Tenable Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Description - Tenable Engineer

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Tenable Engineer to own and drive our enterprise vulnerability management program. The ideal candidate will be responsible for administering and optimising Tenable platforms, enabling risk-based vulnerability detection, reporting, and remediation in alignment with industry best practices and compliance frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

1. Vulnerability Management & Tenable Platform Ownership

• Act as the primary administrator of Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, and Nessus platforms.
• Design, implement, and optimise scanning across servers, endpoints, network gear, OT / IoT, and cloud workloads.
• Maintain and update scan templates, connectors, and credential sets for accurate vulnerability detection.
• Continuously tune scanning profiles to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.
• Ensure comprehensive coverage of CVE, zero-day vulnerabilities, and configuration weaknesses.

2. Risk Analysis & Reporting

3. Remediation & Collaboration

4. Security Operations Integration

5. Continuous Improvement & Future-Readiness

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Tell employers what skills you have

Leadership

Security Operations

Remediation

Azure

Vulnerability Management

Exploitation

ISO

ISO 27001

Compliance

Threat Intelligence

Hardening

Audit