Your Role: Tenable is looking for a Research Engineer to join our security research team.
This position will involve researching methods for testing configurations and adherence to security baselines and industry best practices.
Primary responsibility includes developing checks to evaluate customer environments via our products.
This role will involve some interfacing with stakeholders outside the Research team.
Your Opportunity: Works on advanced research and development initiativesImplements detection logic and scripts while minimizing false positives & false negativesParticipates in detection logic discussions and the research of new methods for detectionWhat You'll Need: Keep abreast with the advancements and developments in the security industry and perform research to keep our customers secureDevelop detection scripts for Tenable's sensors (Nessus vulnerability scanner and others) based on the research findingsResearch and develop methods of detection for additional services and products from different vendorsGood programming skills: C#, Go, PythonExperience with regular expressionsMachine Learning/GenAI experienceAbility to operate independently with minimal supervision as well as collaborate and work with others as part of the larger research team.Experience working with multiple operating systems (proficiency with Linux a must)Outstanding written and verbal communication skillsStrong attention to detail and able to shift priorities as neededWillingness to explore and learnB.S.
degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experienceAt least 2 years of R&D experienceProven ability to independently research and publish findings in the cybersecurity domain spaceAnd Ideally: Experience with security standards and frameworks such as NIST 800-53, CIS, HIPAA, PCI and DISA STIGSExperience with text parsingExperience with Data transformation (XSL/JQ)Experience with REST API usageExperience with systems administration and be comfortable working at the command lineExperience implementing security controlsOne or more security related certifications (e.g.
CISSP, CISA, CISM) (Desired)
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