Software Support Specialist Ii

ConnectWise is the world's leading software company dedicated to the success of IT Solution providers. As a company our vision is to power a thriving IT ecosystem that transforms what's possible for SMBs. How we do this is by empowering IT solution providers with unmatched software, services, and community to achieve their most ambitious vision of success

ConnectWise provides a work environment where each colleague is valued for their perspectives, skills and talents, is treated respectfully, can communicate openly and is encouraged to develop to their full potential as a contributor to the success of the company and the communities we serve. We value our colleagues and offer a competitive benefits package including medical, retirement investment plans, flexible time away, community volunteer opportunities, master's assistance program and colleague recognition programs.

**General Summary**:
The Software Support Specialist II is responsible for assisting ConnectWise partners in diagnosing and resolving a partner's product issues or questions. This role works in partnership with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot, resolve, and document issues, getting partners back on track to having a positive experience with ConnectWise products.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Provides support to partners with a high attention to detail
- Researches, analyzes, and documents findings
- May influence others within the Services & Support team through the explanation of facts, policies, and practices
- Maintains a knowledge base of our products and services and provides high quality support to partners during each interaction
- Discusses partners' operational challenges and evaluates business data to identify areas of opportunity to help partners optimize their business strategies
- Provides guidance and performs regular queue review for junior team members
- Identifies and escalates trending issues and potential software defects to leadership and development
- Acts as an escalation point for complex issues
- Contributes to written articles for internal and external knowledge base
- Identifies and escalates situations requiring urgent attention to appropriate teams
- Documents partner interactions, troubleshooting, and results in a clear and concise manner and accurately reports customer feedback to Engineering
- Manages a queue of resolving support cases
- Communicates new release features and improvements to our partners that better their experience

**Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required**:

- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions._
- Ability to work independently on projects and processes with general supervision
- Practical knowledge of applicable work area
- Ability to situationally adapt and understand new technology/processes as per partner requirement
- Strong customer service skills
- Strong desire to help our partners and peers
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to work alongside multiple cross-functional teams
- Organized and strong attention to detail
- Preferred: Basic understanding of IT, Professional Services, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) markets

**Educational/Vocational/Previous Experience Recommendations**:

- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent business experience
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- Preferred: 1+ years of experience working in a technical service-oriented position
- Preferred: 1+ years troubleshooting Windows and Linux servers

**Working Conditions**:

- Onsite/Hybrid/Remote depending on location
- 0-10% travel may be required