Tanium Engineer

Mount Indie
San Diego, CA, United States
15 days ago
Apply on www.clearancejobs.com
Prepare application

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology JIRA Cloud Computing Cyber Security Distributed Systems Scrum Methodology Systems Integration Software Vulnerability Management Scripting SC Clearance Tanium Platform Expertise Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Job description

We are hiring a Senior Tanium Engineer to lead the design and advanced use of the Tanium platform across a complex, mission-focused defense environment. In this role, you’ll shape how Tanium is architected, integrated, and optimized-enabling stronger compliance, security, and operational outcomes at scale.

You’ll serve as a technical leader within Agile teams, guiding platform strategy while mentoring others and partnering closely with cybersecurity, IT, and compliance stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

Tanium Architecture & Engineering

You’ll take ownership of Tanium’s technical direction by:

  • Designing, implementing, and optimizing Tanium infrastructure and modules for large, distributed environments
  • Supporting and advancing use of modules such as:
  • Asset
  • Deploy
  • Comply
  • Patch
  • Discover
  • Ensuring Tanium integrates effectively across on-premises and cloud-based environments

Compliance & Security Leadership

You’ll drive continuous monitoring and readiness by:

  • Leading Tanium-based compliance monitoring and reporting
  • Supporting federal and DoD-aligned frameworks, including:
  • STIGs
  • NIST
  • FISMA / RMF
  • Developing custom queries, automation, and workflows to support compliance and security objectives

Automation, Integration & Advanced Use

You’ll elevate platform maturity through:

  • Developing scripts, integrations, and custom functionality to automate:
  • Compliance checks
  • Remediation actions
  • Reporting workflows
  • Advising on best practices for scalable and repeatable Tanium operations

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

You’ll support team growth and quality by:

  • Mentoring junior engineers and administrators
  • Conducting technical reviews, walkthroughs, and knowledge-sharing sessions
  • Delivering training and knowledge transfer to strengthen team capability

Agile Collaboration & Incident Support

You’ll operate as a senior contributor by:

  • Participating in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and backlog refinement
  • Managing and tracking work through Jira
  • Advising and supporting incident response and vulnerability remediation using Tanium’s capabilities

Stakeholder Engagement

You’ll work closely with partners across the organization to:

  • Collaborate with cybersecurity, IT, and compliance teams
  • Refine system strategies, technical requirements, and success metrics
  • Translate mission and compliance needs into scalable Tanium solutions

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of hands-on Tanium engineering experience
  • Active Secret Clearance
  • DoD 8570 IAT II (e.i. Security+)
  • Experience architecting and optimizing Tanium in large or complex environments
  • Experience supporting both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructures
  • Oracle Cloud experience (strongly preferred)
  • Familiarity with DoD or federal compliance frameworks (STIGs, NIST, FISMA/RMF)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
  • Clear communicator able to collaborate across IT, cybersecurity, and mission teams
  • A proactive mindset with commitment to staying current on Tanium and security operations best practices

Preferred Certifications

  • Tanium Certified Administrator
  • Tanium Certified Engineer
  • Or higher Tanium certifications

Apply for this position

This job is hosted externally. Click below to view the full posting and apply.

Apply on www.clearancejobs.com
Prepare application

Good distractions

Talks and stories from around this role — technically off-topic, practically not.

1:04 min

Introduction to Bitcoin script parsing tools

Steve Shadders · LIVE

3:05 min

Integrating an assistant application with Jira software

Felix Augenstein · LIVE

1:20 min

Identifying multi-disciplinary talent for developer experience engineering roles

Hazal Mestci +1 · Coffee With Developers

1:53 min

Evaluating traditional scripting languages for modern development tasks

Jens Knipper Jens Knipper · Europe 2026 Virtual

5:47 min

Integrating user stories and test automation via Jira tools

Christoph Ruggenthaler · LIVE

5:25 min

Shifting left and creating internal security champion programs

Vandana Verma Sehgal · LIVE

Videos

See all

Related articles

See all