About Keyfactor
Our mission is to build a connected society, rooted in trust, with identity-first security for every machine and human. Keyfactor helps organizations move fast to establish digital trust at scale — and then maintain it. With decades of cybersecurity experience, Keyfactor is trusted by more than 1,500 companies across the globe. We are proud to continually earn recognition as a Best Place to Work, and we achieve that through our amazing people who cultivate our culture as we grow. We hope you will trust your future with Keyfactor!
Job Title: Support Engineer, Tier 1
Location: United States; Atlanta
Experience: Associate Level
Job Function: Support
Employment Type: Full-Time
Industry: Computer and Network Security
Job Summary
The Support Engineer, Tier 1, resolves customer-reported technical issues of moderate complexity and supports the continuity of customer operations. This role demonstrates growing technical proficiency, effective customer communication, and increasing ownership of support cases through resolution. The Support Engineer contributes to team knowledge, follows established processes, and continues to build depth in supported products and technologies.
Applicants must hold US citizenship or US permanent resident status.
Job Responsibilities
Customer Engagement & Support
- Serves as a technical point of contact for customers, engaging via calls and written communication to diagnose issues and provide timely support.
- Responds to customer inquiries within defined SLAs, prioritizing cases based on impact and severity with guidance as needed.
- Communicates technical information clearly and professionally, adapting explanations to customer technical proficiency.
- Provides accurate and timely case updates in alignment with incident severity and communication standards.
- Assists customers with product usage, configuration guidance, and best practices to reduce repeat issues.
Case Ownership & Management
- Manages assigned support cases through resolution with appropriate guidance and escalation.
- Maintains accurate, clear, and technically appropriate case documentation in the support CRM system.
- Produces case summaries outlining troubleshooting steps and resolutions to support knowledge sharing.
- Collaborates with peers and participates in SWARM models to resolve more complex or escalated issues.
- Performs log review and configuration analysis to support root cause identification.
Technical Problem Solving & Analysis
- Uses lab environments and internal tools to reproduce issues, validate findings, and test solutions under guidance.
- Troubleshoots the majority of assigned cases using documentation, established procedures, and peer support.
- Identifies patterns in recurring issues and raises observations to senior team members for review.
- Contributes to internal knowledge base articles and documentation to improve support efficiency.
- Shares learnings and troubleshooting approaches with the team to build collective knowledge.
Product & Domain Knowledge
- Demonstrates working knowledge of supported products and underlying technologies.
- Resolves routine and moderately complex technical issues within assigned product areas.
- Applies product knowledge to evaluate customer environments and configurations with guidance.
- Supports customers with standard deployment, configuration, and operational recommendations.
- Continues to develop technical expertise through hands-on experience, training, and peer collaboration.
Escalation & Incident Support
- Follows established escalation procedures to ensure timely resolution and appropriate visibility.
- Partners with senior engineers and SWARM teams on complex cases and higher-impact incidents.
- Assists in building and maintaining lab environments as needed to support issue diagnosis.
Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
- Participates in team knowledge-sharing sessions and enablement activities.
- Provides feedback on tools, documentation, and processes to improve support effectiveness.
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams as needed to support customer outcomes.
- Supports ongoing initiatives to improve workflows, consistency, and customer experience.
Minimum Qualifications, Education, and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 1–3 years of technical support or engineering experience in a customer-facing environment.
- Ability to manage multiple support cases with guidance while maintaining service quality.
- Strong written and verbal customer communication skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to customer satisfaction and continuous learning.
- Experience with log analysis and troubleshooting fundamentals.
- Working knowledge of database fundamentals, including basic SQL queries.
- Familiarity with Linux operating systems and Windows Server environments. #LI-NA1
Compensation
Salary will be commensurate with experience.
Culture, Career Opportunities and Benefits
We build teams that continually strive to get better than the day before. You will be challenged daily and given opportunities to grow personally and professionally. We balance autonomy and structure to create an entrepreneurial environment to spur creativity and new ideas.
Here are just some of the initiatives that make our culture special:
- Second Fridays (a company-wide day off on the second Friday of every month minus November and December of 2025 due to the Holiday schedule). Please note that this benefit is subject to change.
- Comprehensive benefit coverage globally.
- Generous paid parental leave globally.
- Competitive time off globally.
- Dedicated employee-focused ambassadors via Key Contributors & Culture Committees.
- DIVERSE Commitment, a call to action for a more inclusive and diverse future in business, society, and technology.
- The Keyfactor Alliance Program to support DEIB efforts.
- Wellbeing resources, wellness allowance, mindfulness app free membership, Wellness Wednesdays.
- Global Volunteer Day, company non-profit matching, and 3 volunteer days off.
- Monthly Talent development and Cross Functional meetings to support professional development.
- Regular All Hands meetings – followed by group gatherings.
Our Core Values
Our core values are extremely important to how we run our business and what we look for in every team member:
Trust is paramount.
We deliver security software and solutions where trust and openness are of the highest importance for our customers. We are honest and a trusted partner in every aspect of business.
Customers are core.
We strategize, operate, and execute through a customer-centric view. We prioritize the security interests of our customers, and we act as if their data were our own.
Innovation never stops, it only accelerates.
The speed of change is accelerating. We are committed, through investment and focus, to stay ahead of the innovation curve.
We deliver with agility.
We thrive in high-paced and continually changing environments. We navigate through newly added variables, adjust accordingly, while driving towards our strategic goals.
United by respect.
Respect for all is what unites us. We promote diversity, inclusivity, equity, and acting with empathy and openness, both in our business and in our communities.
Teams make “it” happen.
Vision and goals are not individually achievable – they require teamwork. We pride ourselves in operating as a cohesive team, creating promoters and partners, and winning as one.
Keyfactor is a proud equal opportunity employer including but not limited to veterans and individuals with disabilities.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: Applicants with disabilities may contact a member of Keyfactor’s People team via [email protected] and/or telephone at 1.216.785.2990 to request and arrange for accommodations at any time.
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