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# Senior Research Engineer at Tenable, Inc.

- **Company:** Tenable, Inc.
- **Location:** Boston, MA / Columbia, MD
- **Compensation:** $123k–$163k
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/tenableinc/jobs/5409252008

## Job description

Who is Tenable?

Tenable® is the Exposure Management company. Over 40,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. Our global employees support 65 percent of the Fortune 500, 50 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!

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without sponsorship. We are unable to provide sponsorship for work visas of any kind at the time of hire, or at any point during employment. This includes, but is not limited to: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, J-1, etc

Your Role:

Tenable is looking for a Senior Research Engineer to join a hybrid function that bridges Security Response (SRT) and Decision Science Operations (DSO) within the Research Special Operations group. You will split your time between two complementary missions: responding to high-profile security events and producing the external-facing content that positions Tenable as an authority, and applying quantitative analysis and operational design to help Research leadership make better, faster decisions about where to invest effort.

Day to day, you will monitor the threat landscape, coordinate Tenable's end-to-end security response process when a major vulnerability breaks, write the blogs and advisories that follow, and then turn around and ask "what does the data tell us about where we should focus next?" You will work across Research, Public Relations, Marketing, Product, and Program Management to coordinate and deliver actionable business results.

This is a strong fit for someone who wants hands-on security research balanced with the analytical, process-improvement work that shapes how a research organization operates.

Your Opportunity:

Security Response

- Monitor the threat landscape, track high-profile events in real time, and research the impact of emerging and existing vulnerabilities
- Champion and drive the Security Response process end to end: brief internal stakeholders, coordinate product coverage across engineering teams, arm PR and community channels with current threat information, and maintain continuous cross-functional engagement throughout an event
- Create and refine technical content including blogs, whitepapers, advisories, conference presentations, and webinars for identified security events
- Respond to media inquiries and customer-driven events as they occur
- Automate the discovery and triage of high-profile events from open-source channels, vendor advisories, and internal telemetry
- Synthesize emergent threat and vulnerability intelligence into actionable items for the appropriate team backlogs

Decision Science Operations

- Partner with Research leadership to design and execute data-driven frameworks for development and coverage prioritization
- Collaborate with research and product teams to deliver richer contextual intelligence for identified vulnerabilities
- Build and maintain operational dashboards and analytical workflows that surface trends across the threat and vulnerability landscape
- Provide analytical support and timely insights to internal stakeholders to inform product and business decisions

What You'll Need:

- Ability to work in a hybrid/on-site capacity at Tenable headquarters in Columbia, MD or Boston, MA
- B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Operations Research, or a related discipline or 5+ years of equivalent professional experience
- 4+ years of programming and scripting experience (Python, SQL, or comparable)
- Strong working knowledge of common security vulnerabilities, CVSS scoring, vulnerability detection, exploitation techniques, and classification methodologies
- Experience with data analytics platforms and business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau) and with Python data-science tooling (Jupyter, pandas, etc.)
- Familiarity with internet-facing asset discovery and search platforms such as Shodan and Censys
- Broad understanding of infrastructure fundamentals: networking, common protocols, services, and the general technology landscape
- Demonstrated ability to write technical blogs, whitepapers, and research papers, and to present findings to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams, prioritize competing demands, and set expectations with stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable coordinating across highly distributed, cross-functional teams
- Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision while contributing as a collaborative member of the broader research team
- Comfort with agile methodologies and fast-paced, event-driven work

And Ideally:

- Experience with security response, incident coordination, or vulnerability disclosure processes
- Background in exposure management, threat intelligence, or CTEM program support
- Experience building automated data pipelines or integrating intelligence feeds Public speaking experience at security conferences (e.g., BSides, RSA, Black Hat)

#LI-Hybrid

## #LI-MS1

This is the base pay range for this position. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, location and experience, and may fall outside of the range shown. Employees are also eligible for variable compensation in addition to base pay (commission for sales roles, bonus for non-sales roles), depending on company and individual performance. Tenable also offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefits which include: medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance; 401(k) retirement savings with company match; an employee stock purchase plan; an employee referral program; flexible spending accounts; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); education assistance; parental leave; paid time off (PTO); company-paid holidays; health and wellness events; and community programs.

US Pay Range $122,500—$163,166.67 USD

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 Recruiting@Tenable.com for further assistance.

Tenable Data Consent Statement

Tenable is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. Depending on your location, one or more of the following notices may apply to you:

[General Applicant Privacy Notice](https://static.tenable.com/marketing/hr/Tenable_General_Applicant_Privacy_Notice_FINAL_4-29-2026_branded.pdf) [California Applicant Privacy Notice](https://static.tenable.com/marketing/hr/Tenable_CCPA_Notice_Applicants_FINAL_4-29-2026_branded.pdf) [EU/EEA/UK Applicant Privacy Notice](https://static.tenable.com/marketing/hr/Tenable_EEA_UK_Applicant_Privacy_Notice_FINAL_6-4-2026_branded.pdf)

## About Tenable, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tenable is the Exposure Management company, providing an AI-powered platform that unifies security visibility, insight, and action across the entire attack surface to help organizations understand and reduce cyber risk.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Ticker: TENB)
- **Headquarters**: Columbia, Maryland, USA
- **Founded**: 2002
- **Founders**: Ron Gula, Jack Huffard, Renaud Deraison

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Cybersecurity (Exposure Management, Vulnerability Management, Cloud Security, OT Security, Identity Security)
- Target customers: Enterprise, SMB, and government organizations (B2B) — serving over 44,000 customers worldwide, including 65% of the Fortune 500 and 50% of the Global 2000 [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/about-tenable/about-us)
- Mission or purpose statement: "We believe every business has the right to pursue its ambitions free from security worry. This is why we dedicate ourselves to isolating and eradicating the cyber exposures that hold organizations back." [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/about-tenable/about-us)

## Products & Services
- **[Tenable One](https://www.tenable.com/)**: The company's flagship Exposure Management platform. It unifies visibility, insight, and action across the entire attack surface (IT, cloud, OT, identity, third-party applications, and AI) using native signals, exposure intelligence, and third-party data. It is powered by **Tenable Hexa AI**, which provides agentic orchestration to accelerate remediation.
- **Vulnerability Management**: Core solution for discovering assets and prioritizing vulnerabilities based on risk.
- **AI Exposure**: Provides visibility into the AI supply chain, including LLM integrations and data pipelines, to identify misconfigurations and shadow AI.
- **Cloud Security (CNAPP)**: Reduces cloud risk by closing misconfigurations, risky entitlements, and vulnerabilities across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
- **Identity Exposure**: Continuously discovers assets and uses risk-based prioritization to focus on the most exploitable vulnerabilities.
- **OT Exposure**: Manages security across cyber-physical ecosystems, bridging the gap between IT and OT.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available in search results. (Public company; market cap fluctuates with stock price.)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue — Not publicly available in search results. (As a public company, revenue is disclosed in SEC filings like 10-K/10-Q; the latest figure was not cited in the provided search results.)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The company went public in 2018 in one of the largest raises for a U.S.-listed security company at the time. Key leadership includes co-CEOs Steve Vintz and Mark Thurmond [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/about-tenable/about-us).
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Exposure Assessment Platforms.
  - Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide Exposure Management 2025 Vendor Assessment.
  - Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Unified Vulnerability Management Solutions, Q3 2025.
  - Serves 44,000+ customers worldwide, including 65% of the Fortune 500.
  - Processes 1.7 trillion unique exposure data points per year and covers 336,000+ CVEs [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/about-tenable/about-us).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Market Leadership**: Consistently recognized as a Leader by major analyst firms (Gartner, Forrester, IDC) in the exposure management and vulnerability management categories.
- **Vast Data Fabric**: The Tenable Exposure Data Fabric and Hexa AI provide a unique ability to understand how risk moves through an environment, enabling precise prioritization and coordinated remediation across teams and AI agents.
- **Broad Coverage**: Unifies visibility across IT, cloud, OT, identity, and AI — a breadth that few competitors match.
- **Scale & Trust**: Trusted by a massive portion of the Fortune 500 and Global 2000, creating a strong network effect and brand moat.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Powered Exposure Management**: Deep investment in Tenable Hexa AI for agentic orchestration, aiming to shorten the time from detection to resolution.
- **Expanding the Attack Surface View**: Continuously adding new domains (AI, identity, OT) to the platform to provide a truly unified view.
- **Closing the Gap**: The core mission is to "close the gap between exposure and attack" by making exposure clear and actionable for customers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Recognition**: Great Place to Work Certified, 2025 Best Workplace in Technology, 2025 Best Workplaces in Tech in the UK, and Best Workplace for Disability Inclusion [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/careers).
- **Work Model**: Hybrid and remote opportunities available. "Hub" roles require some weekly in-office presence, while Field/Remote roles are more flexible with occasional office attendance [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/careers).
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive health benefits (physical, mental, and family-forming plans), retirement plans, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), equity incentives, life and disability insurance, and generous paid time off.
- **Professional Development**: Customizable opportunities including learning courses, mentorship, leadership programs, and tuition reimbursement.
- **Engineering & Research Focus**: Strong emphasis on world-class research (covering 336K+ CVEs) and engineering innovation. The company is building "innovative platforms, products and features to help our customers stay one step ahead" [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/careers).
- **Global Impact**: Work with a team across 40 countries, serving 44,000+ customers including some of the largest organizations in the world.

## Sources
1. [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/)
2. [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/about-tenable/about-us)
3. [tenable.com](https://www.tenable.com/careers)
4. [greenhouse.io](https://boards.greenhouse.io/tenableinc)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tenableinc)

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