Technical Support Engineer

About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the world’s largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform, which is found in our SASE and SSE offerings, protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Named a Best Workplace in Technology by Fortune and others, Zscaler fosters an inclusive and supportive culture that is home to some of the brightest minds in the industry. If you thrive in an environment that is fast-paced and collaborative, and you are passionate about building and innovating for the greater good, come make your next move with Zscaler. 

At Zscaler, our Customer Success Organization is a global, customer-focused team dedicated to delivering high-impact experiences and identifying innovative solutions. We leverage valuable data and research to provide expert, hands-on support starting from the implementation phase and beyond, ensuring customers achieve their goals and leverage our technology to its fullest potential. Together, we create a customer-centric culture that fosters success, adoption, and continuous growth.

We're looking for an experienced Designated Support Engineer III to join our Focal Support team. Reporting to the Focal Support Manager, you'll be responsible for:

• Managing and resolving customer cases assigned to your pod promptly to meet customer needs and satisfaction
• Building trust with customers by understanding their requirements, priorities, and limitations to provide solutions
• Participating in the on-call rotation to monitor and address weekend issues, although it is voluntary
• Collaborating with the product team, engineering, or escalation team to open bug reports for code defects using Jira
• Communicating with assigned customers, keeping them updated on progress and resolutions

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 4+ years of support and networking experienced required
• General firewalls and packet filtering experience and troubleshooting
• HTTP/HTTPS troubleshooting by browsers (performance and errors)
• IPv4, IPv6, routing, DNS, load balancing, proxies, and other layer 2-4 concepts
• Authentication systems such as LDAP, MS AD 

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Network Protocol Analyzers (tcpdump, Wireshark), Network Security (SSL/TLS, VPNs, Firewall, IDS/IPS)
• Zscaler Product Experience 
• VPN technologies such as IPSec and VPN clients, Scripting knowledge (SHELL, Python)

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At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.

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