Application Engineer

Keysight is on the forefront of technology innovation, delivering breakthroughs and trusted insights in electronic design, simulation, prototyping, test, manufacturing, and optimization. Our ~15,000 employees create world-class solutions in communications, 5G, automotive, energy, quantum, aerospace, defense, and semiconductor markets for customers in over 100 countries. Learn more about what we do.

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• Being a 'constant customer advocate' and providing advance level post-sales support to Keysight customers located primarily in North America
• Assists customers debug their networking equipment, such as Firewalls, IPS/IDS, ADCs, DPI devices, routers and switches both on hardware and virtual platforms.
• Assists customers with operations, programming and configuration of Keysight hardware and software (including hardware and software upgrades, product installations and licensing issues)
• Coordinate across multiple fast-paced departments, including Sales, R&D and Quality Assurance to configure, debug and/or deploy Ixia/Keysight's proprietary application and resiliency test equipment and solutions
• Comfortable working in live customer networks, including analyzing TCP/IP and higher OSI layers, security protocol exchanges, packet errors, packet related problems and complex live-network performance and resiliency configurations with next generation security devices (Firewalls, IDS, IPS, etc).
• Triaging customer reported product failures and taking actions to resolve issues by investigating, analyzing and testing customer issues both live or in a lab environment with Ixia/Keysight hardware and software.
• Execute System/Sanity Tests on R&D builds to discover bugs a in new features prior to release deployment.
• Proactively eliciting feedback from Keysight customer base regarding product functionality and quality and communicating with Product Management and Development teams for integration in the form of actionable deliverables.
• Write detailed technical white papers and knowledge-based articles.
• Remaining steps ahead of cutting edge networking and security technologies and new Ixia/Keysight product offerings.
• Always striving to achieve customer satisfaction and Support metric goals

• BS in Computer/Electrical Engineering or equivalent with focus on Internet/Networking/Security domain; industry recognized certifications are desirable.
• TCP/IP networking background a requirement.
• Minimum 3+ years' experience with OSI Layers 4-7 protocols and technologies ranging from Application traffic analysis, routing and load balancing.
• Experience on configuration of firewalls, routers, switches, etc. DPI/IPS/IDS/ADC equipment knowledge a plus
• Experience in SSL/TLS, Security and Threat paradigms and landscape (DDoS, DoS, Attacks, Malware, Evasions, Botnets, etc.) is a plus.
• Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to work collaboratively
• Some travel as needed for training and business meetings

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