TAC Support Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide L2 support via phone, email, and case portal, ensuring timely resolution within defined SLAs and proper escalation of critical issues.
• Provide support for firewall devices, including setup, upgrades, policy configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Assist with configuration of NAT, VPNs (IPSec/SSL), firewall rules, routing, and proxy policies.
• Analyse traffic logs, system health alerts, and security events using diagnostic tools.
• Guide users on best practices for perimeter defence, intrusion prevention, and remote access.
• Work with customers to resolve device performance, failover, and HA setup issues.
• Contribute internal knowledge base articles and suggest improvements to existing documentation.
• Collaborate with L3 engineering, QA, and product teams for unresolved issues and product-level bugs.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support coverage for high-priority or after-hours incidents as needed.

Technical Skills Required:

• Strong understanding of network protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs etc
• Strong understanding of routing protocols: OSPF, BGP, EIGRP etc
• Hands-on experience with WatchGuard Firebox, or comparable UTM/NGFWs (Fortinet, SonicWall, Palo Alto, Checkpoint etc).
• IPSuite (TCP/IP), VPN, Routing & Switching (OSPF, BGP, VLAN, VTP, STP, EtherChannel, High Availability, IPSLA), ACL, NAT, DNS, DHCP, Packet Analysis (Wireshark & tcpdump), MFA, IPSec, SSL, Log analysis.
• Exposure to Syslog, SNMP, and basic scripting for automation/log parsing.
• Proficiency with CRM tools like Salesforce or Zendesk.

Preferred Certifications:

• WatchGuard Certified System Professional (WCSP - Firebox) or any firewall certifications.

• CompTIA Network+ / Security+

• Cisco CCNA Security Qualifications

• 1 to 3 years of relevant work experience in Network Security product.

• BSc, BCA, B. Tech., M. Tech. or MCA or an equivalent degree from a reputed university

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