Senior Customer Support Systems Administrator

We're looking for a skilled System Administrator to join our Customer Support Operations & Strategy team. In this role, you'll be the backbone of our support infrastructure - ensuring that our systems are secure, reliable, and always optimized for performance. As Mercury's Zendesk ecosystem and CS tech stack continue to grow in scope and complexity - and as we move toward a bank charter* - this role is increasingly central to how we scale, automate, and govern our systems. If you're excited about building creative solutions and making a tangible impact on customer & agent experience, we'd love to hear from you! What You'll Do: • Zendesk Administration: • Manage our Zendesk implementation - both intraday maintenance and supporting Zendesk through strategic business growth • Work alongside our existing team of Systems Admins to ensure our Zendesk ecosystem remains cohesive, consistent, and well-coordinated as our footprint grows • Develop and maintain an internal comprehensive knowledge base for our Zendesk configuration & procedures • Generate, analyze, and report on Zendesk metrics to guide improvements in customer service strategies • Regularly audit for gaps & efficiencies, lead projects to improve or expand our setup based on findings • Tools & Technology • Help oversee the configuration, maintenance, performance, and optimization of the general CS tech stack (e.g. WFM & QA tooling, apps, company tools - Notion, Guru, Slack, Okta etc.) • Implement, monitor, and maintain system security protocols to protect sensitive data • Manage the prioritization and delivery within sprint cycles; updating tasks, tracking progress, and ensuring timely completion of tasks • Systems & Automation Strategy • Stay closely in the loop on new features and releases from Zendesk and other CS tools, and evaluate new apps or integrations that could create efficiency across customer-facing teams • Proactively identify opportunities to automate workflows and processes, with a particular focus on leveraging AI solutions to make agents more efficient, help us serve customers faster, and reduce tedious backend work • Surface cost-saving or time-saving opportunities for backend processes, including working with Mercury's broader IT team to develop a stronger integration between CS tools and Okta • Compliance & Regulatory Risk • As Mercury approaches its bank charter, create, formalize, and document Admin processes and controls within Zendesk to help ensure compliance with relevant regulations • Partner with Risk and Compliance stakeholders to identify and minimize regulatory risk within our Zendesk configuration and permissions structure • Collaboration & Support • Take part in "firefighting" duties, fielding and resolving ad hoc Zendesk support requests from users across all customer-facing teams - not just CS, but teams like Risk, Disputes, and Partnerships as well • Serve as the go-to technical expert, providing guidance and training both in partnership with L&D and through direct engagements • Primary partner to engineering teams; ensuring Zendesk is continuously improving internally • Collaborate with business teams on process improvements, change control, and project status updates • Continuous Improvement • Stay current with industry trends and best practices, bringing a voice and point of view to our strategic programs • Lead initiatives that simplify and improve the experience for customers, agents, and the business What you bring: • Technical Expertise: • 3-5 years of hands-on Zendesk Administrator experience; demonstration of strong knowledge of the Zendesk platform • Knowledge of system security, monitoring tools, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or similar) • Experience integrating Zendesk across a company's te