Senior Tenable Engineer

Insight Global - Plano, TX

Full-time - Senior

Plano, TX

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Sr Tenable Engineer will lead the Vulnerability Management System (VMS) team, overseeing a group of 3-4 Tenable Engineers. This role combines project management and people management, with approximately 30% of the time dedicated to these responsibilities. The engineer will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) in Tenable engineering, managing multiple customer-specific projects, running and scheduling vulnerability scans, and ensuring project completion. The position requires strong communication skills to interact with C-level clients and a comprehensive understanding of network architecture and API tool integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 3-4 Tenable Engineers.
• Oversee multiple customer-specific projects.
• Run and schedule vulnerability scans.
• Coordinate project progress and completion.
• Stand up new environments and guide customers through the setup process.
• Communicate effectively with C-level clients and professionals.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on Tenable experience.
• Experience standing up a new environment from scratch (2-3 times with Tenable).
• Experience working with a scan scope of at least 100,000 IPs.
• Experience with both agent and agent-less environments.
• Understanding of the deployment of each element of the Tenable platform for customers.
• Ability to configure access for other teams.
• Experience building and configuring the tool out of the box in a customer environment.
• Basic understanding of network architecture.
• Experience with API integration with tools like Service Now, Okta, CyberArk, Nucleus, etc.
• Experience overseeing multiple projects.
• Experience running and scheduling scans.
• Ability to manage a team.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience working with CISOs and other high-level professionals.
• MS/ME/BS/BE in Cybersecurity.

Nice-to-haves

• Rapid 7 or Qualys experience.
• CEH certification.
• Licensed tester.
• CSSP Certification.
• Additional technology-specific certifications for Tenable Nessus, Qualys, or Rapid 7.
• Preferred VMS Certifications - GIAC Enterprise Vulnerability Assessor (GEVA), CEH, CISSP.
• Military Cyber Commands Background.

Benefits

• Diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Equal opportunity employer policies.