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Forescout Technologies Inc. · 1 day ago

Technical Support Engineer

Forescout Technologies Inc. is a leader in cybersecurity, offering solutions to protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats. The Technical Support Engineer will serve as a key technical resource, providing expert guidance to customers and supporting engineers in resolving technical issues.

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Responsibilities

Develop a deep understanding of Forescout products and in-depth knowledge of environments in which they are deployed and will use his knowledge and experience to solve technical problems for customers and to act as an adviser to less experienced team members
Completes assigned duties with minimal direction from Technical Services Leadership
Routinely acts independently while researching and developing solutions to customer issues
Acts as a technical point of contact and are repeatedly sought by others to provide specialty knowledge to assist them in their problem-solving
Routinely monitors and develops knowledge assets to enable customer self-sufficiency
Makes collaborative effort within the team to resolve complex customer issues
Participates in knowledge transfer with teammates through delivering formal team training sessions, brown bags, and formal mentoring
Creates and reviews knowledge-based articles and notes
Achieves a high level of expertise in all areas of the product
Provides knowledge transfer with teammates through formal team training sessions, brown bags, and mentoring of other team members
Capable of handling cases and escalations within guidelines
Capable of independently solving customer issues onsite
Liaison to Engineering on product issues including design, features, and defects
Occasionally travels to customer sites in emergency situations to solve technical problems

Qualification

TCP/IP networksNetwork security solutionsLinuxWindowsVirtualizationASA firewallsPalo Alto firewallsCisco switchesJuniper switchesBrocade switchesCISSP certificationDebuggingRoot-cause analysisCustomer-facing skillsDocumentationProblem-solvingTeam collaborationTechnical mentoring

Required

Understanding of enterprise computing environments, distributed applications, and strong knowledge and understanding of TCP/IP networks to include ASA, Palo Alto firewalls, and Cisco, Juniper, and Brocade switches
Hands-on experience in both Windows and Linux, Mac OSX platforms with a solid understanding of networking principals and security best practices
Understanding of the system hardening processes, tools, guidelines, and benchmarks
Advanced Administrator's level of understanding of Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX)
Computer Networking Systems Administrator level knowledge of all protocol layers
Strong knowledge of enterprise networking environments
Expertise in debugging and root-cause analysis in complex systems and large environments
Experience installing, implementing, and debugging network access control security solutions
VMware -VSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and PGSQL
Understanding of programming languages: C, Java, and Perl
6+ years of technical experience in a support role (in an enterprise-level support environment is a plus)
5+ years of experience troubleshooting hardware related issues
Outstanding customer-facing skills
Expert ability to assess situations and adapt according to customer needs
Strong knowledge and experience working in a complex multi-team based technical support environment
Ability to troubleshoot heterogeneous environments
Capable of documenting problems and solutions for internal as well as external customers
Model documentation and case management practices
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience

Preferred

Experience with design and configuration of Forescout products
Industry Certifications such as CISSP, CASP, Security+, CEH, SANS (GCIA, GCIH, GREM, GPEN)
FSCA certification
CISSP certification or equivalent

Benefits

We cover 88% of employee and dependents’ health care premiums
100% company paid employee life and disability insurance premiums
401K match
Generous FTO policy (U.S. only)
Option to purchase voluntary life, accident and critical illness insurance
Employee assistance program
Maternity and parental bonding leave with supplemental pay

Company

Forescout Technologies Inc.

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For more than 25 years, Fortune 100 organizations, government agencies, and large enterprises have trusted Forescout as their foundation to manage cyber risk, ensure compliance, and mitigate threats.

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (4)
2024 (6)
2023 (5)
2022 (11)
2021 (3)
2020 (5)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$125.72M
Key Investors
Wellington ManagementFounders Circle CapitalAmadeus Capital Partners
2024-02-01Post Ipo Equity· $0.34M
2020-02-06Acquired
2017-10-26IPO

Leadership Team

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Oded Comay
CTO
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Sunil Varkey
Chief Technology Officer, Regional : EMEA & APJ
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