Research Manager, Security Audits & Compliance

Tenable, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability and life insurance

401(k) retirement savings with company

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible spending accounts

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off (PTO)

Company-paid holidays

Wellness events

Community programs

Job summary

Tenable, Inc. is seeking a Research Manager to lead the Audits and Compliance research team. You will guide the development of audits and compliance plugins, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, program management, and external stakeholders to extend coverage to new technologies.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in security research, experience with international/remote teams, and strong communication. Proficiency in Python/Go, SCAP/OVAL, and REST APIs, plus a CS degree, is preferred.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in security research as an individual contributor. Management experience or team lead experience preferred
• Prior experience working with international and remote teams
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Ability to collaborate and drive efforts from teams across multiple organizations
• Keep abreast with the advancements and developments in the security industry and perform original research to keep our customers secure and in compliance with benchmark standards
• Adaptable and able to shift priorities among initiatives, as needed
• Prior experience leading and performing open‑ended security research when given high‑level requirements and details of the desired outcome
• Must possess the ability to solve problems logically, research options, and focus on meaningful data to draw the right conclusions under pressure
• Familiar with Python, Go, and SCAP/OVAL and able to do code reviews for quality and accuracy
• B.S. degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience; M.S. preferred

Responsibilities

• Provides hands‑on technical day‑to‑day leadership of the team in terms of prioritizing, reviewing and championing audits & compliance initiatives and other research projects
• Externalizes team capabilities through knowledge sharing to other teams throughout the organization and build relationships and opportunities for collaboration
• Externalizes team capabilities to current customers, potential customers, partners and standards bodies
• Mentors talented research engineers on the team and helps recruit enthusiastic, innovative researchers to grow the team
• Collaborates closely with other research teams, program management and various parts of the Tenable Product organization on different projects
• Handles day‑to‑day management tasks such as performance reviews, employee time off, HR Coordination, IT resource management, etc.
• Keeps team accountable & is accountable for the team and all its members
• Enhances the culture

Skills

Security research

Leadership

Communication

Cross-team collaboration

Python

Go

SCAP/OVAL

REST API usage

Regular expressions

Code reviews

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related field

M.S. preferred

Tools

NASL

XSL transforms

REST API usage

Job description

Tenable, Inc. is seeking a Research Manager to lead the Audits and Compliance research team. You will guide the development of audits and compliance plugins, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, program management, and external stakeholders to extend coverage to new technologies.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in security research, experience with international/remote teams, and strong communication. Proficiency in Python/Go, SCAP/OVAL, and REST APIs, plus a CS degree, is preferred.