Associate Technical Support Engineer

Overview

This is a hybrid position, which will require in person attendance 3 times a week in our Reading office.The Basics:At Tanium, our Support Engineer fulfills a necessary role in our organization to serve our customers by resolving technical issues and answering technical questions that customers have in a timely manner. With a primary focus on customer satisfaction, Support Engineers work both reactively and proactively to improve the overall experience of our enterprise customers when using Tanium. This role will report to a Support Manager.As a Support Engineer, you’ll have continuous opportunities to apply your best technical skills while building new skills ranging from scripting to debugging.What You’ll Do:Assisting customers by:

Triaging inbound support casesSolving customer support casesWorking with other Support Engineers to assist with their assigned casesAnswering customer questions in the Tanium community site

Improve customer experience by:

Documenting best practicesTracking activity, documenting root cause, and reportingServing as a technical subject matter expert, focusing mostly on the testing and troubleshooting aspects of the areaTesting Tanium and providing feedback to the Engineering teams on how we can improve the overall customer experience

We’re Looking For:EducationAssociates degree or equivalent experience requiredBS degree in Computer Science, MIS, or similar experience a plusExperience and SkillsMust Haves:3+ years into their career field with solid technical skills in one or more areas of networking, security, operations, scripting, and/or programming.Ability to master new concepts and technologies; continually striving to master the Tanium platform and modules.Problem solving; can break problems down into manageable, ordered piece parts and successfully convey the problem statement and plan to others.Aptitude for comprehending complex troubleshooting.Good Judgement; understand the importance of weighing cost and value in decision making and practice making good judgement calls with improved consistency over time.Independent; should be able to independently work on problems; should be able to complete tasks with limited assistance; participate in projects and follow technical support procedures only requiring help on more complex enterprise initiatives or issues.Good to Have:Prior experience and breadth of knowledge needed to support customersHands-on Tanium experienceRelevant technical certifications (Google IT Support Professional Certificate, CISSP, MCSE, A+, Security+, Network+ combined, etc.)For Federal Roles only:

Security clearance or ability to obtain a security clearance may be required8140.1 training/8570 certification may be requiredPrior military service in a related field (e.g. Navy Cryptologic Technician - Networks, USAF 3D or 1B, Army 17C or 35Q, 25D, etc.) a plus

Experience in one or more of the following technical domains: Endpoint Security, Endpoint Support/Troubleshooting, Incident Response, Systems Management, Utility Scripting (bash, PowerShell, VBScript, Python).About TaniumTanium delivers the industry’s only true real-time cloud-based endpoint management and security offering. Its platform is real-time, seamless, and autonomous, allowing security-conscious organizations to break down silos between IT and Security operations that results in reduced complexity, cost, and risk. Tanium serves more than 32M endpoints around the world and counts Fortune 100 organizations, top US retailers, top US commercial banks, and branches of the U.S. Military among its customers. It also partners with the world’s biggest technology companies, system integrators, and managed service providers to help customers realize the full potential of their IT investments. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for nine consecutive years and ranks on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. For more information on The Power of Certainty, visit Tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.On a mission. Together.At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes collaboration, respect, and diversity. We pursue revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments solve their IT challenges, strengthened by diverse perspectives and collective actions.We are an organization with stakeholders around the world and it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.Taking care of our team membersEach of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.For more information on how Tanium processes your personal data, please see our Privacy ..... full job details .....