Technical Support
India
Chennai
B2B

Customer Success Engineer

Responsibilities:

Technical Support & Incident Resolution

  • 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. 


Prevention & Continuous Improvement
 

  • 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

  • Professional-level phone 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.
  • Travel readiness. 


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

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