At BlueCat, we take immense pride in our award-winning culture, an integral part of our identity. We are proud recipients of several prestigious accolades, including the "Great Place to Work" certification. By becoming a part of our team, you not only join a company at the forefront of technology but also become an integral member of Canada's top workplaces in various categories, including Technology, Today's Youth and Women, and Mental Health and Inclusion.

Here is what you need to know about our Customer Care team: We are a technologically savvy and proactive team dedicated to outstanding customer experiences. We love problem solving and we take pride in being the face of BlueCat for our customers. We enjoy and thrive off of receiving feedback and having the opportunity to voice the needs of our customers to the overall organization. Think of us as BlueCat’s front line warriors!

As a Enterprise Support Engineer (ESE), you will work directly with our largest and most strategic enterprise customers to anticipate, identify and address their technical concerns.

You will become a trusted advisor and customer advocate to accounts within your assigned portfolio: you will learn the customer’s environment; deliver expert technical support and understand and champion their needs. You will manage “mission-critical” support escalations and serve as an active member of the account team.

In this role, you will be responsible for working with key customer contacts at multiple levels ranging from technical & admin to senior executives. You will help identify IT objectives, discover customer pain points, offer recommendations, and recognize current and future IT needs. You will play an integral part in helping our customers avoid unplanned outages by providing proactive guidance and make recommendations for operational best practices, both at tactical and strategic levels.

In this role, a key element is ensuring the highest levels of Customer Engagement.  Through regular touch points with your assigned customers, you will build deep relationships and use these relationships to drive conversations which ultimately help to assemble detailed profiles of our customers.  Through the collection of data, and a deep-rooted interest in asking questions, you will leverage your position as a trusted advisor to inquire about and understand key initiatives within your customer base and strive to identify areas where BlueCat products might help to achieve those goals. 

- Partner with clients and help them optimize the use of BlueCat products and services by understanding the customer’s request thoroughly combined with in-depth technical knowledge

- Become the 'trusted advisor' with the customer, ensuring that recommendations are heard by the appropriate customer contacts and taken seriously

- Apply in-depth troubleshooting and debugging skills along with your knowledge of systems, databases, and applications to get to root cause of the customer’s issue. Set up test environments to mirror the customer’s production set-up and perform tests using customer’s data or representative data. Apply testing methodology and debugging skills to narrow down the problem as needed. Communicate effectively with the BlueCat Engineering team with step-by-step instructions to reproduce the issue and findings to identify root cause

- Partner with clients and help them follow best practices and optimize use of BlueCat Software. Identify opportunities to upgrade or provide additional products or services so that they meet customers’ needs effectively and address customer pain points

- Work closely with and be responsible for escalating issues across multiple business units within BlueCat (e.g. Sales, Professional Services, Engineering, Product Management, etc.)

- Own the technical relationship with the customer and ensure that both their short and long term needs are known internally at BlueCat so that we can properly align our strategic planning

- You have an insatiable thirst for knowledge and improvement and the desire to grow in your role and with the company

- You are proactive; a tenacious self-starter to the core

- You are technically savvy with a deep knowledge of networking protocols and experience in debugging network issues (packet capture and analysis, etc.)

- You have strong experience with common protocols and services (FTP, TFTP, NTP, SNMP, syslog, etc.) and a thorough understanding of DNS, DHCP & Linux with 5+ years’ experience

- You are an excellent communicator - you have a way with words & can connect easily with others. You possess a strong ability to explain highly technical issues to non-technical audiences

- You have a passion for constant improvement - always looking to do things better (both personally, as part of a team and for the company)

- You are capable of prioritizing and allocating resources to / focus efficiently on multiple projects

- You have experience managing customers in an enterprise environment and are able to demonstrate excellence in customer service

If you share our enthusiasm for the future of our company and are eager to contribute to our vibrant workplace, we look forward to receiving your application! Our comprehensive benefits encompass your health, financial well-being, and overall wellness, and we are committed to providing an exceptional work environment, enriching employee programs, and fostering a remarkable company culture. At our core, we champion values such as transparency, curiosity, respect, and above all, the pursuit of enjoyment.

In addition, we offer a range of appealing perks, including:

A Professional Development Budget

Dedicated Wellness Days and Wellness Week

A Lifestyle Spending Account

An Employee Recognition Program

Join us in shaping the future of our organization, where your talent and dedication can truly thrive. We invite you to apply and become a valuable member of our team!

BlueCat is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. BlueCat will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.