kafka, Big Data/Hadoop, Jupyter Notebook, Spark.
  • Programming knowledge with Python, JavaScript, HTML, Containerization (Docker/ Kubernetes).
  • Experience working in Digital Advertising technology.