Senior Application Support Specialist

Exiger; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Exiger provides an opportunity to join the Application Support Team as a Senior Application Support Specialist, delivering world-class support for our SaaS customers and internal teams. You will troubleshoot issues, grow product knowledge, and drive timely resolutions in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires four+ years of application support experience, SaaS familiarity, strong communication, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Qualifications

• Four+ years of application support experience in a technical environment.
• Experience with SaaS applications and enterprise support.
• Familiarity with Unix/Linux, Bash, Perl, Python, and SQL.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to independently manage projects and priorities.
• Strong ownership, accountability and follow-through.
• Able to multitask and work client-facing roles.
• Experience with service desk tools (SalesForce, Zendesk, ServiceNow, Jitbit, Desk.com).
• Experience with JIRA is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop an extensive working knowledge of the product suite.
• Own assigned projects and process-improvement initiatives from planning through completion, providing proactive updates on progress, risks, and blockers.
• Balance reactive customer support needs with longer-term priorities and deadlines.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve Support processes, documentation, automation, and team effectiveness.
• Provide end-user application support via phone, email and in-person.
• Coordinate and validate new implementations and upgrades.
• Coordinate and prioritize support requests.
• Facilitate problem-solving between end-user and development staff.
• Participate with development staff in testing new releases of the product.
• Develop working relationships with sales staff to utilize product knowledge and leverage customer relationships for sales support.
• Analyze and troubleshoot problems effectively while minimizing response time.
• Proactively optimize Support procedures and automate wherever possible
• Ensure customer satisfaction through end-to-end support solutions.
• Identify escalation situations and follow appropriate escalation procedures.
• Keep end-users up to date throughout the resolution process.
• Take ownership of support issues until final resolution.
• Assist with the Technical Operations team with server support.
• Participate in rotational shift coverage (On-Call)
• Collaborate and coordinate with our Incident Management team. As well as participate in our incident management process when required.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Project management

Ownership & accountability

Team collaboration

Tools

Unix/Linux

Bash

Perl

Python

SQL

SalesForce

Zendesk

ServiceNow

Jitbit

Desk.com

JIRA

Job description

Who We Are

Exiger is the AI partner for supply chain and procurement automation. Its centralized 1EXIGER.AI platform allows organizations to manage their entire operating network, from parts to suppliers, regulators, and customers, through an autonomous agentic workforce that learns, adapts, and augments with every decision. The AI-native platform, combined with the largest supply chain knowledge asset, empowers 550+ global customers, including 150 Fortune 500 and 80+ government and defense industrial organizations, to act first. Exiger is FedRAMP® authorized and a 2x Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management.

The Application Support Team at Exiger is in search of a Senior Application Support Specialist. The Senior Specialist needs to provide world-class service to our SaaS customers, Internal Teams (CSM’s, Migrations, and others), and must be able to effectively engage with our Internal Teams (Product, Development, Infrastructure, others) and our Business Partners. The Senior Specialist will assist with troubleshooting and analyzing issues to answer technical questions about our products. The Senior Specialist will need to be an outgoing, confident, self-motivated individual with excellent verbal and written communication skills. They must possess advanced computer skills, be adept at working independently, while still being an active contributor to the Team. Support requests are sourced via multiple channels (emails, calls/meetings in-person) and in this role, you will need to be able to adapt to, and thrive in the fast paced, growing and dynamic environment that is Exiger.

This is a full-time remote or hybrid opportunity, depending on your proximity to one of Exiger’s offices. The work schedule will be 8:00AM – 5:00 PM EST.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop an extensive working knowledge of the product suite.
• Own assigned projects and process-improvement initiatives from planning through completion, providing proactive updates on progress, risks, and blockers.
• Balance reactive customer support needs with longer-term priorities and deadlines.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve Support processes, documentation, automation, and team effectiveness.
• Provide end-user application support via phone, email and in-person.
• Coordinate and validate new implementations and upgrades
• Coordinate and prioritize support requests.
• Facilitate problem-solving between end-user and development staff.
• Participate with development staff in testing new releases of the product.
• Develop working relationships with sales staff to utilize product knowledge and leverage customer relationships for sales support.
• Analyze and troubleshoot problems effectively while minimizing response time.
• Proactively optimize Support procedures and automate wherever possible
• Ensure customer satisfaction through end-to-end support solutions.
• Identify escalation situations and follow appropriate escalation procedures.
• Keep end-users up to date throughout the resolution process.
• Take ownership of support issues until final resolution.
• Assist with the Technical Operations team with server support.
• Participate in rotational shift coverage (On-Call)
• Collaborate and coordinate with our Incident Management team. As well as participate in our incident management process when required.

Professional Experience Preferred

• At least four years of application support experience in a technical support environment (startup and/or small team experience a big plus).
• Experience with SAAS applications.
• Familiarity with Unix/Linux Operating Systems and scripting languages – Bash and Perl, Python scripting and SQL.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage projects, competing priorities, and deliverables with limited oversight.
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
• Able to work in a team environment but at the same time, be self-motivated.
• Able to multitask while balancing competing priorities.
• Able to complete product demonstrations and end-user training sessions in a client facing environment.
• Previous experience with service desk software (SalesForce, Zendesk, ServiceNow, Jitbit, Desk.com, etc).
• Previous experience with JIRA application.

Requirements

• US Citizenship
• Must be able to pass and obtain Top-Secret security clearance after the first year of employment.

Exiger is named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management, twice selected as one of Fast Company's 'Brands That Matter,' and recipient of the Third Party Risk Association's Innovator Award, Exiger's technology has been recognized by leading analyst evaluations and 50+ awards. Learn more at Exiger.com and follow Exiger on LinkedIn.

At Exiger, our values define how we work and why we lead. We are mission-inspired, imagination-driven, trust-anchored, and compassion-focused—committed to building technology that makes the world safer, more transparent, and more resilient.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Exiger’s hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs.