Tanium Security

Virtual Tech Gurus; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtual Tech Gurus is seeking an experienced Tanium engineer to design, deploy, and manage Tanium Core, sensors, patches, and integrity monitoring across Windows and Linux endpoints in a US-based environment.

You will architect and automate security workflows, integrate Tanium with SIEM/ITSM/CMDB, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with standards such as NIST, CIS, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, administer, and troubleshoot Tanium Core and associated modules.
• Build and maintain Tanium Sensors, Packages, Computer Groups, and Module Profiles.
• Configure and support Threat Response-related profiles such as Detect, Recorder, Index, and Stream.
• Manage large-scale Tanium client deployments across Windows and Linux endpoint environments.
• Design and operate Tanium Patch processes including: Patch deployment planning, Ring/wave-based deployment, Scheduling, Remediation workflows, Patch compliance reporting.
• Configure and manage Tanium Integrity Monitor for file and configuration change monitoring.
• Build integrations between Tanium and enterprise platforms such as SIEM, ITSM, CMDB, Data analytics/reporting platforms.
• Support endpoint telemetry ingestion, automated ticketing, dashboards, reporting, and compliance workflows.
• Create and maintain architecture documents, SOPs, operational runbooks, implementation procedures, and support documentation.
• Participate in security architecture and design reviews.
• Work with infrastructure, security, endpoint, application, database, and operations teams.
• Support compliance and security frameworks such as NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and Zero Trust architectures.
• Automate administrative and security workflows using scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Troubleshoot complex endpoint, security tooling, integration, and platform issues.
• Provide technical guidance to customer stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Participate in customer calls, solution discussions, architecture reviews, and implementation planning.

Skills

Tanium Core administration

Threat Response concepts

Endpoint security architecture

Security operations

Tools

Tanium Sensors

Tanium Client deployment

Tanium Patch

PowerShell

Python

Bash

SIEM integrations

Job description

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, administer, and troubleshoot Tanium Core and associated modules.
• Build and maintain Tanium Sensors, Packages, Computer Groups, and Module Profiles.
• Configure and support Threat Response-related profiles such as Detect, Recorder, Index, and Stream.
• Manage large-scale Tanium client deployments across Windows and Linux endpoint environments.
• Design and operate Tanium Patch processes including:
• Patch deployment planning
• Ring/wave-based deployment
• Scheduling
• Remediation workflows
• Patch compliance reporting
• Configure and manage Tanium Integrity Monitor for file and configuration change monitoring.
• Build integrations between Tanium and enterprise platforms such as:
• SIEM
• ITSM
• CMDB
• Data analytics/reporting platforms
• Support endpoint telemetry ingestion, automated ticketing, dashboards, reporting, and compliance workflows.
• Create and maintain architecture documents, SOPs, operational runbooks, implementation procedures, and support documentation.
• Participate in security architecture and design reviews.
• Work with infrastructure, security, endpoint, application, database, and operations teams.
• Support compliance and security frameworks such as NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and Zero Trust architectures.
• Automate administrative and security workflows using scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
• Troubleshoot complex endpoint, security tooling, integration, and platform issues.
• Provide technical guidance to customer stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Participate in customer calls, solution discussions, architecture reviews, and implementation planning.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on Tanium Core administration
• Tanium Sensors and Packages
• Tanium Client deployment and endpoint grouping
• Tanium Patch
• Tanium Integrity Monitor
• Tanium Threat Response / THR concepts
• Tanium Connect
• SIEM / ITSM integrations
• Windows and Linux endpoint environments
• Patch management and remediation
• Endpoint security architecture
• Security operations
• Security architecture/design
• PowerShell / Python / Bash scripting
• Technical documentation and runbook/SOP creation