Working a customer-facing third-tier support queue.
Deep diagnosis of customer issues, including lab reproduction and source-code analysis.
Quantifying customer impact and prioritizing solutions both within and external to the Support team.
Engaging with both customers and the Sales organization through email, telephone and remote management sessions (e.g. WebEx, Zoom, GotoMeeting).
Engaging with Engineering teams to provide prompt and high-quality workarounds and solutions.
Identifying, qualifying and documenting product, hardware, software and process improvements.
Developing Support processes, tools and documentation to further grow the Support organization.
Developing customer-facing content (e.g. knowledge-base, how-to guides).
Limited on-call/out-of-hours support for weekends/national holidays.
Collaborate with your colleagues on investigations and escalations.
Being the embodiment of a team player; cross functional collaboration and communication is vital.

Strong experience supporting an international customer base.
At least 5 years working in a technical support and/or escalation engineer role.
Experience in diagnosis and resolution of complex customer issues.
Expertise in Linux-based systems, their management, operation and application stacks.
Good understanding of current security technologies and risks.
Excellent understanding of TCP/IP network protocol suite including packet capture analysis.
Basic understanding of SQL and non-SQL databases.
Able to work as part of a geographically dispersed global Support team.
Initiative to proactively identify new issues and drive their resolution.
Some exposure to virtual environments.
Some exposure to cloud environments and support of cloud/SaaS applications.
Must be a U.S. Citizen

Technical Support Engineer

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