Customer Success Engineer

Kaspersky Lab; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaspersky Lab is seeking a Customer Success Engineer to be the first technical contact for enterprise customers in India. You will analyze and resolve complex product-related issues, troubleshoot configurations, and coordinate with R&D for timely resolutions.

The role emphasizes strong collaboration with CSAM, Sales, and Professional Services to ensure customer success. The ideal candidate has hands-on IT and cybersecurity troubleshooting experience, familiarity with Linux, Windows Server,

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in L1/L2 customer support, technical support, professional services, or technical account management.
• Experience in IT Service Delivery, IT Project Delivery, and IT Security/Infrastructure Maintenance.
• Hands‑on experience troubleshooting enterprise IT, infrastructure, and cybersecurity environments.
• Experience working with SIEM, XDR, EDR, or other cybersecurity solutions.
• Experience handling customer‑facing technical issues, coordinating with internal technical/R&D teams, and driving issues through to resolution.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first technical point of contact for assigned enterprise/MSA customers and handle technical requests related to Kaspersky products.
• Analyze, prioritize, and resolve customer issues based on technical complexity and business criticality.
• Drive issues to resolution within agreed service levels, using first-call resolution or effective workarounds wherever possible.
• Troubleshoot product, system, configuration, and integration issues using logs, traces, system analysis, and other diagnostic techniques.

Skills

Linux & Networking

Microsoft Windows Server

PostgreSQL

ClickHouse

Kubernetes

SIEM / XDR / EDR

Virtualization

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

Wireshark

Windows Event Logs

VMware ESXi

Hyper-V

Job description

• Act as the first technical point of contact for assigned enterprise/MSA customers and handle technical requests related to Kaspersky products.
• Analyze, prioritize, and resolve customer issues based on technical complexity and business criticality.
• Drive issues to resolution within agreed service levels, using first-call resolution or effective workarounds wherever possible.
• Troubleshoot product, system, configuration, and integration issues using logs, traces, system analysis, and other diagnostic techniques.
• Take full ownership of customer issues and ensure clear communication of status, next steps, and expected resolution timelines.
• Escalate complex or product-related issues to Expert/R&D teams with the required technical information and continue to drive them to closure.

Customer Success & Relationship Management

• Build strong working relationships with customer technical teams and key stakeholders.
• Understand the customer's technical environment and business requirements and provide recommendations that improve the effectiveness of Kaspersky solutions.
• Help customers understand Kaspersky product capabilities, configurations, limitations, and best practices.
• Support customers with implementation, upgrades, configuration, health checks, and ongoing product adoption.
• Maintain a proactive approach by identifying technical risks and addressing potential issues before they become major incidents.
• Participate in customer meetings, including onsite engagements, and provide clear technical guidance and recommendations.

Collaboration & Internal Coordination

• Work closely with CSAM, Sales, Presales, Support, Professional Services, Product Management, and R&D to deliver the right customer outcome.
• Support CSAMs in complex customer discussions by providing technical expertise and recommendations.
• Provide technical input for renewals, expansions, upsell opportunities, and new solution discussions where required.
• Coordinate with internal expert teams to ensure customer issues are resolved efficiently and customer expectations are properly managed.

Professional Services & Technical Enablement

• Deliver or support Kaspersky Professional Services activities such as implementation, configuration, migration, upgrades, training, health checks, and technical workshops.
• Provide knowledge transfer and technical documentation to help customers operate and maintain Kaspersky solutions effectively.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including solutions, troubleshooting steps, workarounds, and best practices.
• Contribute relevant technical knowledge and solutions to the internal Knowledge Base.
• Identify recurring issues, technical risks, product limitations, and customer pain points and proactively recommend corrective actions.
• Develop and communicate effective workarounds when permanent product fixes are not immediately available.
• Provide structured feedback to Product Management and R&D based on real-world customer experience.
• Continuously develop technical expertise across assigned Kaspersky products and maintain the required Kaspersky and relevant vendor certifications.
• Follow Kaspersky's technical support processes, security requirements, and compliance policies.

Service & Business Outcomes

The CSE is expected to contribute to:

• High customer satisfaction and retention
• Faster resolution and lower escalation rates
• Higher first-call resolution
• Better product implementation and adoption
• Reduced dependency on R&D / third-line support
• Successful renewals, expansions, and additional product adoption

Requirements

Experience

• At least 3 years of experience in L1/L2 customer support, technical support, professional services, or technical account management.
• Experience in IT Service Delivery, IT Project Delivery, and IT Security/Infrastructure Maintenance.
• Hands‑on experience troubleshooting enterprise IT, infrastructure, and cybersecurity environments.
• Experience working with SIEM, XDR, EDR, or other cybersecurity solutions.
• Experience handling customer‑facing technical issues, coordinating with internal technical/R&D teams, and driving issues through to resolution.

Technical Expertise

• Linux & Networking: Decent hands‑on experience with Linux OS (Ubuntu, CentOS, and other variants) and enterprise networking technologies such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Firewall, routing, and Active Directory.
• Microsoft: Experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2019+ and Windows 10/11. Microsoft certification is an advantage.
• PostgreSQL / ClickHouse: Fundamental knowledge of PostgreSQL and ClickHouse, including basic database troubleshooting, logs, and performance concepts.
• Kubernetes: Basic working knowledge of Kubernetes concepts, components, pods, services, deployments, and basic troubleshooting.
• SIEM / XDR: Experience with any SIEM, XDR, EDR, or cybersecurity platform.
• Virtualization: Working knowledge of virtualization technologies such as VMware ESXi and Hyper‑V.
• Troubleshooting: Ability to analyse and troubleshoot logs, traces, dump files, system performance, and network traffic using tools such as Wireshark, Windows Event Logs, and Linux system logs.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues across OS, networking, databases, virtualization, and security applications, and identify the appropriate escalation path.

Communication Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Good negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to articulate technical issues clearly, communicate next steps with confidence, and manage customer expectations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, partners, internal teams, and R&D.

Personal Skills

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong time‑management and prioritization skills.
• Sound decision‑making and critical‑thinking abilities.
• Structured and process‑oriented working style.
• Demonstrates ownership of customer issues and actively drives issue resolution, root‑cause analysis, and remediation.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross‑functional teams.
• Must be able to work flexible and on‑duty hours when required.

Education / Technical Certifications

• Completed degree or professional education in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Relevant industry certifications are an advantage:
  CompTIA Network+
  CompTIA Security+
  CompTIA Server+
  MCP – Windows Server 2008+ / Windows 7+
  RHCSA (Linux)
  ITIL Foundation
• Internal career path requirements, where applicable.

Languages

• English: Professional verbal and written communication skills.
• Official language of the job location: Verbal and written proficiency.

Application process

• HR Interview
• Meeting with Hiring Team
• Interview with Regional APAC team
• Offer stage & Reference Check