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Escalation Engineer

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Canada - Remote
Support and Services
FullTime

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At Illumio, a Most Loved Workplace® certified employer in the Technology space, The world leader in breach containment. Built on AI. Made for Zero Trust..

Onwards Together! Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters. Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running. Location: Montreal, Canada **This role will support Pacific Time Zone * Requirement: Fluency in English, Spanish, and/or Portuguese is required Our Team's Vision: Our Support and Services team plays a crucial role in Illumio's success, from seamless deployments to fostering trusted partnerships with our clients. Joining our team means tackling meaningful challenges, protecting over one million workloads globally, and containing cyberattacks and ransomware before they escalate into disasters. What sets us apart from other security firms is our focused approach. Unlike those managing dozens or hundreds of products, we provide personalized support and expertise through a precise, proven product portfolio. Our approach cultivates a customer base known for its incredible loyalty and desire for genuine partnership. We're committed to ensuring our clients' most sensitive infrastructures are set up for success every step of the way. Your Impact: • You will work with industry leading customers in maintaining Illumio’s technology deployments • You will be responsible for logging and updating cases, informing customers of the case status and providing solution(s) as they become known, in a professional, timely manner, over the lifetime of the support request • Escalation Engineers need to understand customer systems and configurations. Analyze problems/defects and recommend solutions • Be able to work closely with external customers, other support engineers, Development, Sales and others as needed, to gain knowledge and provide solutions • Ability to set customer expectations appropriately and accurately • Provide technical product support to field engineers and technicians for complex problems on company products. May interact with customer and company personnel to isolate and fix product issues • Provide design, reliability and other technical feedback to R&D • Handle escalations to R&D as needed • Provides updates to technical product documentation as issues are identified and fixed • Always interacts with customers directly via email, phone and remote analysis tools. Act as the primary communication contact dealing with customer issues • Populates content and updates to Illumio knowledge base for both internal and external users • Assists internal field teams whenever a pre-sales issue is reported through to engineering • Mentoring team members and provide Peer Learning and Cross-Training Your Toolkit: • Experience as a Technical Support Engineer working with Support and Services functions such as case management and call resolution management • Expertise with Windows and Linux Operating Systems (AIX and Solaris is a plus) • Experience with public cloud infrastructure and services • A drive to solve practical business problems with client-centric solutions • A high attention to detail • Strong organizational, problem-solving and systems analysis skills • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Enjoy learning new technologies, applications, and systems • An enthusiastic self-starter with a commitment to learning, customer empathy, and team communication #LI-REMOTEJW Our Commitment Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions creates a culture of belonging, drives our future, and makes us stronger together in support of our customers and their success. All official job offers from Illumio are extended directly by our recruitment team and will be sent through an official E-Signature document for your review and signature. Please be aware that we do not ask for any personal information in the process of extending offers of employment, such as financial details or social security numbers. Upon acceptance of any offer, we will request such information as part of the onboarding process prior to or on your first day of employment, and only after completing a background check through an authorized third-party vendor. If you receive any communication asking for personal details outside of these processes, please contact us immediately to verify the authenticity of the request. Your security is important to us, and we are committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience. For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Illumio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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