RQ11184 - Application Support Specialist - Senior
About the role
RQ11184 - Application Support Specialist - Senior
The closing date is 2026-07-02, 12:00 p.m. Onsite MUST HAVES: Salesforce & SaaS Platform Knowledge o Experience supporting Salesforce-based applications o Familiarity with Salesforce ecosystem (objects, workflows, flows, permissions, reports, dashboards)
Incident & Ticket Management Demonstrated ability to: Manage ticket queues and SLAs Prioritize incidents based on impact/urgency Escalate appropriately while ensuring closure quality Maintains clear, searchable knowledge base entries Customer Support & Service Orientation Proven experience providing end-user support in a SaaS environment Strong customer-first mindset Ability to manage high-pressure situations and user expectations Identity & Access Management Identity-directory administration (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID): security groups, B2B guest invitations, approver / Entitlement Management Hardware authentication token (FIDO2) lifecycle management Start Date 2026-06-15
End Date 2027-09-30
Office Location 56 Wellesley Street West
Organization Health Services Cluster
Business Days
322.00
Max Extension Term(s) 1 Time Application Support Specialist
Technical Expertise: • Provides expertise and technical knowledge about an application or suite of applications, possessing specialist knowledge of operating systems, applications, and software · Experience supporting Salesforce-based applications · Experience resolve application issues within Salesforce environments · Assists with systems integrations · Manages ticketed query system and ensuring comprehensive database of queries and resolutions is kept up to date · Maintains and updates technical documents and procedures · Identifies and resolves technical issues · Aids with maintenance plans and upgrades schedules for the organization’s systems · Develop reports for teams across the business · Balance scheduled service activities with urgent support requests and respond quickly. · Act as a liaison between users and technical teams (DBAs, System Administrators, Network Administrators, Privacy and Security Specialists). · Provide desktop support through the ticketing (eSMT) system and ensure high-quality, timely service. · Create and maintain documents for technical upgrades, such as change requests, implementation plans, resource schedules, and back-out plans. · Salesforce Admin certification would be beneficial but is not essential. · Experience in Functional testing / regression testing, Writing or executing test cases and test scripts · Creates, updates, deactivates, and reactivates user portal profiles via Salesforce User Management. · Administers identity-directory tasks within the application support scope (e.g., Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD): security-group membership management, B2B guest invitations, and approver management in Entitlement Management. · Manages the hardware authentication token (FIDO2) lifecycle — assignment, verification, de-registration, and de-commissioning.
Relationship Management and Communication: · Provides technical support to teams within the organization, and to external clients when required · French proficiency would be beneficial but is not essential. · Delivers regular and customized training to teams within the business · Liaise with the development and Quality Assurance teams, inclusive of third-party vendor and ministry teams · Present complex information equally well to technical and non-technical audience and act as a knowledgeable liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders during the implementation phase · Participates in the operation’s quality assurance testing and review processes · Promote the appropriate application of I&IT to business problems, and undertake comprehensive business needs assessments and analysis of complex business requirements for IT business solutions · Deliver expert-level troubleshooting capabilities to resolve complex issues affecting critical business and infrastructure systems and applications · Manage and escalate issues in a timely, appropriate, and effective manner, and provide clear analysis of options regarding how to proceed with problem resolution · Acts as the Tier 2 point of contact engaging Tier 3 support teams and vendors on behalf of end users; raises infrastructure-level identity, MFA, and platform requests to the appropriate teams through the established service-request process. · Coordinates with change-management teams and business users for account changes and onboarding, using standardized intake and request conventions.
Business Knowledge: • Monitor progress, resolve problems and report regularly to I&IT management and clients’ decision makers • Develop performance measures for business analysis evaluation and conduct follow-up. • Knowledge of AODA and Ontario Design System (ODS) standards. · Working knowledge of privacy obligations (e.g., PHIPA / FIPPA) and privacy-incident / breach handling for systems holding personal or personal health information.
Ensure continuous support of infrastructure and solutions: • Create and maintain documents (e.g. change requests, resource schedules, implementation plans etc.) for upgrades and operational activities Support creation and review of build books, run books, deployment guides and other operations processes as required · Participates in incident and Major Incident management — triage, priority assignment, the Major Incident bridge, parent/child incident records, and post-incident review — and meets defined service-level targets. · Performs Tier-2 containment for cybersecurity incidents (e.g., disabling affected accounts and de-registering affected tokens) and runs a parallel privacy-breach assessment for incidents involving personal or personal health information. · Supports service-continuity and degraded-mode procedures, including manual fallback processes, and participates in periodic continuity exercises.