Sr. Technical Support Engineer

Trend Micro; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Mental Health Wellness Program

401(k) with company match

Pet Insurance

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Trend Micro seeks a Technical Support Engineer in the Dallas area with 4+ years of related experience to handle high‑impact customer situations. The role includes onsite, online and phone support for Trend AI products, with collaboration across engineering to resolve complex issues.

Hybrid position requiring 3 days per week in Las Colinas. The candidate will mentor peers, work on beta products, and contribute to proactive support initiatives for enterprise customers.

Qualifications

• This is a customer-facing role focusing on solving product, system and network problems of low to high complexity.
• Ability to set up and configure complex lab environments to replicate issues.
• Experience with security tools, firewalls, endpoints and cloud services is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service via phone, email and online requests for technical support.
• Represent the customer to ensure serviceability and product quality issues are tracked and resolved.
• Support deployment, integration and maintenance of Trend AI products in clients’ environments.
• Provide first-call case resolution, troubleshoot software/network issues and drive proactive support.
• Coordinate with engineering to resolve complex technical problems and improve products.
• Utilize AI-assisted knowledge search to improve response accuracy and reduce resolution time.
• On-call 24x7 as scheduled and travel as needed.
• Mentor and train other engineers to improve skills.
• Maintain knowledge of current and beta Trend AI products and integration methods.
• Participate in projects and initiatives to advance support delivery.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Citrix

Python

Go

SQL

Active Directory

Networking tools

SSL/TLS

Job description

TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk.

At TrendAI™, we’re always seeking exceptional talent; people who want to collaborate with the best and push boundaries together. Here, your work goes beyond building a career. You will help protect what matters and play a vital role in shaping a safer, more trustworthy AI-powered future.

AI Fearlessly.

This is a Hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in our Las Colinas office.

Position Summary:

The Technical Support Engineer is responsible for resolving challenging, potentially high impacting customer situations with a high level of tact and understanding. The Technical Support Engineer will also take ownership of the technical support relationship to drive customer satisfaction by proactively managing and resolving technical issues for our customers both onsite, online and via telephone.

Responsibilities:

• Provide exceptional customer service while responding to phone, email and online requests for technical support.
• Represent the customer to ensure serviceability and product quality issues are being tracked, prioritized, resolved, and incorporated into the product release cycle.
• Work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment under minimum supervision to support deployment, integration and maintenance of Trend software products within clients’ networking environments.
• Will provide first call case resolution, software/network troubleshooting and proactive support services Manage a diverse and complex scope of support issues directly related to the use, support, and implementation of Trend AI products and solutions.
• Effectively interact with the engineering teams to provide solutions to complex technical issues.
• Experience using AI‑powered diagnostic and troubleshooting tools to accelerate issue identification, log analysis, and root‑cause isolation.
• Availability for on-call 24x7 within scheduled times and be able to travel when needed.
• Mentor, coach and train other Technical Support Engineers to elevate skills and increase knowledge.
• Maintain and expand working knowledge of current and beta (unreleased) Trend AI products as well as their integration and methods of support delivery.
• Participate in projects, pilot on initiatives and take on tasks that will promote support advancement. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

This specific listing is to assist customers with Trend AI’s platform solution, on-premise and cloud based (SaaS) solutions. The ideal Technical Support Engineer will demonstrate a strong aptitude for learning new technologies, evidenced by their ability to expand upon core knowledge quickly. They should be highly analytical with the ability to derive facts quickly, methodically, and accurately. This is a customer-facing role therefore they will work to solve product, system and network problems of low to high complexity and act as a focal point for problem resolution. As the Technical Support Engineer, they must be able to effectively set up and configure complex lab environments to replicate and resolve customer reported issues.

Demonstrated proficiency with several of the following:

• Security (including anti-malware) tools, technologies and processes
• Software and/or hardware firewall implementation and management
• Strong endpoint security experience, including design, implementation, and management
• Proficiency with operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, SuSE, etc.) including ability to troubleshoot services, applications, drivers and kernels.
• Familiar with SSL communication and other encryption technologies, certificates.
• Cloud technologies: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud including services within these technologies.
• Network analysis using tools and other methods
• Proficiency with AI‑assisted knowledge search, case summarization, and automated customer support workflows to improve response accuracy and reduce resolution time.
• Troubleshooting skills including isolation and debug/log reading analysis.
• Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle database experience, connection and simple queries
• Microsoft Active Directory, and other server roles and services
• VMware, Cisco or any Security Certifications a plus
• Experience with virtualization environments (HyperV, VMware, Citrix)
• Use of enterprise third party tools for implementation and management.
• Programming skills with Python, Go (Golang), and related scripting languages for automation, tooling, and troubleshooting workflows.
• Understanding and a deep knowledge of security integrations to enterprise level environments.
• Advanced skills and learning to be ready for RD (development) related roles.

Experience and Personality Required:

• A minimum of 4+ years of related experience or college degree
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Desired security network, and systems related professional certifications are a plus
• Able to debug problems and deliver solutions with a high level of customer satisfaction
• Ability to work through complex problems and isolate core issues, combined with superb troubleshooting logic
• Self-motivated, self-starter, sense of urgency, personable, open to and adapts to change, well organized, attention to detail and accountable
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to present to small groups of technical individuals
• Extreme attention to detail
• Enjoys problem solving and displays an eagerness to learn new technologies/skills

What We Offer You:

• Comprehensive health benefits and paid time off package
• Pre-partum, maternity, parental, medical leave and adoption assistance
• Mental Health Wellness Program & Annual Wellness Incentive
• 401(k) with company match
• Pet Insurance
• Collaborative and innovative culture

We are committed to fostering a professional, respectful, and inclusive work environment that promotes collaboration and high performance. We value diverse backgrounds and perspectives and welcome candidates who bring unique strengths and experiences.

This position does not offer sponsorship for work permit applications or renewals, either now or in the future. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship, both currently and moving forward. The company will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this role (including, but not limited to, H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT, or any other employment-based visa).

At Trend Micro, we embrace change, empower people, and encourage innovation in a connected world. Our diversity and multicultural workforce are key contributing factors to our success across the globe.

Trend Micro provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Trend Micro does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy and childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care leave status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.