Software Support Analyst

Innovative Systems, Inc, one of the world’s most trusted providers of best-of-breed data quality and compliance solutions is looking for a talented Software Support Analyst to be part of our Technical Customer Experience team. You will support clients utilizing our award winning, anti-terrorism/anti-money laundering software in the Americas and possibly other parts of the world. 
Location: Based in our World Headquarters, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the ability to work a hybrid schedule. If not based in Pittsburgh, we would also consider remote work options for candidates living in the following areas: Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Washington D.C.

Consistently named a Top Workplace, Innovative has a long-standing reputation for superior customer satisfaction and solutions that are fast, accurate, and scalable. FinScan®, one of our most recognized products, is used by our clients in over 60 countries to identify potential money laundering and terrorist financing threats – helping to keep us all - a bit safer.

What you will do

This is a multi-faceted role in which you will combine your analytic, technical, language, and people skills to keep our customers happy while also assisting our developers and implementation consultants with projects requiring strong technical acumen. Excellent communication skills are needed. 

As a Software Support Analyst, you will use problem -solving, communication, and programming skills. You will learn our product suite inside and out positioning you for a range of great career choices.  You will combine this knowledge with your technical skills to provide superior assistance and resolution to customer inquiries that arise by email or phone.  The issues you handle will vary from simple to the complex and multi-layered requiring:

• analysis, investigation and trouble-shooting of software and system functionality, integrations, product feature-function and adoption issues
• creation and development of SQL scripts and other custom software processes
• collaboration with other teams and departments to assist with quicker issue identification and resolution and to provide them with customer insights that aid in development of bug fixes, new product functionality and features.
• opportunity to learn and work with cloud operations team gaining hands-on experience with Azure and scripting languages

You will not be bored! You'll find variety and interesting new challenges each day enabling you to continually grow your skills as you interact and learn from other teams. Unlike traditional support roles, at Innovative you get to:

• perform simple product installations – providing a pathway into professional services or hosted consulting, pre-sales, engineering, product management and more!
• write knowledge-base documentation and assist with expansion of our self-service portal and customer happiness by helping to develop of top-notch training modules and videos. 
• provide insights that will be used to improve existing solutions and plan those of our next generation
• create your career path by succeeding in the application support role and be rewarded with an opportunity to advance into professional services or cloud operations teams

Requirements we need you to have

We will grow your skills, but there are some things you need to have for starters:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM concentration such as computer science,  information systems, engineering, mathematics, science, or other related concentration
• Programming skill with one or more programming languages such as C, C++, C#, .Net, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML and/or
• Experience with SQL databases and SQL programming language
• Highly analytic with strong problem-solving  and creative thinking skills
• Willingness to be on call after hours in customer support rotation (very minimal)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

It's a plus if you to have

• Prior experience in a customer or technical support role
• Using SQL in a work environment
• Knowledge of Azure or cloud providers/operations
• Knowledge of regulatory risk and compliance
• Bi-lingual or Multi-lingual in any of the following languages: Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Arabic

For candidates local to Pittsburgh, this role will allow for a flexible, hybrid schedule, working in the office 1 to 2 days per week after the initial training period.

About us - we give you

First of all - we take time to learn about you.  There are no robots or machines that are screening your resume for key words.  Next - we provide lots of challenge and chances for growth, a competitive salary, lots of time off, benefits and more!.  We also know how to do – fun!

Our people are a diverse, multi-cultural bunch! You will find friends here and in our offices abroad.  You’ll always have someone to help out and to hang out with!  

Innovative’s world headquarters is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Our regional offices are in London, UK; Mexico City, Mexico; Dubai, UAE and São Paulo, Brazil.

Innovative is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.