Senior Support Engineer - Security Products
Fastly · Pune, India · 3mo ago
Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.
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Senior Support Engineer - Security Products
Within Fastly's broader Customer Experience organization, the Security Product Support (SPS) team operates as a specialized unit dedicated to our security portfolio. We are the definitive technical experts safeguarding our customers' most critical web applications and APIs. Our core focus is providing deep, architectural-level support and implementation guidance for Fastly’s comprehensive security suite, including Next-Gen WAF, Bot Management, and DDoS mitigation. The SPS team acts as the vital bridge between standard support operations and Product Engineering. We don't just troubleshoot; we act as technical multipliers who build automation, replicate complex environments, and drive continuous product improvement to ensure our platform scales securely.
About the role
Fastly is seeking a Tier III Engineer to join our Security Product Support (SPS) team. In this role, you are the definitive escalation point for the most complex, high-stakes customer security issues. You will provide deep technical expertise for Fastly's complete security product suite, including Next-Gen WAF (On-Prem, Edge, Cloud), Bot Management, and product-level DDoS Protection.
Operating as a technical multiplier, you will bridge standard support operations and Product Engineering. You are expected to go beyond reactive troubleshooting by building internal tooling, driving automation, replicating complex customer environments, and translating security challenges into actionable insights for our Product teams. If you thrive on solving deep technical integrations and elevating the technical baseline of a global support organization, this role is for you.
What You'll Do:
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Security Suite Subject Matter Expertise: Drive deep technical support, implementation guidance, and configuration optimization for the full Fastly security product suite: Next-Gen WAF (On-Prem, Edge, Cloud), Bot Management, and product-level DDoS Protection features.
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Strategic Escalation Governance: Act as the final technical gateway before security-related cases are escalated to Product Engineering. Ensure all standard mitigation measures have been exhausted, adherence to the "No reply in 3 days" protocol is enforced, and high-quality handoffs are maintained.
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Definitive Issue Resolution & Deep Debugging: Own the most complex, ambiguous T2/T3 customer issues. Troubleshoot and reproduce complex customer environments and configurations in a test lab setting for detailed troubleshooting. Collaborate directly with Product and Core Engineering teams to surface bugs, contribute to documentation, and improve product reliability.
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Tooling & Automation: Identify operational bottlenecks within the SPS team. Build internal tooling, scripts, and automation (using Python, Go, Node.js, or Rust) to improve diagnostic efficiency, clear log noise, and reduce time-to-resolution for security incidents.
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Product Feedback Loop & Customer Insights: Aggregate technical feedback from the support floor. Identify tooling gaps or friction points within the Fastly Control Panel and translate complex technical problems into actionable data for the Security Product teams.
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Mentorship & Leadership: Elevate the overall technical baseline of the support organization. Author high-level technical articles, support runbooks, and internal best-practice documentation regarding product deployment and behavior. Be responsible for facilitating a collaborative environment and empowering Tier 1 and Tier 2 engineers through active training and mentorship on security product implementations.
What We're Looking For:
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Higher-Level Security/DevOps Expertise: 6-8+ years of extensive experience in a high-level IT technical support, DevOps, Systems Engineering, or Tier-3 Escalation role handling enterprise software solutions, with a strict focus on cybersecurity and application security (rather than general network routing/infrastructure).
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Diverse Web Stack Mastery: Proven experience installing, administering, and troubleshooting various web server platforms (Apache, NGINX, IIS) and associated application server frameworks across both Linux and Windows environments.
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Advanced Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting and coding ability to build internal tooling and automate support workflows. Proficiency in languages like Python, UNIX Shell, PowerShell, Node.js, or Rust, with Go (Golang) being a strong plus.
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Core Application & Security Protocols: Deep, authoritative knowledge of core internet technologies and protocols (HTTP/s, DNS, TLS, TCP/IP) and how to debug security software products using common diagnostic tools.
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Containerization & Labs: Deep familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) used to spin up virtual environments and web stacks for security product replication, testing, and vulnerability reproduction.
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Customer-Centric Technical Leadership: A strong focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences for high-profile clients, with the ability to translate highly technical security issues and software bugs into clear, actionable insights for both internal Product teams and customer stakeholders.
We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:
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Systems Configuration Management tools (Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.) to streamline software deployment into hybrid customer environments.
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Modern monitoring, log pipelines, and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Looker, SIEM log streams).
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Direct experience developing or maintaining support integrations (e.g., Zendesk apps, Slack bots, PagerDuty integrations).
Work Hours:
This position supports our global 24/7 operations. Working schedules are:
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Monday–Friday
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Sunday–Thursday
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Tuesday–Saturday
Hours: 9.30pm - 06.30am
Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:
This position is open to the following work locations ONLY:
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India: Pune
Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.
Salary: 21-26 LPA
Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, shift pattern and location.
This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.
Benefits:
We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to meet your needs. Our offerings may vary depending on the country where you work and are subject to change.
Why Fastly?
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We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
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We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
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We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.
We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.
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