Product Support Engineer

Cygilant

Cygilant

Software Engineering, Product, Customer Service
Belfast, UK
Posted on Aug 29, 2023

Job Summary:

This role is part of the SOC organization and helps ensure that the products which underpin the security services we provide are delivering effectively. In this role, you’ll provide technical assistance, troubleshoot customer problems, deploy SIEMs and interface with partners and Engineering to resolve issues. The best candidates are inquisitive, eager to learn, and possess a clear passion for technically supporting customers in the security industry.

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Help customers onboard/deploy monitoring of their on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure.
  • Help customers guide installation of collectors, agents (Windows/Linux/EDR) and other applications.
  • Act as part of a team who are the primary customer and internal contact and owner for security support issues.
  • Provide direct technical support to customers and partners via email, ticket systems, phone, and video conference with screenshare. Work cross-functionally with account managers, security services, software engineers, and other internal teams to solve problems and improve customer experience.
  • Troubleshoot technical issues to determine root cause of problems, propose and implement workarounds, and work to implement a solution.
  • Reproduce customer issues to verify and help understand problems, while ruling out external factors.
  • Create, improve, update, and review internal / external documentation to streamline the customer experience and share key learnings with the rest of the organization.

Required Skills/Abilities:

  • Familiarity with networking concepts & protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP, etc.)
  • Understanding of Operating System fundamentals (Windows or Linux)
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Work well in an organization spread across multiple locations and time zones
  • Ability to prioritize and manage time-sensitive tasks
  • Flexibility in working hours to accommodate US time zone overlaps
  • Willingness to learn new skills, technologies, and proactively drive self-education
  • Log Management experience (including Syslog, Windows Events, and NetFlow) is preferred
  • Demonstrated network troubleshooting and systems administration knowledge
  • Understanding of fundamental cyber security concepts
  • Previous experience working with a SIEM(IBM QRadar, FortiSIEM, Alienvault, Logpoint)
  • Previous experience with other security detection technologies such as firewalls, IDS, or log management (Splunk, etc)
  • Provide analytical and holistic thinking in reconciling security and technical analysis.
  • Ability to work to time critical deadlines.

Education and Experience:

  • Two or more years of technical support experience
  • Degree in a relevant technical discipline or relevant industry certificate. Consummate relevant experience may be accepted in place of missed criteria.

Must be amenable to work in US hours and work on a hybrid setup at least 3x a week in Belfast, Northern Ireland.