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# Tanium Engineer

- **Company:** SteelGate LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA, Cyber Security, Distributed Systems, Scrum Methodology, Tanium Platform Expertise, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9126144/tanium-engineer

## About the Role

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., * 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.

 * Oracle cloud experience

Preferred Certifications

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

Job Types: Full-Time

## Description

* 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.


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