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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Technical Escalation Manager to lead the resolution of high-impact customer issues within our cybersecurity platform.
In this role, you will act as the primary owner of critical escalations, driving rapid resolution of complex technical problems while ensuring clear communication with enterprise customers and internal stakeholders.
You will work closely with Support, Engineering, Product, and Customer Success teams to manage escalations end-to-end, improve processes, and enhance overall customer experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and manage critical (Severity 1 & 2) customer escalations
- Lead incident response calls (war rooms/bridge calls) with cross-functional teams
- Act as the single point of contact for escalated customers
- Drive timely resolution with clear ownership, timelines, and accountability
- Provide regular technical status updates to customers and internal leadership
- Coordinate with Engineering and Product teams for bug fixes and feature gaps
- Translate technical issues into business impact for executive stakeholders
- Ensure Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is completed for all major incidents
- Identify and drive improvements in:
- Escalation processes
- Knowledge base and troubleshooting playbooks
- Support readiness and training
- Partner with Sales and Customer Success to manage at-risk accounts and renewals
- Track and report on escalation metrics (TTR, SLA, trends)
Required Qualifications
- 8-10+ years of experience in Technical Support, Escalation Management, or Customer Engineering
- 3+ years managing high-severity escalations in enterprise SaaS or cybersecurity environments
- Strong understanding of:
- Cloud/SaaS architectures
- Cybersecurity domains (vulnerability management, compliance, web security, patching)
- Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls)
- Proven ability to lead under pressure and manage critical incidents
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work across global teams and time zones
Qualys is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy.
Skills Required
- 8-10+ years of experience in Technical Support, Escalation Management, or Customer Engineering
- 3+ years managing high-severity escalations in enterprise SaaS or cybersecurity environments
- Strong understanding of Cloud/SaaS architectures
- Strong understanding of Cybersecurity domains
- Proven ability to lead under pressure and manage critical incidents
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work across global teams and time zones
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What We Do
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and leading provider of disruptive cloud-based security, compliance and IT solutions with more than 10,000 subscription customers worldwide, including a majority of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and automate their security and compliance solutions onto a single platform for greater agility, better business outcomes, and substantial cost savings. The Qualys Cloud Platform leverages a single agent to continuously deliver critical security intelligence while enabling enterprises to automate the full spectrum of vulnerability detection, compliance, and protection for IT systems, workloads and web applications across on premises, endpoints, servers, public and private clouds, containers, and mobile devices. Founded in 1999 as one of the first SaaS security companies, Qualys has strategic partnerships and seamlessly integrates its vulnerability management capabilities into security offerings from cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services, the Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, along with a number of leading managed service providers and global consulting organizations. For more information, please visit http://www.qualys.com
