
Technical Support Engineer (Hybrid/Columbia MD)
- Columbia, MD
- Permanent
- Full-time
Join our Technical Support Team at Tenable where you'll play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between our products and customers. Solve real-world technical challenges by offering exceptional support for cutting-edge vulnerability assessment and compliance auditing software. Your expertise will shine in complex, multi-layered customer environments. Our suite of products, including Nessus, Tenable One, Tenable.io, Tenable.cs, Tenable.ad, Tenable.sc, and Tenable.ot, offers a diverse range of opportunities. From assisting customers with their first Nessus scanner to guiding them through intricate log correlation and real-time vulnerability analysis, you'll contribute to mitigating cyber risks and closing the Cyber Exposure gap. Join us in delivering top-notch support that makes a difference!Your Opportunity:
- Work closely and build relationships with the rest of the Tenable team, including Sales, Customer Advocacy, Research & Development, and Operations
- Troubleshoot, analyze and address customer technical inquiries and ensure timely problem resolution
- Use remote troubleshooting techniques to troubleshoot and correct issues
- Analyzing vulnerability scan results, system audits, and log events
- Help customers understand vulnerability scan results, system audits, and/or log events and provide clear, concise, and actionable information to quickly resolve issues
- Recreate customer software issues in a lab environment for engineering assessment
- Ensure customer feedback is properly captured and channeled into Product Management and Research & Development
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of Tenable products and information security best-practices
- Create and publish solution knowledge for re-use by customers and Tenable employees
- Continually review personal performance metrics to ensure goals are consistently met
- May perform other duties and responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time
- Opportunities for career advancement within Technical Support as well as other organizations within Tenable
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
- 1+ years of hands-on experience in networking, TCP/IP ports and protocols, Linux/Unix, macOS, Windows administration, patch deployment, and system configuration
- Knowledge of computer, network, and application security; familiarity with Nessus or similar tools is a plus
- Previous experience in customer support or network security
- Strong analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to learn quickly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Customer-focused mindset with a passion for helping clients succeed
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods
- Flexibility to work occasional weekends or holidays
- Must be able to work hybrid/onsite at HQ in Columbia, MD
- Using Nessus and/or other vulnerability management or cybersecurity tools, either professionally or in an academic setting
- Experience with ticketing systems (JIRA, Salesforce, Zendesk etc.)
- Log analysis using a SEIM product (Splunk, ElasticSearch, etc)
- Database technologies and SQL knowledge (Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, etc.)
- Virtualization technology (VMWare, Hyper-V, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Docker, etc.)
- Fundamental understanding of programming languages
- Experience in Industry Security Standards (DISA, HIPAA, CIS, ISO 27001, etc)
- Experience with or understanding of Certificates and CA's
- Basic understanding of reviewing PCAPs with tools such as Wireshark
- Bilingual candidates are desirable but not required (Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Mandarin)