Tanium Engineer

Conviso Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Conviso Inc. is seeking an experienced Tanium Engineer to architect and optimize Tanium across large environments within a defense setting. You will lead compliance, security, and operations initiatives in agile teams using Jira.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of hands-on Tanium experience, on-prem and cloud experience (Oracle Cloud preferred), and active Secret or higher clearance. You will mentor others and drive incident response and integration efforts.

Qualifications

• Must have Tanium expertise with 5+ years hands-on experience.
• Active Secret / Tier 5 Secret or higher clearance required.
• Experience with on-prem and cloud environments; Oracle Cloud preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize Tanium infrastructure and modules for large distributed environments.
• Lead compliance monitoring and reporting (STIGs, NIST, FISMA/RMF) using Tanium.
• Develop scripts and integrations to automate compliance, remediation, and reporting workflows.
• Mentor junior team members and conduct code/reviews; provide knowledge transfer.
• Act as senior contributor in Agile teams; participate in sprint planning and Jira management.
• Advise on incident response and vulnerability management leveraging Tanium capabilities.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, IT, and compliance teams to refine strategy and metrics.

Skills

Tanium expertise

5+ years experience

Security clearance

On-prem/cloud experience

Oracle Cloud experience

Tools

Jira

Job description

Must have active Secret / Tier 5 Secret Security Clearance or higher?

We are looking for an experienced Tanium Engineer to architect, optimize, and drive advanced use of the Tanium platform within a mission-driven defense agency. As a technical leader, you will oversee Tanium's integration across complex environments to deliver high-impact compliance, security, and operations outcomes-all within Agile project teams using Jira. Ideal candidates have at least 5 years of hands-on Tanium experience, as well as on-prem/cloud experience. Oracle cloud experience strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Tanium Architecture & Engineering: Design, implement, and optimize Tanium infrastructure and modules (Asset, Deploy, Comply, Patch, Discover, etc.) for large, distributed environments.
• Compliance & Security Leadership: Lead the use of Tanium for continuous compliance monitoring and reporting (STIGs, NIST, FISMA/RMF), developing custom queries and automation as needed.
• Process Automation & Integration: Develop scripts, integrations, and custom modules to automate compliance, remediation, and reporting workflows.
• Technical Guidance & Mentoring: Mentor junior team members, conduct code/review sessions, and deliver knowledge transfer and training.
• Agile Team Leadership: Act as a senior contributor within Agile teams, collaborating on sprint planning, backlog refinement, and Jira management.
• Incident Response: Advise and support major incident and vulnerability response leveraging Tanium's capabilities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with cybersecurity, IT, and compliance teams to refine system strategy, requirements, and success metrics.

Key Attributes and Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; detail-oriented with a focus on operational excellence.
• Skilled communicator, able to collaborate with IT, cybersecurity, and mission teams.
• Proactive learner-stays current on Tanium and security operations best practices.

Preferred Certifications

• Tanium Certified Administrator, Tanium Certified Engineer, or higher.