Technical Support Specialist - L2

About the Role
The Senior L2 Technical Support Specialist is an experienced technical expert who owns complex, escalated, and cross-system issues that exceed L1 scope. This role acts as a technical and procedural authority for the L1 and L2 teams, serving as a bridge between clients, frontline support, and L3/engineering. Beyond escalation handling, this position requires deep root-cause analysis, sound judgment on incident and escalation calls, ownership of process quality, and the ability to mentor others, shaping how the support function operates across both managed SaaS and on-premises client environments.

What You'll Do:
Technical Troubleshooting & Remediation (Advanced L2 Scope)

• Independently diagnose and resolve complex L2 issues escalated from L1, including SSO/identity federation, advanced configuration, API and integration failures, data integrity and sync issues, performance degradation, and environment-specific defects.
• Own ambiguous or novel issues with no existing documentation; perform root-cause analysis and apply workarounds or fixes before engaging L3/engineering.
• Conduct in-depth diagnostics: analyzing application, server, and API logs; querying databases to validate data state; tracing requests across services; replicating issues in lower environments; and confirming whether an issue is client-specific, platform-wide, or a product defect.
• Own escalations end-to-end: write precise, engineer-ready defect reports and handoff notes, including reproduction steps, logs, root-cause hypothesis, impact scope, and attempted fixes to minimize back-and-forth with L3/engineering.
• Act as the point of judgment on severity classification and incident declaration; participate in or coordinate major incident responses, including impact assessment and client communications.
• Conduct trend and problem analysis across tickets; drive problem records and permanent fixes with engineering/product before issues become widespread.
• Serve as the subject-matter expert for one or more platform modules, integrations, or product lines, including validating fixes and releases.
• Support release and deployment activities: perform post-deployment validation, investigate deployment-related incidents, and assist DevOps/SRE in assessing impact and rollback decisions.
• Use infrastructure and cloud tooling to determine whether an issue stems from code, configuration, or infrastructure.

Client Relationship Management

• Own technical relationships with key/enterprise accounts and high-visibility clients, including sensitive, escalated, or executive-level situations.
• Lead client-facing technical calls and working sessions for complex or long-running issues, setting expectations and owning communications through to resolution.
• Exercise discretion in de-escalation, understanding when to involve management, L3, or engineering leadership versus resolving independently.
• Partner with account/client success teams on recurring technical pain points, churn risk signals, and root-cause summaries for client reviews.
• Represent the support function's voice in cross-functional conversations (product, engineering, CS), including input on defect prioritization and release readiness.

Knowledge Transfer, Mentorship & Process Ownership

• Own and continuously improve the knowledge base: audit for gaps/outdated content, write advanced troubleshooting articles, and establish documentation standards for L1 and L2.
• Design or refine triage workflows, L1-to-L2 and L2-to-L3 escalation criteria, and runbooks based on recurring failure patterns.
• Lead onboarding and technical training for L1 and L2 staff, including building training materials and upskilling paths.
• Represent L2 in retrospectives, post-incident reviews/RCAs, and cross-team process discussions.
• Act as the go-to technical escalation point for L1 agents and fellow L2 specialists on complex or unfamiliar issues.

What You'll Bring:

• 5–8 years in technical/application support, including 2+ years at an L2 or equivalent level, demonstrating growth in scope and ownership.
• Track record of handling escalated or high-visibility client issues.
• Fluency in Arabic is essential.
• Hands-on experience working in or alongside DevOps environments: supporting deployments and releases, troubleshooting pipeline, container, or configuration-related failures, and collaborating with DevOps/SRE teams on incidents.
• Experience mentoring, training, or informally leading support peers.
• Advanced knowledge of complex enterprise platforms, OS environments (Windows/Mac/Linux), and enterprise authentication patterns (SAML/OIDC SSO, MFA, role-based permissions, identity providers).
• Proficient in log analysis, admin/config tooling, and backend diagnostics to resolve issues without engineering support.
• Solid networking and API knowledge (DNS, VPN, proxies/firewalls, TLS/certificates, REST APIs, HTTP status codes, tools like Postman or cURL).
• Intermediate SQL for querying and validating data state; basic scripting for diagnostics and automation (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
• Hands-on experience with ticketing, monitoring, and observability tools (e.g., Zendesk, Jira Service Management, Statuspage, Datadog).
• Strong knowledge of the end-to-end SDLC and application support lifecycle, including release, deployment, and change management processes.
• Experience creating and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs) and knowledge base (KB) content related to applications.
• Working understanding of the product's architecture to isolate where in the stack issues originate.
• Proactive monitoring through dashboards, alerts, and log reviews, with the ability to act on alerts before clients are impacted.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools: CI/CD pipelines, Git version control, containers, and major cloud platforms.
• Strong coaching and feedback skills; comfortable mentoring peers without formal authority.
• Executive-ready communication for high-stakes client situations.
• Process-oriented mindset with a focus on resolving root causes and preventing reoccurrence.
• Calm, credible presence in escalated or high-pressure situations.
• Collaborative across functions (engineering, product, CS/account management).
• Comfort providing support for both managed SaaS and on-premises/air-gapped installations.

Great Pluses / Preferred Experience

• SaaS/platform support experience.
• Experience with the specific product/stack.

Why Join Us

• Mission-Driven Work: Collaborate on cutting-edge AI applications with a passionate team, solving real-world challenges in critical sectors.
• Unparalleled Opportunity: Innovate and solve real-world challenges using AI at a company with access to world-leading models and resources.
• Career Growth: Competitive compensation, benefits, and significant career growth opportunities as a foundational member of the team.
• World-Class Environment: Flexible working environment and the latest tools & technologies needed to excel.