Application Support Analyst

About the role

As an Application Support Analyst, you will be responsible for the day-to-day support of enterprise applications used by customers. You will act as a subject matter expert for supported solutions, providing business-as-usual (BAU) troubleshooting, managing incidents, and ensuring that all cases are handled within SLAs.

You will work closely with customers, development teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely issue resolution, continuous service improvement, and high levels of customer satisfaction.

About Smart Communications

Smart Communications is the trusted choice for regulated enterprises looking to modernize complex processes and connect with customers in the moments that matter most. Our Conversation Cloud™ platform powers frictionless, compliant, digital-first experiences through omnichannel communications, intelligent data capture, and secure digital archival.

More than 650 enterprises worldwide—including Zurich Insurance, Priority Health, The Pacific Financial Group, and The Bancorp—rely on Smart Communications to reduce compliance risk, boost operational efficiency, lower costs, and fast-track digital transformation that fuels business growth and elevates the customer experience. With more than 30 pre-built connectors, Smart Communications’ cloud-native platform integrates effortlessly with the world’s most trusted enterprise systems including Salesforce, Guidewire, DuckCreek, OneSpan, and Pega, enabling more than 60 billion mission-critical customer conversations globally, and driving faster time to value.

Responsibilities

• Apply strong analytical skills to assess issues, identify root causes, and determine effective resolutions.
• Demonstrate proactive ownership by driving issues through to resolution within agreed timelines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application and system issues by working directly with customers.
• Manage support cases from investigation through resolution and closure.
• Resolve or escalate urgent and high-priority incidents in line with support processes.
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide evening or weekend coverage as required.
• Communicate clearly and effectively to positively influence outcomes and build customer trust.
• Demonstrate awareness of personal impact and adapt communication style to suit different stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships with customers through clear, proactive communication.
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability for customer issues.
• Provide consultative guidance on application usage and best practices.
• Work collaboratively across teams to promote shared ownership and continuous improvement.
• Plan and execute support activities effectively, adjusting priorities as required.
• Collaborate with engineering and internal teams to identify root causes.
• Provide feedback to improve product quality and system stability.
• Create and maintain knowledge base articles.
• Monitor and manage the support queue to ensure timely responses.
• Define and refine support and queue management processes.

Requirements

• Strong adaptability, maintaining performance and focus under pressure and changing priorities.
• Commitment to maintaining and growing technical expertise within the application support domain.
• Strong understanding of software solution design and architecture, with experience supporting enterprise and SaaS-based applications.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise application technologies, with a strong focus on Java and .NET–based systems, including application servers, SQL Server, REST/SOAP APIs, XML, JSON, and modern web and browser technologies.
• Experience supporting cloud platforms and architectures (such as AWS and/or Azure) for scalable, cloud-native applications.
• Familiarity with customer support and helpdesk tools, such as Salesforce Service Console, within a customer-facing support environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Experience or exposure to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, or AI-enabled platforms and tools would be advantageous.

Skills

We look for the following SMART values in everyone we hire at Smart Communications:

• Speak Openly - We are positive, creative, helpful, kind and we have fun. We listen and provide constructive feedback. Through meaningful conversations we encourage each other to be the best that we can be. We’re not complainers we’re problem solvers.
• Make a Difference - We focus on the things that matter and prioritize the things that have the greatest impact. We celebrate success and hold ourselves accountable for our choices. We don’t sit on the sidelines.
• Agile & Flexible - We are focused on evolving, improving and growing. We think differently and challenge the status quo with open minds. We ask ‘why?’ so that we can help remove complexity. We don’t allow hurdles to get in our way.
• Results-Focused - We get stuff done by being efficient, working at pace and paying attention to detail. We focus on finding solutions and fixing things. We don’t believe in being busy for the sake of being busy, we focus on productivity.
• Teamwork - We are stronger and better together. We collaborate, trust and support each other to deliver results for our company and our customers. We don’t want anyone to feel disengaged, we’re in this together!

Benefits

• Extensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer-funded health savings account.
• Flexible spending plan.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Gym membership reimbursement.
• 401K contribution.
• 18 days’ holiday allowance plus an additional day off on your birthday.

This role is fully remote.