Senior Support Engineer, Jira

AtlassianSan Francisco, CA, United States

5 days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

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Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.

Overview

Due to the needs of the business, this role requires the working hours of 9am-6pm PST.

The Team

The Jira On Prem Support team is dedicated to delivering support and product expertise to our Priority customers. If you have a passion for resolving complex technical issues, engaging with diverse customers ranging from startups to Fortune 500 corporations, and thrive in a dynamic environment, then this role is well‑suited for you. You will be joining as an Atlassian Senior Support Engineer, and play a crucial role in enhancing our customers' interactions by providing advanced troubleshooting and assisting our global team in solving intricate challenges. This role will report to a Jira On Prem Support Manager.

Responsibilities

Use professional written and verbal communication with the customer base to resolve application issues
Resolve customer issues involving code error diagnosis, debugging, validation, and root cause analysis
Explain the why behind issues and guide the customer to resolution with logic and context
Create and curate knowledge‑base articles and documentation to help customers help themselves
Provide customer escalation support
Evaluate active tickets, prioritise workload, and monitor queue health
Build internal relationships with our development and product management teams to help communicate the needs and urgency of our customers
Advocate for our customers, influence product direction through customer feedback
Develop into a highly skilled support engineer with subject‑matter expertise in all types of technologies across the Atlassian stack

Qualifications

5+ years experience in a highly technical support role, preferably in a software environment with Java / J2EE troubleshooting experience

Ability to work 9 : 00AM - 6 : 00PM PDT / PST and occasional weekend shift rotation

Experience and / or familiarity with JVMs

In‑depth operating system knowledge (e.g., Windows and / or Linux)

Familiarity with database concepts (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server or Postgres)

Well‑rounded experience with 1 or more application servers (e.g., Tomcat, Apache, IIS, NGINX etc.)

Advanced knowledge of basic network functions, standards, and protocols (e.g., proxies, SSL, load balancers, LDAP)

Strong degree of empathy for the customer experience

Proven ability to deescalate difficult situations with customers, while multi‑tasking between tickets and potentially mentoring your team

Demonstrated ability to help other support engineers grow their technical and troubleshooting skills

Excellent communication skills, possessing the ability to support customers over email, or screen‑shares

Exhibit strong team‑oriented interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively interface with a wide variety of people and roles from junior engineers to senior executives

Ability to successfully manage your time, balancing multiple tasks with varying levels of priority and urgency

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are :

Zone A : $111,600 – $133,920

Zone B : $100,800 – $120,960

Zone C : $92,700 – $111,240

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity. Please visit go.atlassian.com / payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com / perksandbenefits .

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we’re motivated by a common goal : to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com / crh .

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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