Technical Support l
Blackboard
About The Role
- Providing multi-level troubleshooting and technical support to Blackboard LMS customers via phone and email.
What You Will Own
- Documenting customer issues, reproducing and gathering details on reported problems through resolution or escalation to Tier 2.
- Drafting, reviewing, and publishing product bugs/fixes into our Knowledge Base.
- Representing the Customer Support department in various support meetings or reviews with both internal product teams as well as external customers.
- Providing outstanding customer service with every interaction by representing the voice of the customer, making their issue your issue until resolved.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing multi-level troubleshooting and technical support to Blackboard LMS customers via phone and email.
- Documenting customer issues, reproducing and gathering details on reported problems through resolution or escalation to Tier 2.
- Drafting, reviewing, and publishing product bugs/fixes into our Knowledge Base.
- Representing the Customer Support department in various support meetings or reviews with both internal product teams as well as external customers.
- Providing outstanding customer service with every interaction by representing the voice of the customer, making their issue your issue until resolved.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Any relevant experience in an enterprise-level technical support environment.
- Solid problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with a focus on professional communication style in a business environment; ability to effectively convey complex ideas to both internal team members and external clients.
- Familiarity with front end debugging tools (inspector, console, network tool).
- Familiarity with web technologies such as SaaS, SSO, or APT.
- Some familiarity with relational databases and the ability to read and write basic SQL queries.
- Ability to analyze information, identify key trends, and follow a playbook to diagnose technical and application issues.
- Ability to work in a distributed team environment.
- Ability to prioritize and multitask daily work with frequent interruptions.
- Ability to participate in a rotating on-call schedule covering nights and weekends for high severity issues.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
Preferred Skills And Experience
- Previous use of Blackboard Learn or similar LMS.
- Industry certification (A+, Linux+, CCNA, etc.).
- Data networking knowledge to include routers, configuration, and operation.
- Knowledge of CRM (Salesforce.com).
- System administration skills (MCSA, RHCSA certification).


