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Tenable

Technical Support Engineer (Remote/West Coast)

RemoteUnited States only
Published
Role
Support
Experience
Mid
Company size
Enterprise
$33.17–$44.39/hr
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Technical support engineer with 2+ years in networking, OS administration, production troubleshooting, and enterprise client support. Must be based on the US West Coast and comfortable with AI/LLM tools. Security, Nessus, vulnerability management, SQL, ticketing, SIEM, cloud, and virtualization experience are pluses.

Core skills

Technical SupportNetworkingVulnerability Management

Required skills

TCP/IPLinuxUnixmacOSWindowsAILarge Language Models

Optional skills

NessusJiraSalesforceZendeskSplunkElasticsearchSQLOracle

Optional languages

Spanish desirable but not required; bilingual candidates desirablePortuguese desirable but not required; bilingual candidates desirable

What you'll do

  • 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

What they require

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
  • 2+ years professional experience with networking (TCP/IP), Linux/Unix, macOS, Windows administration, patch deployment, and system configuration.
  • Experience providing technical support to enterprise clients, troubleshooting complex issues in production or customer environments; network security experience a plus.
  • Demonstrated interest in AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), with hands-on experience professionally or personally.
  • Willingness to adopt and help evolve AI-driven tools designed to accelerate case resolution and elevate the customer experience.
  • Knowledge of computer, network, and application security; familiarity with Nessus or similar tools is a bonus
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to learn quickly
  • Excellent written and verbal communication; customer-focused mindset
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment to help meet business and client needs
  • Flexibility to work occasional weekends or holidays
  • Must be based on or reside on the West Coast
  • Preferred: Using Nessus and/or other vulnerability management or cybersecurity tools, either professionally or in an academic setting
  • Preferred: Experience with ticketing systems (JIRA, Salesforce, Zendesk etc.)
  • Preferred: Log analysis using a SEIM product (Splunk, ElasticSearch, etc)
  • Preferred: Database technologies and SQL knowledge (Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, etc.)
  • Preferred: Virtualization technology (VMWare, Hyper-V, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Docker, etc.)
  • Preferred: Fundamental understanding of programming languages
  • Preferred: Experience in Industry Security Standards (DISA, HIPAA, CIS, ISO 27001, etc)
  • Preferred: Experience with or understanding of Certificates and CA’s
  • Preferred: Basic understanding of reviewing PCAPs with tools such as Wireshark
  • Preferred: Bilingual candidates are desirable but not required (Spanish, Portuguese)

Benefits

  • Opportunities for career advancement within Technical Support as well as other organizations within Tenable
  • Employees are also eligible for variable compensation in addition to base pay (commission for sales roles, bonus for non-sales roles), depending on company and individual performance.
  • medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
  • 401(k) retirement savings with company match
  • an employee stock purchase plan
  • an employee referral program
  • flexible spending accounts
  • an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • education assistance
  • parental leave
  • paid time off (PTO)
  • company-paid holidays
  • health and wellness events
  • community programs

Tenable® is the Exposure Management company.

🇺🇸 United StatesCybersecurityEnterprisetenable.com
$33.17–$44.39/hr