Tanium Platform Administrator

Infosys; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Infosys in Bengaluru seeks a Tanium Tool Administrator to manage the Tanium platform for endpoint visibility, asset discovery, patching, software deployment, and compliance checks. You will monitor Tanium modules and client health, ensuring platform availability.

The role requires Tanium certifications (Operator/Administrator) and related training, plus MD-102 and ITIL Foundation. You will coordinate with security and IT teams, develop sensors, dashboards, and reports, and support remediation

Qualifications

• Minimum hands-on Tanium administration experience.
• Experience in endpoint inventory, patch deployment, software distribution.
• Ability to create and maintain sensors, dashboards, and reports.
• Strong troubleshooting of Tanium client communication, deployment failures.
• Experience coordinating with security tools and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support the Tanium platform for endpoint visibility, asset discovery, patching, software deployment, compliance checks, and operational reporting.
• Manage Tanium modules such as Interact, Discover, Asset, Deploy, Patch, Comply, Trends, Client Management, and Reporting based on customer environment and scope.
• Monitor Tanium client health, endpoint coverage, sensor execution, module performance, action status, and platform availability.
• Create, test, schedule, and monitor Tanium actions for software deployment, patching, configuration changes, inventory collection, and remediation activities.
• Support patch management activities including patch assessment, deployment planning, maintenance windows, phased rollout, failure analysis, and compliance reporting.
• Assist with vulnerability remediation by identifying impacted endpoints, coordinating remediation actions, validating fixes, and sharing compliance evidence with security teams.
• Develop and maintain Tanium sensors, packages, saved questions, dashboards, reports, action groups, targeting rules, and operational playbooks.
• Troubleshoot Tanium client communication issues, deployment failures, patch installation errors, missing inventory data, endpoint grouping issues, and reporting discrepancies.
• Coordinate with SCCM, Intune, Jamf, ServiceNow, security tools, and infrastructure teams for integrated endpoint management and incident resolution.
• Maintain access controls, RBAC, platform hygiene, change records, audit evidence, operational logs, and documentation in line with enterprise governance standards.
• Prepare regular reports on endpoint inventory, patch compliance, software deployment status, client health, vulnerability remediation progress, and operational risks.
• Participate in change management, incident management, problem management, root cause analysis, and continual service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Tanium administration

Endpoint management

Patch deployment

Software distribution

Compliance reporting

Troubleshooting

RBAC and access controls

Education

Tanium Certified Operator

Tanium Certified Administrator

Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate – MD-102

ITIL Foundation certification

Security / vulnerability management certifications

Relevant Tanium training

Tools

Tanium Interact

Tanium Discover

Tanium Asset

Tanium Deploy

Tanium Patch

Tanium Comply

Tanium Trends

Tanium Client Management

Tanium Reporting

SCCM

Intune

Jamf

ServiceNow

Job description

Tanium Tool Administrator

• Tanium Certified Operator, Tanium Certified Administrator, or relevant Tanium training/certification.
• Microsoft Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate – MD-102.
• ITIL Foundation certification.
• Security, vulnerability management, endpoint management, or automation-related certifications will be an advantage.
• Administer and support the Tanium platform for endpoint visibility, asset discovery, patching, software deployment, compliance checks, and operational reporting.
• Manage Tanium modules such as Interact, Discover, Asset, Deploy, Patch, Comply, Trends, Client Management, and Reporting based on customer environment and scope.
• Monitor Tanium client health, endpoint coverage, sensor execution, module performance, action status, and platform availability.
• Create, test, schedule, and monitor Tanium actions for software deployment, patching, configuration changes, inventory collection, and remediation activities.
• Support patch management activities including patch assessment, deployment planning, maintenance windows, phased rollout, failure analysis, and compliance reporting.
• Assist with vulnerability remediation by identifying impacted endpoints, coordinating remediation actions, validating fixes, and sharing compliance evidence with security teams.
• Develop and maintain Tanium sensors, packages, saved questions, dashboards, reports, action groups, targeting rules, and operational playbooks.
• Troubleshoot Tanium client communication issues, deployment failures, patch installation errors, missing inventory data, endpoint grouping issues, and reporting discrepancies.
• Coordinate with SCCM, Intune, Jamf, ServiceNow, security tools, and infrastructure teams for integrated endpoint management and incident resolution.
• Maintain access controls, RBAC, platform hygiene, change records, audit evidence, operational logs, and documentation in line with enterprise governance standards.
• Prepare regular reports on endpoint inventory, patch compliance, software deployment status, client health, vulnerability remediation progress, and operational risks.
• Participate in change management, incident management, problem management, root cause analysis, and continual service improvement initiatives.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong hands-on experience in Tanium administration, endpoint inventory, patch deployment, software distribution, compliance reporting, and client troubleshooting.