Senior Security Researcher - Cloud Threats

Tenable is seeking a Senior Security Researcher - Cloud Threats to join their highly technical product research team working at the core of their cloud security platform. The successful candidate will own the research direction for Cloud Detection and Response (CDR), designing detection strategies and performing novel security research to uncover attacker behavior.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in threat research, cloud security research, or detection engineering
• Strong understanding of attacker behavior, tradecraft, and threat intelligence
• Solid technical understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), how attackers operate in them, and cloud-native telemetry
• Experience building or designing security detections, with familiarity in detection-as-code principles
• Highly motivated, curious, and able to work independently in ambiguous problem spaces
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to articulate technical findings and opinions clearly