Associate Technical Support Engineer

Tanium; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm is seeking a Support Engineer to resolve technical issues and improve customer satisfaction. The role is hybrid, requiring attendance in the Reading office three times a week. Applicants should possess 3+ years of relevant experience and technical skills in networking and scripting. This position offers opportunities for growth and certification in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Volunteer time off (VTO)

Opportunities for professional growth

Inclusivity and collaborative culture

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in technical roles.
• Ability to master new concepts and technologies.
• Experience in troubleshooting and problem resolution.

Responsibilities

• Triaging and solving customer support cases.
• Documenting best practices to improve customer experience.
• Providing technical subject matter expertise.

Skills

Technical skills in networking, security, operations, scripting, programming

Problem solving

Complex troubleshooting

Good judgement

Independence in problem-solving

Education

Associates degree or equivalent experience

BS degree in Computer Science, MIS

Tools

Tanium platform

Relevant technical certifications (Google IT, CISSP, MCSE, A+/Security+/Network+)

Job description

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 cases
  • Solving customer support cases
  • Working with other Support Engineers to assist with their assigned cases
  • Answering customer questions in the Tanium community site
• Improve customer experience by:
  • Documenting best practices
  • Tracking activity, documenting root cause, and reporting
  • Serving as a technical subject matter expert, focusing mostly on the testing and troubleshooting aspects of the area
  • Testing Tanium and providing feedback to the Engineering teams on how we can improve the overall customer experience

We’re Looking For

Education

• Associates degree or equivalent experience required
• BS degree in Computer Science, MIS, or similar experience a plus

Experience and Skills

Must 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 customers
• Hands‑on Tanium experience
• Relevant 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 required
  • 8140.1 training/8570 certification may be required
  • Prior 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 Tanium

Tanium 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. Securing more than 32M endpoints around the world, Tanium's customers include Fortune 100 organizations, top US retailers, top US commercial banks, and branches of the U.S. Military. 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 www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn, X.

Mission

On a mission. Together.

At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our 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.

Team Care

Each 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 most.

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