Location: Ireland   Type: Full Time

OPTEL. Responsible. Agile. Innovative.

OPTEL is a global company that develops transformative software, middleware and hardware solutions to secure and ensure supply chain compliance in major industry sectors such as pharmaceuticals and food, with the goal of reducing the effects of climate change and enabling sustainable living. If you are guided, as we are, by socio-eco-environmental values and want to participate in solving the biggest challenges facing our world today, here is how you can help:

Optel Group is looking for a Technical Support Specialist to join our team in our Limerick office. This person will provide technical guidance and support to our business and customers.


The role of a Technical Support Specialist is critical to the success of the business. The candidate will be responsible for the full troubleshooting of IT solutions in the various customer environments. He/ She will also be responsible for improving work processes in constant evolution as well as working with developers, solution architects, project managers, and our clients, all in compliance with the quality requirements.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, solid analytical skills, and proven problem-solving experience. He/she will use their interpersonal skills to communicate with customers and provide a solution to their technical problems quickly and professionally.  

Responsibilities: 

General

  • Troubleshoot Middleware serialization solutions integration and deployment on cloud-based and database-style production application infrastructure.
  • Enter and perform predefined qualitative tests and functionalities to raise development bugs, in preparation for deployment.
  • Identify and recommend additional resources and processes to carry out tasks.

Design

  • Identify and understand explicit and implicit requirements of the hosting environment.
  • Collaborate closely with developers and solution architects to deliver highly reliable solutions.

Quality

  • Responsible for deployment integrity and information security.
  • Identify and clearly document sources of system bugs.
  • Collaborate with different product development platforms to resolve known issues, improve performance, and eliminate solution issues.

Support

  • Provide timely technical support to external and internal clients including Project Management, Solution Architects, and Software Developers.
  • Manage customer escalations and provide clear concise communications to facilitate a quality customer experience.
  • Provide quality documentation in the form of support tickets to clearly log communication and troubleshooting steps.

Skills & Work Experience

Prerequisites

  • Advanced application, infrastructure, and database support
  • Previous experience in deploying software and/or middleware solutions.
  • Advanced level of English

Technical skills

  • Coding and scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, etc.).
  • Ability to use a variety of open source technologies and cloud services (Azure, Apache, etc.).
  • Fundamental understanding of networking and security.
  • Good understanding of systems and IT infrastructure.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Being able to interact with several stakeholders by encouraging teamwork and collaboration.
  • Ability to communicate clearly.

Assets

  • Language skills
  • Scripting
  • Linux/Unix

Education

  • College or professional Information Technology diploma or equivalent
  • The role may require travel. 

About Optel:

Thanks to three decades of experience, the expertise, and creativity of our staff as well as our innovative technologies, the OPTEL group is one of the world's largest suppliers of digital tracking and traceability systems for the supply chain to the world.

OPTEL offers a growing number of industrial sectors (pharmaceutical, agri-food, cosmetics, medical devices, mines, and contaminated soils) digital traceability solutions and innovative vision systems allowing:

  • to ensure regulatory compliance
  • to optimize operational efficiency
  • to create smart supply chains

A company headquartered in Quebec City and with facilities on several continents, OPTEL has stood out for 30 years through its innovative and responsible vision.

A B-Corp company, OPTEL is part of a dynamic global movement of companies eager to use the power of business to make our world a better place. As such, our mission can be summarized as follows:

To be recognized as a socially responsible leader who uses and develops transformative technologies in order to build a better world.

Our traceability experts design and deploy ISC (intelligence supply chain) solutions to support companies in their efforts to increase the transparency and efficiency of their supply chains. All of these efforts are made to enable consumers like us to adopt sustainable and responsible purchasing habits.

Optel’s benefits include;

  • Possibility of work in the office, or at home 
  • Competitive compensation;
  • Regular position at 37.5 hours/week;
  • Schedule flexibility;
  • Family Health Insurance plan (From day one);
  • Group Pension Scheme
  • On-site amenities (free parking, cafeteria with free coffee and fruit);
  • Open areas, bright and ergonomic offices;
  • Several internal committees in which you can get involved (community action, social club, and sustainable development.
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