Sr. Escalation Engineer at Illumio

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Sr. Escalation Engineer at Illumio

Illumio is hiring a Sr. Escalation Engineer in South Carolina – Remote. The role details below come from the employer’s posting. You apply on the employer’s own site, and TechJobs360 never charges candidates.

1. Job details

Company
Illumio
Role
Sr. Escalation Engineer
Location
South Carolina – Remote
Salary / CTC
$160K – $192K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Experience
See the job description
How to apply
On the employer’s site
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2. Job description from Illumio

ONWARDS TOGETHER!

Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters.

Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.

Location: US, EAST-REMOTE, US, WEST, REMOTE

OUR TEAM'S VISION:

Our Support and Services team plays a crucial role in Illumio's success, from seamless deployments to fostering trusted partnerships with our clients. Joining our team means tackling meaningful challenges, protecting over one million workloads globally, and containing cyberattacks and ransomware before they escalate into disasters.

What sets us apart from other security firms is our focused approach. Unlike those managing dozens or hundreds of products, we provide personalized support and expertise through a precise, proven product portfolio. Our approach cultivates a customer base known for its incredible loyalty and desire for genuine partnership. We're committed to ensuring our clients' most sensitive infrastructures are set up for success every step of the way.

YOUR IMPACT:

– You will work with industry leading customers in maintaining Illumio’s technology deployments

– Security Requirement: Candidates must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain and/or maintain the required security clearance.

– You will be responsible for logging and updating cases, informing customers of the case status and providing solution(s) as they become known, in a professional, timely manner, over the lifetime of the support request

– Escalation Engineers need to understand customer systems and configurations. Analyze problems/defects and recommend solutions

– Be able to work closely with external customers, other support engineers, Development, Sales and others as needed, to gain knowledge and provide solutions

– Ability to set customer expectations appropriately and accurately

– Provide technical product support to field engineers and technicians for complex problems on company products. May interact with customer and company personnel to isolate and fix product issues

– Provide design, reliability and other technical feedback to R&D

– Handle escalations to R&D as needed

– Provides updates to technical product documentation as issues are identified and fixed

– Always interacts with customers directly via email, phone and remote analysis tools. Act as the primary communication contact dealing with customer issues

– Populates content and updates to the company knowledge base for both internal and external users

– Assists internal field teams whenever a pre-sales issue is reported through to engineering

– Mentoring team members and provide Peer Learning and Cross-Training

YOUR TOOLKIT:

– Experience as a Technical Support Engineer working with Support and Services functions such as case management and call resolution management

– Expertise with Windows and Linux Operating Systems (AIX and Solaris is a plus)

– Experience with public cloud infrastructure and services

– A drive to solve practical business problems with client-centric solutions

– A high attention to detail

– Strong organizational, problem-solving and systems analysis skills

– Strong written and verbal communication skills

– Enjoy learning new technologies, applications, and systems

– An enthusiastic self-starter with a commitment to learning, customer empathy, and team communication

Plus Factors:

– Good understanding of modern programming languages, web services, and databases: Ruby, Python, Jupyter Notebook, REST API, SQL, etc.

– Experience with KCS and writing KB articles

– Public cloud certification: AWS, Azure, etc.

– Experience and/or certification in Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.)

– Experience with LoadBalancers: F5, Citrix, etc

Our Commitment

Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions creates a culture of belonging, drives our future, and makes us stronger together in support of our customers and their success.

All official job offers from our company are extended directly by our recruitment team and will be sent through an official E-Signature document for your review and signature. Please be aware that we do not ask for any personal information in the process of extending offers of employment, such as financial details or social security numbers. Upon acceptance of any offer, we will request such information as part of the onboarding process prior to or on your first day of employment, and only after completing a background check through an authorized third-party vendor. If you receive any communication asking for personal details outside of these processes, please contact us immediately to verify the authenticity of the request. Your security is important to us, and we are committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience.

For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Illumio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

3. Skills that usually matter in software engineering roles

General guidance from TechJobs360, not part of Illumio’s posting. The job description above is what counts for this role.

AreaWhat to be comfortable with
LanguagesJava, Python, Go, C# or C++
Frameworks & toolsA web framework, SQL and NoSQL databases, Git, cloud basics
Computer science basicsData structures, algorithms, complexity
Ways of workingVersion control, code review, testing, reading other people's code

4. How to prepare for a Sr. Escalation Engineer interview

Interview formats differ by company and team, so confirm the rounds with the recruiter. Most hiring loops for roles like this cover:

Screening

A recruiter call or an online test. Read the job description twice and be ready to explain how your experience matches it.

Technical round

Often coding problems on arrays, strings, trees, graphs or dynamic programming, solved while you explain your thinking.

Practical or design round

Often design and trade-off questions sized to the role: an API, a component, or a small system.

Manager and behavioural round

Answer with the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result). Prepare two or three real stories: a hard problem you solved, a disagreement you handled, and something you learned quickly.

5. Take-home pay example (FY 2026–27, new tax regime)

An example for two common package sizes, not this job’s salary. Under the new tax regime (Section 115BAC) salaried employees get a standard deduction of ₹75,000.

ComponentExample: ₹12 LPAExample: ₹24 LPA
Basic salary (40% of CTC)₹40,000 / mo₹80,000 / mo
Employee EPF (12% of basic)-₹4,800 / mo-₹9,600 / mo
Income tax (TDS)-₹6,933 / mo-₹32,450 / mo
Professional tax-₹200 / mo-₹200 / mo
Approx. in-hand₹81,344 / mo₹1,44,304 / mo

Work out the take-home pay for your own offer, in either tax regime.

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6. Questions and how to apply

How do I apply?

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Should I apply if I don’t match every requirement?

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