Who is Tenable?

Tenable® is the Exposure Management company. 44,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. Our global employees support 65 percent of the Fortune 500, 45 percent of the Global 2000, and large government agencies. Come be part of our journey!

What makes Tenable such a great place to work?

Ask a member of our team and they’ll answer, “Our people!” We work together to build and innovate best-in-class cybersecurity solutions for our customers; all while creating a culture of belonging, respect, and excellence where we can be our best selves. When you’re part of our #OneTenable team, you can expect to partner with some of the most talented and passionate people in the industry, and have the support and resources you need to do work that truly matters. We deliver results that exceed expectations and we win together!

Tenable Cloud Security was born out of the acquisition of Ermetic, an innovative cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) company, and a leading provider of CIEM. The acquisition marks an important milestone in Tenable’s mission to shift organizations to proactive security and deliver market-leading contextual risk visibility, prioritization and remediation across infrastructure and identities, both on-premises and in the cloud.

Your Opportunity:

Tenable Cloud Security is seeking a senior cloud security researcher to join our talented team of folks who live and breathe cloud security. The job includes researching the cloud’s different assets, roles, relations, and configurations to lead innovation and problem-solving, build strategies for attacking and defending cloud environments, and foster a profound understanding. 

You will work closely with the product and engineering teams to ensure that our deep understanding of cloud security translates into value and features to secure Tenable Cloud Security’s customers.

Furthermore, you will be in charge of fostering technical expertise and innovation. You will present your novel work at conferences and author papers and blogs.

If you’re a curious, creative, technical person with strong systemic thinking and a passion for taking things apart and understanding how they work, we encourage you to apply.

Your Role:

Serve as a technical leader and contributor for a research team exploring emerging cloud technologies and services

Conduct technical research on cloud platforms to yield new insights, theories, analyses, data, algorithms, and prototypes

Work closely with the product and engineering teams to solve difficult problems and lead innovation in the product

Follow emerging security trends and threats, author blogs about novel cloud research, and deliver content to customers and the cloud security community

What You'll Need:

7+ years of experience in security research, vulnerability research, threat research, cloud R&D, or offensive security

Experience with and knowledge of cloud environment architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Data analysis and coding skills

Strong communication skills – written and verbal

Highly motivated, great self-learner, curious, responsible and independent

And Ideally:

B.Sc. or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent professional background

Threat intelligence, red team, or incident response experience 

Experience with Kubernetes and container technology

Experience with data/security analysis

Knowledge of OS Internals

Web exploitation experience

Reverse Engineering experience

We’re committed to promoting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Tenable - through all equal employment opportunity laws and regulations at the international, federal, state and local levels.  If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact for further assistance.

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