Senior Research Engineer Solution Engineering Team

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Your Role:

Tenable is looking for a highly motivated Senior Research Engineer to join our Research Solutions Engineering Team.

This team serves as the critical bridge between our Research organization and Product teams driving technology transfer and productization of cutting-edge security innovations. Youll transform novel research concepts into tangible MVPs PoCs and production-ready systems that directly impact how Tenable customers manage their exposure.

We need a proactive problem-solversomeone who recognizes that the initial request isnt always the whole story. You will be expected to listen to the goal ask the tough questions and suggest creative alternatives if you see a better way. You are the type of engineer who pauses to ensure were solving the right problem before building the solution.

This is a highly autonomous role operating at the intersection of innovation and execution. Youll work on ambiguous dynamic projects at the forefront of security research. Youll serve as both designer/architect and implementer with your work ranging from rapid PoCs to full-production implementations depending on project needs.

Your Opportunity:

• Drive technology transfer between organizations by building MVPs PoCs and production-ready implementations of novel security capabilities
• Design and architect solutions that bridge the gap between prototypes and scalable product systems that serve Tenable customers at scale
• Partner cross-functionally with researchers to deeply understand their innovations and with product teams to understand customer needs and technical constraints
• Operate autonomously on cutting-edge projectstranslating strategic goals into concrete plans and execution with minimal direction
• Prototype rapidly to validate research concepts then iterate toward production quality based on feedback and evolving requirements
• Navigate technical breadth across technical domains picking up new technologies and concepts quickly as projects demand
• Make critical architecture decisions about what to build how to build it and when to pivot based on evolving understanding
• Communicate effectively across diverse audiencesexplaining research concepts to product teams and product constraints to researchers
• Take ownership of projects end-to-end from initial conception through delivery and handoff
• Collaborate with a small high-impact team (3 ICs 1 senior manager 1 director/research architect) while engaging with the broader Research and Product organizations

What Youll Need:

• 5 years of professional software engineering or security research experience
• B.S. degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or related field or equivalent work experience
• Deep expertise in at least one relevant security domain (e.g. Application Security Vulnerability Management Cloud Security Container Security Threat Intelligence Software Supply Chain Network Security Cryptography) combined with broad general knowledge across security and engineering
• Demonstrably strong programming skills in multiple languages; comfortable picking up new technologies and tech stacks as projects require
• Proven track record of working autonomouslytaking strategic direction and independently charting the technical path from architecture through implementation
• Experience designing systems that balance innovation with production constraints (reliability scalability maintainability)
• Experience building both rapid PoCs and production-grade systems; understanding when each approach is appropriate
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skillsability to work effectively with both research-oriented and product-oriented teams
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid context-switching; thrives in dynamic environments where requirements evolve
• Extreme curiosity and learning agilitygenuine drive to understand how things work and explore new domains
• Pragmatic decision-making skills; knows when to prototype vs. polish when to pivot vs. persist

And Ideally:

• Experience with vulnerability management platforms particularly Tenable products (Nessus Tenable One Security Center)
• Familiarity with NASL (Nessus Attack Scripting Language) or willingness to learn
• Experience working in both research and product organizations; understanding of the different mindsets and priorities
• Background in security research or novel capability development
• Experience with AI/ML systems or emerging security technologies
• Open source contributions or published security research
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and container technologies
• Skilled in presentation on complex topics at conferences in blogs or through technical papers

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