Who is Tenable?

Tenable® is the Exposure Management company. 44,000 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 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!

Tenable is not only building great products and carving out a completely new category, but we are also building a world-class engineering culture, and committed to hiring the very best.

We are looking for a highly motivated, customer-focused Senior Software Engineer to join our award winning on-premise enterprise vulnerability management product Tenable.sc. Tenable.sc enables organizations to address the ever-evolving challenge of understanding and mitigating their cybersecurity risk, while keeping their data under their control. Built on leading Nessus technology, Tenable.sc provides organizations with clear, actionable insights into their data with highly customizable dashboards, reports and workflows. 

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Tenable.sc team, you will be a relentless champion for our customers and a change agent in developing innovative ways to resolve their issues. You will partner with the PM to find ways to improve the product today and help lay the groundwork for tomorrow. 

Your Opportunity:

  • Get in on the ground floor: As part of working on a distributed team, you'll have a broad scope with an opportunity to make meaningful contributions to a product that forms the backbone of security infrastructure for companies and governments across the world. 

  • Innovate: As an organization, we run an “Innovation Sprint” at the start of every quarter where engineers can work on their own feature ideas, or try out new technologies.. You can demo your work in front of the rest of the company and pair up with people from other teams. 

  • Learn new things: We provide a training budget for you to attend conferences or workshops.

  • Raise the bar: We are always looking for ways to improve ourselves, our tech stack, and our product’s features. Bring your ideas and experiences to the table and help make a lasting impact.

  • Collaborate: Work closely with Product Managers, other engineers, designers, QE and stakeholders to continuously iterate on our products and drive consensus. You will have the opportunity to support and mentor your peers inside and outside your team.

What You'll Need:

  • B.E. or M.E. degree in Computer Science or a related field 

  • 5+ years of experience in creating well-written application

  • Experience with PHP 

  • Application development experience on Unix/Linux

  • Experience designing, developing, and utilizing Restful API’s

  • Experience developing single-page applications in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

  • Strong understanding of design patterns and data structures

  • Exposure to the full software development life cycle (SDLC): requirements analysis, design, estimation, development, QC and unit testing

  • Experience in CICD tools such as Jenkins

  • Proven ability to work independently and effectively in a distributed team

  • Experience in working in an Agile team, and an enthusiasm for working collaboratively within and across product teams

And Ideally:

  • Preferred, experience with network security systems is a plus

  • Preferred, experience with Linux operating systems, particularly Red Hat variants

  • Preferred, experience with a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) like SQL or Oracle required.

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If you’ve reached this point, and you’re still not sure if you should apply…..Just do it! We’re human and we don’t fit a perfect mold. Having diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, that’s a good thing! If you’re coming from outside of the cyber industry - great! If you’re looking to try something new - awesome! All we ask is you bring passion to all that you do, crave creativity and innovation, and embrace the hard work of gaining new skills and accepting big challenges. 

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.


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