Security Research & Audits Manager — Hybrid

Tenable Network Security, Inc.; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenable Network Security, Inc. in Maryland (Columbia) is seeking a Research Manager to lead the Audits and Compliance team.

You will develop audit checks and compliance plugins to detect misconfigurations, expanding coverage to new technologies while interfacing with stakeholders outside the Research group. The role requires hands‑on leadership, mentoring researchers, and cross‑functional collaboration with customers, partners, and product teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in security research; 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 customers secure and in compliance with benchmark standards

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

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Python

Go

SCAP/OVAL

Problem solving

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

MS preferred

Tools

SCAP/OVAL

REST API usage

Job description

Tenable Network Security, Inc. in Maryland (Columbia) is seeking a Research Manager to lead the Audits and Compliance team.

You will develop audit checks and compliance plugins to detect misconfigurations, expanding coverage to new technologies while interfacing with stakeholders outside the Research group. The role requires hands‑on leadership, mentoring researchers, and cross‑functional collaboration with customers, partners, and product teams.