
Security Support Engineer I
- Guadalajara, Jal.
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
- Take proactive and reactive steps to mitigate Layer 4-7 security threats against F5 clients
- Interact directly with F5 clients who are under attack via phone, chat, email and/or ticketing systems
- Provide proactive and real-time guidance to customers on network configuration, security protocols, and defensive security response
- Document activities taken in incident management systems, knowledge base, or ticketing systems, as required
- Establish yourself as a trusted security advisor internally and externally
- Assist F5 clients with onboarding and provisioning
- Engage and support cross-functional teams
- Investigate new attacks and vulnerabilities
- Appropriately manage time and customer issues based on issue severity and business needs
- Collaborate with Product Management and Development on requirements and product release activities
- Identify, define, and implement process and procedure improvements
- Ensures documented processes and procedures are relevant and up to date
- 0-2 years’ experience in the Information Security or Network Security field.
- Ability to excel in a dynamic, challenging, security-oriented operations environment
- Undaunted by, and quickly capable of, coming up to speed on new and developing technologies
- Must be able to communicate technical and operational details fluently in English (written and oral)
- Excellent customer service skills
- Troubleshooting and problem-solving ability including analytical thinking and a strong attention to detail
- Experience with global routing and networking technologies (GRE, BGP, ASN routing)
- Good understanding of HTTP
- Technical knowledge in troubleshooting TCP/IP networks
- Fundamental Linux skills
- Knowledge of Layer 7 DDoS attack mitigation
- Ability to perform log file analysis
- Ability to develop creative, efficient solutions to complex problems
- Interest in Cyber security and/or Network security, and/or prior NOC or SOC experience.
- B.S/A.S, in Information System Security or related degree/experience
- Background in Security Incident Response
- Familiarity with a programming or scripting language
- Fluency in additional languages
- Experience with F5 hardware and software (Big-IP, TMOS, iRules, iApps, iControl, etc.)
- Understanding in common enterprise network technologies
- Ability to excel in a dynamic, challenging, security-oriented operations environment
- Undaunted by, and quickly capable of, coming up to speed on new and developing technologies
- Must be able to relay technical information to customers with different levels of technical competence
- Experience supporting corporate customers in production environments, working with relevant technologies
- Experience working with Customer Support and Service Management portals, including provisioning, reporting, and configuration
- Comfortable working with moderate supervision
- Ability to develop creative, efficient solutions to complex problems
- Detailed protocol analysis using tools such as tcpdump, tshark, and Wireshark
- Packet manipulation and crafting using tools such as hping, scapy, and iptables
- Traffic generation and replay using tools such as apachebench and tcpreplay
- Possess a strong drive to continually learn, always asking “Why?”
- Work well in a customer-event driven environment with little day-to-day oversight
- Duties can be performed in an Operations Center environment (Guadalajara) OR remotely within the country (Mexico) while sitting at a desk or computer table
- Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone and read digital material
- Working in an environment where work hours are scheduled shifts in a full-time position
- This role may be required to work outside of core business hours including early morning, late evening, overnight, weekends, and holidays
- May be required to travel (5%), including possible international travel