Senior Security Researcher Cloud Threats
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Job Summary
Who is Tenable
Tenable is the Exposure Management company. 44000 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 theyll 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 youre 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!
Your Opportunity:
Tenable Cloud Security is seeking a Senior Security Researcher - Cloud Threats to join our highly technical product research team working at the core of our cloud security platform.
This is a rare opportunity to join an elite cloud security research team and do work that directly shapes our this role you will own the research direction for our Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) capabilities designing detection strategies across agentless and agent-based telemetry expanding coverage across cloud attack surfaces and developing prioritization mechanisms that help customers focus on what matters.
You will perform novel security research to uncover attacker behavior develop detection methodologies and apply detection-as-code principles to build production-grade detections. Beyond product work youll contribute to Tenables external thought leadership writing and speaking about cloud threats adversary tradecraft and detection methodologies.
Were looking for an exceptional adversary-focused security researcher who can bridge threat intelligence cloud security knowledge and detection engineering. Youre curious comfortable with ambiguity and driven to understand how attackers operate in cloud environments.
Your Role:
- Own the research direction for Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) driving the vision for how we detect and respond to cloud threats.
- Design detection strategies across agentless and agent-based telemetry sources focusing on quality and detecting what matters.
- Perform novel security research to uncover attacker tradecraft techniques and behaviors in cloud environments informing both product direction and external research.
- Apply detection-as-code principles to build production-grade detections that ship directly in the Tenable Cloud Security platform.
- Stay current with emerging cloud threats and translate threat intelligence into actionable detection logic and product capabilities.
- Write and speak about cloud threats adversary tradecraft and detection methodologies to strengthen Tenables voice in cloud security.
What Youll Need:
- 5 years of experience in threat research cloud security research or detection engineering
- Strong understanding of attacker behavior tradecraft and threat intelligence
- Solid technical understanding of cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) how attackers operate in them and cloud-native telemetry
- Experience building or designing security detections with familiarity in detection-as-code principles
- Highly motivated curious and able to work independently in ambiguous problem spaces
- Strong communication skills written and verbal with the ability to articulate technical findings and opinions clearly
And Ideally:
- Experience with detection languages or frameworks (YARA Sigma Rego or similar)
- Background in malware research offensive security or incident response
- Track record of published threat research conference talks or technical blog posts
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Were 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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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
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- Machine Learning
- AI
- C/C++
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- Experience Administering Injections
- Research Experience
- Research & Development
- Assembly
- Semantic Web
- Vulnerability Research
About Company
Tenable®, Inc. is the Cyber Exposure company. Over 30,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. As the creator of Nessus®, Tenable extended its expertise in vulnerabilities to deliver the world’s first platform to see and secure any digita ... View more
